Махи Бинбин - Marrakech Noir

Hanane Derkaouiwas born in 1971 and has degrees in the history of philosophy and philosophy. She taught philosophy in Marrakech, and she currently lives in the south of France. She has published several novels and collections of short stories, including White Birds, A Girl from Rabat, A Bad Life, and The Beautiful Ladies’ Bridge.

Fouad Larouiwas born in Oujda in 1958. An engineer and economist, he now teaches French literature in Amsterdam. He is the author of ten novels, including Les Tribulations du dernier Sijilmassi, which was awarded the 2014 Prix Jean Giono. He has also published several collections of short stories, including L’Étrange affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine, which won the Prix Goncourt in 2013. Laroui received the Great Medal of the Francophonie of the Académie française in 2014.

Fatiha Morchidis a poet and novelist. She is a pediatrician by profession and presented a health care education program on the Moroccan TV channel 2M, along with a poetry show on the same station. She has published eight books of poetry. The latest is Unspoken , which received the Morocco Poetry Prize. Her novels include Just a Few Moments, Fun’s Claws, The Muses, The Right to Leave , and, most recently, The Twins. As Love Is Not Enough is her first collection of short stories.

Karima Nadirwas born in Marrakech in 1987 and began writing poetry at the age of fourteen. She studied French literature at Hassan II University and translates poetry in addition to writing her own. She works as a freelance journalist. For the last two years, she has lived between Tunis and Casablanca, working as a consultant for international NGOs and projects to fund development and democracy-building.

Mohamed Nedaliwas born in Tahannaout, near Marrakech, in 1962. He was educated in Marrakech and at Nancy 2 University in France. From 1985 to 2016, he taught high school French before devoting himself to writing. The author of seven novels, his debut, Morceaux de choix: les amours d’un apprenti boucher, won the 2005 Grand Atlas Prize, and in 2009 the International Prize of the Novel of Diversity at the Festival of Cartagena in Spain. In 2012, his novel Triste jeunesse won the Mamounia Literary Prize.

My Seddik Rabbajwas born in Marrakech in 1967; he still lives there and teaches French at a high school. Rabbaj writes in French and has published his novels in Paris, including: Inch’Allah (2006), L’École des sables (2008), Le lutteur , (2015), and Nos parents nous blessent avant de mourir (2018). His novel Siucidaire en sursis appeared in Morocco in 2013. Rabbaj’s forthcoming book is a collection of short stories about his neighborhood: Une Petite vie à Sidi Youssef Ben Ali.

Mohamed Zouhairwas born in Marrakech in 1951. He teaches modern literature and is a member of the Union of Moroccan Writers. His stories and essays have been published both in Morocco and internationally. Zouhair is also a playwright and a theater critic. His plays include The Call , which was published in 2013. His collection of short stories, Voices That I Haven’t Heard , received the Morocco Fiction Prize in 2011.