Biography
Toufiq was born on 22 June 1943 in Marigha Village in the High Atlas. [1] After completing his primary and secondary studies in Marrakech,he enrolled at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of Rabat,where he earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1968,then a master's degree in history. Toufiq also holds a certificate of Archaeology. He presented his PhD in 1979 on the subject of social history in the Moroccan rural areas in the 19th century.
He started his career as a teacher at L'École Normale Supérieure de Marrakech and taught in a high school in Rabat. Thereafter,he joined the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences in Rabat,where he served in various roles from 1970 to 1989;lecturer,assistant professor,associate professor. He was appointed director of the Institute of African Studies at the Mohammed V University in 1989. holding the position for six years until 1995. From 1995 to 2002,he worked as director of the National Library of Morocco. [2] [3]
In 1989,Toufiq received his first Moroccan Book Prize for his novel Shajarat Hinna' Wa Qamar (A Tree of Henna and a Moon). In 2001,he served as a Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School,affiliated with its Center for the Study of World Religions. [4]
In November 2002,Toufiq was appointed to the government as Minister for Islamic Affairs. He is also a personal advocate of interfaith dialogue and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for The Elijah Interfaith Institute. [5] Toufiq is a Sufi. [6]
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