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List Of Moroccan Writers
This is a list of writers from Morocco. Twentieth century __NOTOC__ A * Eliette Abécassis (born 1969) * Leila Abouzeid (born 1950) * Mohammed Achaari (born 1951) * Said Achtouk (died 1989) * Issa Aït Belize * Lotfi Akalay (1943–2019) * Malika El Assimi (born 1946) * Mohammed Akoujan * Mehdi Akhrif (born 1952) * Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993) * Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007) * Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (1928–2012) * Tewfik Allal (born 1947) * Farid al-Ansari (1960–2009) * Najib El Aoufi (born 1948) * Robert Assaraf (1936–2018) * Nabil Ayouch (born 1969) * Ali Azaykou (1942–2004) B *Hassan Bahara (born 1978), Moroccans in the Netherlands, Moroccan-Dutch writer * Souad Bahéchar (born 1953) * Latifa Baka (born 1964) * Muriel Barbery (born 1969) * Laarbi Batma (1948–1998) * Hafsa Bekri-Lamrani * Abdelmalek Belghiti (1906–2010) * Abdeslam Benabdelali * Abdelkader Benali (born 1975) * Mehdi Ben Barka (1920–1965) * Zoubeir Ben Bouchta * Halim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocco border, the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to Morocco–Western Sahara border, the south. Morocco also claims the Spain, Spanish Enclave and exclave, exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Plazas de soberanía, Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It has a population of approximately 37 million. Islam is both the official and predominant religion, while Arabic and Berber are the official languages. Additionally, French and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are widely spoken. The culture of Morocco is a mix of Arab culture, Arab, Berbers, Berber, Culture of Africa, African and Culture of Europe, European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabil Ayouch
Nabil Ayouch (born 1 April 1969) is a Franco-Moroccan television and film director, producer, and writer. His films have been screened at international film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival and Montreal World Film Festival. Early life Ayouch was born in 1969 in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ..., to a Moroccan father, and a French mother of Tunisian-Jewish descent. His brother is fellow director Hicham Ayouch. After his parents' divorce, he spent a large part of his childhood in the suburb of Sarcelles, visiting Casablanca in the summers. Ayouch cites discovering international cinema at the local cultural center, Forum des Cholettes, as inspiring his filmmaking career. Film career Ayouch started his career as a scriptwriter and director wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehdi Ben Barka
Mehdi Ben Barka (; 1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965) was a Moroccan nationalist, Arab socialist, politician, revolutionary, anti-imperialist, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference. An opponent of French imperialism and King Hassan II, he " disappeared" in Paris in 1965. Many theories attempting to explain what happened to him were put forward over the years; in 2018 new claims regarding his disappearance were made by Israeli journalist and author Ronen Bergman in his book ''Rise And Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations''. Based on research and interviews with Israeli intelligence operatives who were involved in planning the kidnapping of Barka, Bergman concluded that he was located by the Mossad on behalf of Moroccan intelligence, who assisted the latter in planning the murder ultimately committed by Moroccan agents and French police, after which the Mossad disposed of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelkader Benali
Abdelkader Benali (; born 25 November 1975 in Ighazzazen, Morocco) is a Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist. When he was four years old, he and his family, of Berber background, migrated to The Netherlands and settled in Rotterdam, where his father worked as a butcher. When he was twenty-one his debut novel ''Bruiloft aan zee'' (Wedding by the Sea) appeared and was a huge critical and commercial success. It was translated into many languages. He received the Libris Prize for his second novel, ''De langverwachte'' ("The Long-Awaited"). In addition to novels and plays, Benali has published essays and reviews in respected newspapers and magazines including ''De Volkskrant'', ''Vrij Nederland'', ''De Groene Amsterdammer'', ''Esquire'' and ''Algemeen Dagblad''. Benali is an avid long-distance runner, his personal record being 2:52:19, achieved at the 2007 Rotterdam Marathon. He also wrote a book about his failed attempt to improve his best result, ''Marathonloper'' (Marathon Runner) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdeslam Benabdelali
Abd al-Salam () is a male Muslim honorific or given name, built on the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and ''Salam''. The name means "servant of the All-peaceable", ''as-Salam'' being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the ''al-'' is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to ''Abd al-Salam'', the usual pronunciation corresponds to ''Abd as-Salam''. Alternative transliterations include ''Abdul Salam'', ''Abdul Salaam'', ''Abdus Salam'' and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. Notable people with the name include: People Given name * Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami (1140–1227), Moroccan Sufi saint *Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar (1455–1575), Libyan Muslim saint *Abdul Salam al-Buseiri (1898-1978), Libyan Foreign Minister * Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy (1899–1968), Lebanese actor * Abdus Salam (editor) (1910–1977), Banglad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelmalek Belghiti
