Delighted to share the first #review of my monograph "Nostalgic Rebels" @livunipress.bsky.social in "The Journal of North African Studies". Many thanks to Ninon Vessier @davidsoncollege.bsky.social for such a thorough review! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #NostalgicRebels #Moroccanliterature
Friends & Colleagues in Brussels: Consider attending this exciting talk on Moroccan journal "Al-Thaqāfa al-Jadīda (1974–1984)" by my brilliant colleague Chakib Ararou @inalco.fr next week at VUB Brussels University. Details: clic.research.vub.be/lecture-chak... #Moroccanliterature #literaryjournals
Currently reading: Hassan Aourid’s attempt to imagine al-Mutanabbi appearing in modern Rabat.
The book was on the 2020 longlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, but it hasn’t been translated yet
#ArabicLiterature #ClassicalArabic #MoroccanLiterature #BookSky #LitSky
Is Moroccan literature really marginal — or radically plural? In this essay, Mohamed Khalfouf explores canon formation, multilingualism and literary renewal beyond the centre...
#MoroccanLiterature #Morocco #bluesky #arabicliterature
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Moroccan writer Driss Chraïbi's novel "Une enquête au pays", first published by @editionsduseuil.bsky.social in 1981 has now been translated into Spanish by Beatriz Cámara & published by Amarillo Editora in Madrid www.amarilloeditora.com/2025/10/02/u... #DrissChraïbi #translation #Moroccanliterature
Born on this day 99 years ago: Moroccan writer Driss Chraïbi. His landmark novel "Le Passé simple" (1954), among other works, continues to be studied in Morocco & beyond. The English translation by Hugh A. Harter was republished in 2020 by @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social #DrissChraïbi #Moroccanliterature
Publication day for my first academic book
@livunipress.bsky.social ! If you're interested, please consider asking your university library to order a copy liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... #NostalgicRebels #Moroccanliterature #MohammedKhaïrEddine #AbdelkebirKhatibi #AbdellatifLaâbi
Passed away last Tuesday: Moroccan writer Meriem Hadj Hamou. Born in Casablanca, she worked as a practicing pharmacist in Marrakech. Published two poetry collections, a short story collection, and a novel, "Les racines", released earlier this year by La Croisée des Chemins #Moroccanliterature
New book: "The Experimental Turn in the Moroccan Novel, 1976-1989" (Routledge) by Anouar El Younssi (Oxford College/Emory University). The book examines the Moroccan #experimental #novel through the works of Mohammed Berrada, Abdallah Laroui, Ahmad al-Madini, etc. bit.ly/3OWKuno #Moroccanliterature
