Latifa Baka

Latifa Baka (born 1964), is a Moroccan author of novels and short stories. ^[1]

She received the Moroccan Writers' Union Prize in 1992. ^[2]

She teaches sociology in Agadir. ^[3]

Literary work

Her first collection of novels is Que faire ?  (What to do?). She received the prize of the Union of Writers of Morocco in 1992 for this collection. She later wrote several novels including since this life and room of Virginia Wolff. Through her writings, the author gives a clear explanation of the impasses in Moroccan society and the obstacles to the development of women. Her works were presented as part of the ninth edition of the International Women's Film Festival in Salé, in 2015. ^{[4] [5]}

Publications

Novel

• De Depuis ce temps-là, Ministère de la culture, Rabat, 2005.

Short stories

• Mediterraneans: Voices from Morocco (a quarterly publication, winter 1999)
• Zapatos sin tacón, an anthology of Arab female writers

References

1. Salim Jay, Dictionnaire des écrivains marocains, Casablanca: Eddif, 2005, pp. 58-59
2. "Latifa Baqa". bladinet (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-27.
3. Jay, Salim (2005). Dictionnaire des ecrivains marocains. Internet Archive. Casablanca : Eddif ; Paris : Paris-Mediterranee. ISBN   978-9981-09-111-5.
4. Khalil, Andrea (2013-10-18). North African Cinema in a Global Context: Through the Lens of Diaspora. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-96863-4.
5. MATIN, LE (2004-07-03). "Festival International du Film de Salé : «Ecrans de femmes»". Le Matin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-01.

• Livres hebdo, ed. Editions professionnelles du livre, no.340-343 1999, p. 54

External links

• Latifa Baka, Centro Cultural al-Andalus (in Spanish). Retrieved January 7, 2022.
• BAQA, Latifa, Literatura Marroqui] (in Spanish). Retrieved January 7, 2022.