Under the High Patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco.
Abdellah Taïa, a young, Paris-based Moroccan writer and intellectual figure, is one of the first openly gay writers in the contemporary Arab world. He is a major contributor of French literature emerging from the North African Arabic diaspora, and won the Prix de Flore in 2010.
Taïa is a vigorous defender of tolerance, cultural and civic openness, democracy, and human rights, and co-authored Maroc 1900–1960 (Actes Sud) with Frédéric Mitterrand. He will appear in discussion with Dale Peck, controversial critic and acclaimed author of queer novels such as Martin and John. The two will discuss identity, gender, and sexuality in the vastly different sociopolitical contexts of contemporary New York City and Morocco.
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