Mohammed El Moustaoui | |
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Born | محمد مستاوي 1943 (age 81–82) |
Nationality | Morocco |
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Mohamed El Moustaoui or Moustaoui (born 1943) is a Moroccan poet and songwriter in Tachelhit. [1]
Mohamed was born in 1943 in Mekzert, a small village in Souss. He studied in Taroudant and Marrakech. He was correspondent for the Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki , the official newspaper of the USFP party.
He was one of the first modern writers to write in Tamazight. [2]
In 2003, he retired from university teaching.
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