Malika Mezzane

Malika Mezzane is a Moroccan poet, a writer, and a Berber rights activist.

Malika Mezzane
Born (1960-05-15) May 15, 1960
Ait Attab, Morocco
Years active2004–2023

Career

Mezzane studied in Fez where she earned a BA degree in philosophy from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University. She is a former Philosophy teacher. She has published 17 works in 22 publications, in 2 languages.[1] In 1992 she travelled to Switzerland, where she resided for nine years until 2001, during which time she devoted herself to writing on a regular basis, committed to defending human rights in general and those of Maghrebi immigrants in particular.[2] She is considered by many the Berber ambassador to the Kurdish People, especially after she met the president of Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, in July 2018.[3] She is also a supporter of the state of Israel and has been outspoken on their right to be in "their homeland".[4][5]

Publications

Poetry

Mezzane has written several collections of poems in Arabic:

  • Geneva, the other maze (2004)
  • If only I could forgive this world (2005)
  • If my exile is completed in you (2005)
  • When the dead promised us (2006)

Novels

In 2019, she wrote her first novel "ما أصعب ألا أراك", in which she supports the unification of the Kurds under a single state.[6][7]

References
  1. "Malika Mezzane". WorldCat Library Catalog.
  2. "Hommage à la grande et respectueuse militante et poétesse amazighe Malika Mazan". www.amazighworld.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  3. Rawezh, Muhamad. "(بالصور) الرئيس بارزاني يستقبل الشاعرة والروائية الامازيغية مليكة مزان" [In photos, President Barzani receives Berber poet and noveler Malika Mezzane]. www.basnews.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  4. Staff Writer. "Amazigh Activist: Arabs Are Zionists, Jews Have Right to Establish Their State in Palestine". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  5. "Malika Mazan-A Zionist Saint from the Atlas Mountains; Moroccan Land of Dissidence". blogs.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  6. "قراءة في رواية "ما أصعب ألا أراك" للكاتبة الأمازيغية مليكة مزان". Siba (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  7. Sardar, Sattar. "Moroccan Poet Pays Tribute to Mustafa Barzani". www.basnews.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.


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