With YammaThe former footballer turned writer pays a moving tribute to his mother, recounting his journey from Tunisia to France.
The writer is a former footballer Ouissem Belgacem is back in bookstores since May 22, 2024 with the book Yamma (published by Flammarion), touching and touching story of his mother, Faouzia Bouguerra, born in Tunisia and immigrated to Aix-en-Provence. Giving his mother a voice to tell his story, Ouissem Belgacem deals with heritage, roots and acceptance of others.
Book built as a mirror compared to its predecessor, Farewell to my shame (Flammarion), Yamma is part of an authentic and intimate approach that allows Ouissem Belgacem to evoke many themes and subjects related to his childhood and his past, while making an obvious link with the universality of the stories shared by many families of immigration .
New notoriety in 2021
If the professional career of Ouissem Belgacem first began on the football fields, in particular with a selection in the Tunisian team under 17 and in several French clubs (including Aix-en-Provence, his hometown and Toulouse), it is a professional writer since 2021. .
That year, he published the biography Farewell to my shameReturning to his homosexuality and the need to hide his sexual orientation during his career in football, feeling the rejection and underlying violence from the environment in front of homosexuality.
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He chooses to leave the field after his come out to devote himself to writing, Ouissem Belgacem continues to deal with his own history through his new book, and also allows readers to see common themes in his journey. After fighting homophobia, he now tackles immigration while paying a moving tribute to his mother. Yamma can be discovered in bookstores from May 22, 2024.