Remarkable, insightful … The elegiac quality is present not just in the themes, but also in the astonishingly poetic language throughout . I stopped and marvelled every few pages … This is one of the richest and most evocative books that I have read all year, I only hope we don’t have to wait too long for the two sequels to The Bridges of Constantine to be published in English. The Arab-speaking world shouldn’t get to keep Mosteghanemi’s novels all to itself (Independent)

A window into a different world (Daily Mail)

Mosteghanemi is a good storyteller, and her plot picks up when it moves to the Maghreb. She delivers a scathing portrait of Algeria’s corrupt leadership (Independent)

Ahlem has carved a place for herself as one of the most important writers of the Arab world (Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, winner of the Cannes Film Lifetime Achievement Award)