Le pain nu

Based on the autobiographical work of Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri, Le pain nu is a stark and unflinching graphic novel adaptation of his harrowing childhood memoir. Published by Alifbata beginning in 2020, this single-issue comic translates the raw, firsthand account of poverty, violence, and survival in 1940s Tangier into a powerful visual narrative. It brings a classic of world literature to a new audience through the sequential art medium, preserving the brutal honesty of the original text.