Amara Lakhous (born Algiers, 1970) is an Italian author, journalist and anthropologist of Algerian origin.
He also obtained a degree in cultural anthropology from the La Sapienza University in Rome with a thesis on the second generation of Muslim Arab immigrants in Italy.
[3] In 2001, he wrote another Arabic-language novel based on his early years in Rome, titled How to be Suckled by the Wolf Without Getting Bit.
He then rewrote the novel in Italian, publishing it as Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio in 2006, which received critical and popular acclaim.
Lakhous is an editor of a new imprint, Shark/Gharb, that publishes Arabic translations of contemporary European works.