# List of Moroccan writers

This is a list of writers from Morocco.

## Twentieth century

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* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

### 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), 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
* Halima Ben Haddou (born 1954)
* Tahar Ben Jelloun (born 1944)
* Siham Benchekroun
* Ahmed Benchemsi
* Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957)
* Esther Bendahan (born 1964)
* Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981)
* Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944)
* Abdelwahab Benmansour (1920–13 November 2008)
* Abdelouahid Bennani (born 1958)
* Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961)
* Mohammed Bennis (born 1948)
* Khnata Bennouna (born 1940)
* Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972)
* Mohammed Berrada (born 1938)
* Hafsa Bikri (born 1948)
* Mahi Binebine (born 1959)
* Mohammed Ibrahim Bouallou (born 1934)
* Ali Bourequat
* Hassan Bourkia (born 1956)
* Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954)
* Al-Yazid al-Buzidi Bujrafi (1925–2011)

### C

* Mohamed Chafik (born 1926)
* Nadia Chafik (born 1962)
* Abdelkader Chaoui (born 1950)
* Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–1986)
* Abdelkader Chatt (1904–1992)
* Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003)
* Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007)

### D

* Mohammed Daoud (1901–1984)
* Zakya Daoud (born 1937)
* Mohammed Ben Abdelaziz Debbarh (1928–2008)
* Farida Diouri (1953–2004)

### E

* Youssouf Amine Elalamy (born 1961)
* Mahdi Elmandjra (1933–2014)

### F

* Youssef Fadel (born 1949)
* Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974)
* Malika al-Fassi (1920–2007)
* Halima Ferhat (born 1941)
* Mohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008)

### G

* Abdelkrim Ghallab (1919–2006)
* Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997)
* Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993)
* Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961)
* Abdallah Guennoun (1910–1989)
* Soumya Naâmane Guessous

### H

* Mohammed Aziz El-Hababi (1922–1993)
* Mouna Hachim (born 1967)
* Najat El Hachmi (born 1979)
* Ali Haddani (1936–2007)
* Abdul Salam Al Haras (1930-2015)
* Badia Hadj Nasser (born 1938)
* Allal El Hajjam (born 1948)
* Mohammed Hajuji (died 1952)
* Mohammed El Haloui (1923–2004)
* Mohammed al-Harradi
* Ahmed Harrak Srifi (died 1925)
* Mohammed ibn al-Hasan al-Hajwi (died 1956)
* Ben Salem Himmich (born 1947)
* Emmanuel Hocquard (1940–2019)
* Ali Squalli Houssaini (1932–2018)

### J

* Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1936–2010)
* Salim Jay (born 1951)
* Abbas al-Jirari (1937–2024)
* Abderrafi Jouahri (born 1943)
* Abdelkarim Jouiti (born 1962)
* Ahmed Joumari (1939–1995)

### K

* Maati Kabbal (born 1954)
* Mohammed Kaghat (1942–2001)
* Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995)
* Mohammed Khammar Kanouni (1938–1991)
* Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009)
* Rita El Khayat (born 1944)
* Driss El Khouri (1939–2022)
* Abdelfattah Kilito (born 1945)
* Driss Ksikes (born 1968)

### L

* Abdellatif Laabi (born 1942)
* Abdelrahim Lahbibi (born 1950)
* Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi (1922–1993)
* Amina Lahbabi-Peters
* Leila Lahlou
* Laila Lalami (born 1968)
* Wafaa Lamrani (born 1960)
* Abdallah Laroui (born 1933)
* Fouad Laroui (born 1958)
* Mohammed Leftah (1946–2008)
* Ahmed Lemsih (born 1950)
* Ali Lmrabet (born 1959)

### M

* Mustafa Maadawi (1937–1961)
* Ahmed al-Madini (born 1949)
* Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010)
* Zahra Mansouri
* Khadija Marouazi, (born 1961)
* Ahmed Mejjati (1936–1995)
* Driss El Meliani
* Saida Menebhi (1952–1977)
* Fatima Mernissi (1940–2015)
* Abderrahmane El Moudden
* Omar Mounir
* Khireddine Mourad (born 1950)
* Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006)
* Mohammed El-Moustaoui (born 1943)
* Mouad Moutaoukil (born 1997)
* Mohamed Mrabet (born 1936)

### N

* Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1930)
* Mohammed al-Makki al-Nasiri (1906–1994)
* Mohamed Nedali (born 1962)
* Mostafa Nissaboury (born 1943)

### O

* Rachid O (born 1970)
* Salah El-Ouadie (born 1952)
* Mohammed Hassan El Ouazzani (1910–1978)
* Malika Oufkir (born 1953)
* Touria Oulehri

### Q

* Bachir Qamari (1951–2021)

### R

* Mubarak Rabi (born 1938)
* Mohamed Said Raihani (born 1968)
* Fouzia Rhissassi
* Najima Rhozali (born 1960)

