Kamel Daoud amezaliwa mnamo tarehe 17 Juni mwaka 1970 ni mwandishi wa habari wa Algeria. Hivi sasa anabadilisha lugha ya Kifaransa kila siku Le quotidien d'Oran, ambayo yeye anaandika safu maarufu, "Raïna Raïkoum" (Maoni Yetu, Maoni Yako). Safu hiyo mara nyingi hujumuisha ufafanuzi juu ya habari. Daoud alizaliwa Mostaganem, Algeria mnamo Juni 17, 1970. The oldest of six children, he was raised in an Arabic-speaking Muslim family in Algeria. Daoud studied French literature at the University of Oran. Daoud alioa na kutalakiwa mwaka 2008,baada ya kuzaliwa mtoto wake wa kike,mke wake alizidi kuwa mtu wa dini na kuanza kuvaa hijabu.Ni baba wa watoto wawili(mtoto wa kwanza ni wakiume na wapili ni wakike) na kujitolea riwaya ya The Meursault Investigation kwao. Mnamo 1994, aliingia "Le Quotidien d'Oran , gazeti la Kifaransa la Algeria. Alichapisha safu yake ya kwanza miaka mitatu baadaye, titled "Raina raikoum" ("Our opinion, your opinion"). He was the Editor in Chief of the newspaper for eight years.