Abdelmalek Belghiti (1906 in Fes – 2010) was a writer who has been called the prince of the poets of Morocco in the 1950s.Admin, ''Marocwebo'', November 23, 2010, "Décès du poète Abdelmalek Belghiti" http://www.marocwebo.com/deces-poete-abdelmalek-belghiti.html (retrieved 15-7-2012) He published several collections of poetry, a.o. ''Al Manar'' et ''Rah Al Arouah''. An anthology of all his poems was published in 1947. He received several literary prizes. Many of his poems were dedicated to the struggle for the independence of Morocco, like his poems about the protest against the Berber Dahir The Berber Dahir (, , formally: ) is a ''dhahir'' (decree) that was created by the French protectorate in Morocco on May 16, 193The document changed the legal system in the parts of Morocco in which Berber languages were primarily spoken, and the ..., the bloody suppression following the manifest of independence in 1944 and the deportation of sultan Mohammed V. Abdelmalek was a son o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafsa Bekri-Lamrani
Hafsa or Hafsah ( (often confused with ''Hafza'' and ''Hafiza'', but all three of them are different names) is an Arabic female given name. It originated from Hafsa, the fourth wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and daughter of second Muslim caliph Umar. It is a popular name among Sunni Muslims. Notable people with the name include: * Hafsat Abiola (born 1974), Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist * Hafsa Ahmed, academic and community worker in New Zealand * Hafsa Bekri (Hafsa Bekri-Lamrani), Iraqi-Moroccan poet * Hafsa Bint al-Hajj al-Rukuniyya (died 1190/91), Andalusian poet * Hafsa bint Umar, daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and wife of Muhammad * Hafsa Sultan (died 1534), Ottoman Sultan Selim I's consort and the mother of Süleyman the Magnificent * Hafsa Sultan (died 1538), Ottoman Sultan Selim I's daughter * Hafsa Hatun Hafsa Hatun (, "''young lioness''", died after 1403) was a Turkish princess, and a consort of Bayezid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laarbi Batma
Laarbi Batma (or Laarbi Batma) (; born in Chaouia; 1948 - 7 February 1997) was a Moroccan musician, poet, singer, writer, actor, and the front man of the group Nass El Ghiwane. Early life Batma grew up in the Hay Mohammadi neighborhood in Casablanca. Batma was very much influenced by the music style of the mawsims of his native region that he used to frequent as a child. Nass El Ghiwane Batma was a founding member of Nass El Ghiwane. He was a vocalist and percussionist for the group until his death in 1997. He was considered the architect of the group. Cinema Batma was the lead actor in the Moroccan movie '' Le jour du forain'', directed by Driss Kettani and Abdelkrim Derkaoui. He also starred in Ahmed el-Maanouni's '' Trances'', a documentary on Nass El Ghiwane. See also * * References * "Adieu Batma", obituary of Laarbi Batma in ''Jeune Afrique'', 1997 Mar-May * Abdallah Mdarhri Alaoui, ''Aspects du roman marocain, 1950-2003: approche historique, thématique et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel Barbery
Muriel Barbery (born 28 May 1969) is a French novelist and philosophy teacher. Her 2006 novel '' The Elegance of the Hedgehog'' quickly sold more than a million copies in several countries. Biography Barbery was born in Casablanca, Morocco, but she and her parents moved when she was two months old. She studied at the Lycée Lakanal, entered the École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud in 1990 and obtained her ''agrégation'' in philosophy in 1993. She then taught philosophy at the Université de Bourgogne, in a ''lycée'', and at the Saint-Lô IUFM (teacher training college). After she quit her job, she lived in 2008–2009 in Japan. She currently lives in Europe. Her novel ''L'Élégance du hérisson'' (translated by Alison Anderson as '' The Elegance of the Hedgehog'') topped the French bestseller lists for 30 consecutive weeks and was reprinted 50 times, selling over a million copies by May 2008. It has also been a bestseller in Italy, Germany, Spain, South Korea, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latifa Baka
Latifa Baka (born 1964), is a Moroccan author of novels and short stories. She received the Moroccan Writers' Union Prize in 1992. She teaches sociology in Agadir. Literary work Her first collection of novels is Que faire ? (What to do?). She received the prize of the Union of Writers of Morocco in 1992 for this collection. She later wrote several novels including since this life and room of Virginia Wolff. Through her writings, the author gives a clear explanation of the impasses in Moroccan society and the obstacles to the development of women. Her works were presented as part of the ninth edition of the International Women's Film Festival in Salé, in 2015. Publications ;Novel *''De Depuis ce temps-là'', Ministère de la culture, Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ) is the Capital (political), capital city of Morocco and the List of cities in Morocco, country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souad Bahéchar
Suad (Arabic: سعاد ''su‘ad'') and the variants Souad, Soad, stems from the Arabic verb ''sa‘ada'' (سَعَدَ - 'to be happy, fortunate or lucky') which the name means "good luck, good fortune, happiness, auspicious, prosperous, favorable". Suad is another variant from the Arabic given name Saad. Generally, the name is originally a female given name, however, men also use it as a given name. ''Suad'' is also the name of a tribe and the Arabic name of an ancient deity. The name which may refer to: Given name Souad * Souad, the author of '' Burned Alive'' * Souad Abderrahim (born 1964), Tunisian politician * Souad Abdullah (born 1950), Kuwaiti actress * Souad Aït Salem (born 1979), Algerian long-distance runner * Souad Amidou (born 1959), French actress * Souad Bendjaballah, Algerian lawyer, activist for women's rights and politician * Souad Cherouati (born 1989), Algerian swimmer * Souad Dibi, Moroccan feminist activist * Souad Dinar (born 1977), French weightl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
