Machaho Tellem Chaho

"- Why should I change? My personality does not vary according to my residence." "- As for me, I adapt to all environments." The Mauve Planet by Safia Ketou Safia Ketou (of her real name Zohra Rabhi) is an Algerian short-story writer who wrote in French. She was born in 1944, in  Aïn-Séfra . From 1962 to 1969 she was a primary school teacher in Aïn-Séfra and then moved to Algiers where she worked as a journalist for several daily newspapers like APS, Horizon, Algérie Actualité. She committed suicide in 1989 and was buried at the cemetry of Sidi Boudjemaa, in Aïn-Séfra. In Algeria, a literary group and NGO bears her name .    Safia Ketou wrote short stories, and children story books.  She published a collection of poetry, Citar Friend  ( Amie Cithare ) in 1979, and a play called Asma.  Her short story collection The Mauve Planet  ( La Planète Mauve   et Autres Nouvelles ) was published in 1983. Safia Ketou is...