### S

* Mohammed Sabbag (born 1930)
* Mohammed Sabila
* Abdeldjabbar Sahimi (born 1938)
* Abdelhadi Said (born 1974)
* Amale Samie (1954–2018)
* Thouria Saqqat (1935–1992)
* Tayeb Seddiki (1938–2016)
* Ahmed Sefrioui (1915–2004)
* Mohamed Serghini (born 1930)
* Abdelhak Serhane (born 1950)
* Mohamed Sibari (1945–2013)
* Hourya Sinaceur
* Mohammed Allal Sinaceur (born 1941)
* Ali Siqli (born 1932)
* Faouzi Skali (born 1953)
* Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi (1900–1963)

### T

* Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931)
* Abdellah Taïa (born 1973)
* Boutaina Tawil
* Abdelhadi Tazi (1921–2015)
* Mohammed Azeddine Tazi (born 1948)
* Mahjoub Tobji (born 1942)
* Abdelkhalek Torres (1910–1970)
* Ahmed Toufiq (born 1943)
* Houcine Toulali (1924–1998)
* Bahaa Trabelsi (born 1968)

### W

* Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972)

### Y

* Said Yaktine (born 1955)
* Yasser Harrak (born 1976) writer, commentator and founder of the Middle East Seminar forum.
* Nadia Yassine (born 1958)

### Z

* Haim Zafrani (1922–2004)
* Mohamed Zafzaf (1942–2001)
* Mohammed Zniber (1923–1993)
* Abdallah Zrika (born 1953)

## Nineteenth century

* Mohammed ibn Abu al-Qasim al-Sijilmasi (died 1800)
* Mohammed ibn Abd as-Salam ibn Nasir (died 1824)
* Mohammed Ibn Amr (died 1827)
* Ali Barrada al-Fasi Harazim (died 1856)
* Thami Mdaghri (died 1856)
* Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879)
* Mohammed Gannun (died 1885)
* Abu Hassan Ali Mahmud al-Susi al-Simlali (died 1894)
* Ahmad ibn Hamdun ibn al-Hajj (died 1898)
* Mohammed al-Tahir al-Fasi (1830–1868)
* Abd as-Salam al-Alami (1834–1895)
* Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Nasiri (1835–1897)
* Salomon Berdugo (1854–1906)
* Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Badisi (d. 1922)
* Mohammed ibn Jaafar al-Kattani (1858–1927)
* Mohammed Slimani (1863–1926)
* Ibn Zaydan (1873–1946)
* Mohammed Skirej (1875–1965)
* Muhammad Ibn al-Habib (1876–1972)
* Ahmed Skirej (1878–1944)
* Abdelkrim al-Khattabi (1882–1963)
* Mohammed Boujendar (1889–1926)
* Abd Allah al-Muwaqqit al-Marrakushi (1894–1949)
* Mohammed Ben Brahim (1897–1955)

## Eighteenth century

* Mohammed ibn abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani (died 1707)
* Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur (died 1708)
* Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (died 1722)
* Hasan ibn Rahlal al-Madani (died 1728)
* Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died after 1727/8)
* Mohammed ibn Zakri al-Fasi (died 1731)
* Ahmed ibn al-Mubarak al-Lamti al-Sijilmasi (died 1741)
* Khnata bent Bakkar (died 1754)
* Ibn al-Wannan (died 1773)
* Ahmed al-Ghazzal (died 1777)
* Abd Allah ibn Azzuz (died 1789)
* Mohammed ibn Uthman al-Miknasi (died 1799)
* Mohammed al-Qadiri (1712–1773)
* David Hassine (1722–1792)
* Abu al-Qasim al-Zayyani (1734–1833)
* Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850)
* Mohammed al-Ruhuni (1746–1815)
* Raphael Berdugo (1747–1821)
* Sulayman al-Hawwat (1747–1816)
* Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1747–1809)
* Mohammed al-Duayf (born 1752)
* Mohammed al-Tayyib ibn Kiran (1758–1812)
* Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi (1760–1823)
* Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817)
* Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837)
* Suleiman al-Alawi (1760–1822)
* Mohammed al-Harraq (1772–1845)
* Mohammed al-Haik (fl. 1790)
* Mohammed al-Tawdi ibn Suda (1790–1794/5)
* Ahmed al-Salawi (1791–1840)
* Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847)
* Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877)
* Hemmou Talb (18th century)

## Seventeenth century

* Isaac Uziel (died 1622)
* Abd al-Rahman al-Tamanarti (died 1650)
* Abu Abdallah Mohammed al-Murabit al-Dila'i (died 1678)
* Mohammed ibn Nasir (1603–1674)
* Mohammed al-Mahdi al-Fasi (1624–1698)
* Mohammed al-Rudani (c. 1627–1683)
* Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679)
* Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi (1631–1685)
* Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi (1631–1691)
* Ahmed al-Hashtuki (1647–1715)
* Ahmed ibn Nasir (1647–1717)
* Abd as-Salam al-Qadiri (1648–1698)
* Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746)
* Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749)
* Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1745)
* Ahmed ibn al-Mubarak al-Lamati (1679–1743)
* Ali Misbah al-Zarwili (1685–1737)
* Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib (1698–1756)

