Title: Une vie à trois
Description: In her Une Vie à Trois, Bahaa Trabelsi addresses homophobia in Moroccan society. The novel carries an outspoken message on a subject that has always been a taboo, homosexuality. I argue that she could demonstrate the main types of homophobic behaviors and feelings, which target homosexuals in a Moroccan context. This novel is meant to reflect the realities on the ground. It can, therefore, be classified as a historical document, which mirrors the experience of homosexuals in a relatively conservative society such as a Moroccan one, and in a given period of time, 2000. Almost 12 years later, it is probably hard to prove that the circumstances have changed since then. Hence, the novel may be still very much relevant to the current situation.
Subjects: Homophobia, Fiction, Homosexuality, Social life and customs, Moroccan fiction (French)