Latifa Baka (born 1964), is a Moroccan author of

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and

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. She received the Moroccan Writers' Union Prize in 1992. She teaches sociology in

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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

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, in 2015.

Publications

;Novel *''De Depuis ce temps-là'', Ministère de la culture,

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, 2005. ;Short stories * ''Mediterraneans: Voices from Morocco'' (a quarterly publication, winter 1999) * ''Zapatos sin tacón'', an anthology of Arab female writers

References

*''Livres hebdo'', ed. Editions professionnelles du livre, no.340-343 1999, p. 54

External links

Latifa Baka
Centro Cultural al-Andalus . Retrieved January 7, 2022.
BAQA, Latifa
Literatura Marroqui] . Retrieved January 7, 2022. 1964 births Living people Moroccan writers in French Moroccan women novelists Moroccan novelists Moroccan women short story writers Moroccan short story writers 20th-century Moroccan women writers 21st-century Moroccan women writers 20th-century Moroccan writers 21st-century Moroccan writers {{Morocco-writer-stub