Rachid Benzine is a teacher and research associate at the Fonds Ricoeur. He is the author of numerous works acclaimed by both the public and critics alike, including Lettres à Nour (Letters to Nour), Ainsi parlait ma mère (So Spoke My Mother), Des mille et une façons d’être juif ou musulman (A Thousand and One Ways of Being Jewish or Muslim, a dialogue with Delphine Horvilleur), and Voyage au pays de l’enfance (A Journey to the Land of Childhood). His latest novel Les Silences des pères (The Silences of Fathers) was awarded the Grand Prix du roman Métis.