Born in Rabat in 1981, Leila Slimani She has dedicated three books to exploring family history. The writer, who moved to Paris at 18 and currently resides in Lisbon, explores the complexity of Morocco's recent history and, at the same time, many issues that affect us all, such as the passage of time, loss, identity, freedom, utopia, and the futures we imagined as young people. She has published the novel I'll take the fire (Ángulo / Cabaret Voltaire), translated into Catalan by Joan Casas.