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Abdelkrim Ghallab
عبد الكريم غلاب
(Known as "Ghallab")
Novelist, Journalist, Nationalist Leader, Editor of Al-Alam
Born
Dec 31, 1919
Fez, Morocco
Fez, Morocco
Passed Away
Aug 14, 2017
El Jadida, Morocco
Lifespan
97 years old
"To write in times of oppression is to build the architecture of our future freedom."
Archival Overview
Pioneering Moroccan Arabic novelist and journalist, longtime editor-in-chief of the nationalist daily Al-Alam, and author of the classic anti-colonial novel Dafanna al-Madi.
Biographical Record
Educated at the Qarawiyyin and Cairo University, Abdelkrim Ghallab was a key nationalist voice during the French Protectorate. Returning to Morocco in 1948, he directed Al-Alam, turning the newspaper into the intellectual mouthpiece of the independence struggle.
His 1966 novel Dafanna al-Madi (We Buried the Past) marked the birth of modern Arabic fiction in Morocco, portraying the generational collision between feudal tradition and revolutionary modernity.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Chouhada Cemetery
Rabat, Morocco
Rabat, Morocco
GPS: 34.0200, -6.8400
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