## Sixteenth century

* Mohammed ibn Yajbash al-Tazi (died 1505, AH 920)
* Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq (died 1506)
* Abdallah al-Ghazwani (died 1529)
* Abderrahman El Majdoub (died 1569)
* Mahammad ibn Isa al-Sanhadji (died c. 1578)
* Abu-l-Hasan al-Tamgruti (died 1594/5)
* Ahmed al-Mandjur (1520–1587)
* Abu Abdallah ibn Askar (1529–1578)
* Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani (1548–1610)
* Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali (1549–1621)
* Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi (1553–1616)
* Ahmed ibn Abi Mahalli (1559–1613)
* Abraham Azulai (c. 1570 – 1643)
* Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642)
* Abdelaziz al-Maghrawi (c. 1580 – 1600)
* Abd al-Wahid ibn Ashir (1582–1631)
* Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (c. 1591 – 1632)
* Mahamad Mayyara (1591–1662)
* Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680)
* Al-Masfiwi (16th century)

## Fifteenth century

* Abdarrahman al-Makudi (died 1405)
* Ali ibn Haydur at-Tadili (died 1413)
* Ibrahim al-Tazi (died CE 1462/AH 866)
* Muhammad al-Jazuli (died 1465)
* Ibrahim ibn Hilal al-Sijilmasi (died c. 1498)
* Ibn Ghazi al-Miknasi (1437–1513)
* Ahmad Zarruq (1442–1493)
* Leo Africanus (1488–1554)

## Fourteenth century

* Abu Mohammed al-Qasim al-Sijilmasi (died 1304)
* Ibn Abi Zar (died c. 1315)
* Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Mohammed al-Zarwili (died 1319)
* Abd al-Haqq al-Badisi (died after 1322)
* Ibn Shuayb (died 1349)
* Ahmad ibn Ashir al-Ansari (died 1362)
* Ibn Idhari (beginning of the 14th century)
* Ibn Battuta (1304–1377)
* Mohammed al-Hazmiri (fl. 1320)
* Ibn Juzayy (1321–1357)
* Abu Muqri Mohammed al-Battiwi (fl. 1331)
* Ibn Abbad al-Rundi (1333–1390)
* Abu Yahya ibn al-Sakkak (1335–1415)
* Abd al-Rahman al-Jadiri (1375–1416)
* Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (1387–1406)
* Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Jaznai (14th century)

## Thirteenth century

* Ibn al-Yasamin (died 1204)
* Abu Musa al-Jazuli (died 1209)
* Ahmad ibn Munim al-Abdari (died 1228)
* Ibn al-Zayyat al-Tadili (died 1229/30)
* Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi (died 1230)
* Ali ibn al-Qattan (died 1231)
* Ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239)
* Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (died 1298)
* Salih ben Sharif al-Rundi (1204–1285)
* Malik ibn al-Murahhal (1207–1289)
* Abu al-Qasim Qasim ibn al-Shatt (1245–1323)
* Ibn abd al-Malik al-Marrakushi (1237–1303)
* Mohammed ibn Hajj al-Abdari al-Fasi (c. 1256 – 1336)
* Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi (1256–1321)
* Mohammed ibn Rushayd (1259–1321)
* Abu al-Qasim al-Tujibi (1267/8–1329)
* Mohammed ibn Adjurrum (1273–1323)
* Abu al-Qasim al-Sharif al-Sabti (1297–1359 AH 697–760)
* Abu Ali al-Hasan al-Marrakushi (fl. 1281/2)
* Mohammed al-Abdari al-Hihi (fl. c. 1289)
* Judah ben Nissim (13th century)

## Twelfth century

* Ibn Bajjah (died 1138)
* Abu Jafar ibn Atiyya (died 1158)
* Ali ibn Harzihim (died 1163)
* Al-Suhayli (1114–1185)
* Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195)
* Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204)
* Abu al-Abbas al-Jarawi (1133–1212)
* Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish (1140–1227)
* Mohammed ibn Qasim al-Tamimi (1140/5)
* Ibn Dihya al-Kalby (1149–1235)
* Mohammed al-Baydhaq (c. 1150)
* Abu Mohammed Salih (1153–1234)
* Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta (c. 1160–1226)
* Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236)
* Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi (born 1185)
* Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhili (1196–1258)
* Abu Bakr al-Hassar (12th century)

## Eleventh century

* Abu Imran al-Fasi (died 1038)
* Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103)
* Mohammed ibn Tumart (c. 1080 – 1130)
* Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa (1083–1149)
* Mohammed al-Idrisi (1099–1165)

## Tenth century

* Dunash ben Labrat (920–990)
* Judah ben David Hayyuj (945–1000)
* David ben Abraham al-Fasi (c. 950 – 1000)

## Ninth century

* Idriss II (791–828)