Leïla Seb­bar is an Alger­ian nov­el­ist who has direct­ed sev­er­al col­lec­tions on child­hood and writ­ers in exile, includ­ing An Alger­ian Child­hood: A Col­lec­tion of Auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal Nar­ra­tives, Enfances tunisi­ennes, and Une enfance out­remer.