Cats are known to have seven lives… in Arabic, they have « seven souls ». So when a philosopher cat is asked the existential question « Who am I ? », the answer can only be an elliptical, mysterious and elusive one. There is no question of being caught in the trap of an overly rigid framework. Whatever happens, the tomcat always lands on his feet in the end. The m
ischevious book has been written and illustrated by Walid Taher and was published by Dar Shorouk, in Cairo. Mathilde Chèvre has translated the album in French and has proposed a beautiful bilingual version (Arabic-French), published by « Le port a jauni ».
