Rachida Lamrabet

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Rachida Lamrabet
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Born1970 (age 54–55)
Morocco
LanguageDutch
NationalityBelgian
Genrenovel, short story, theatre

Rachida Lamrabet (born 1970) is a Moroccan-born Belgian writer and lawyer writing in Dutch.

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A native of the Rif region, [1] she came to Belgium with her parents in 1972. [2] Lamrabet until recently worked as a lawyer for the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism. [3] Her first novel Vrouwland (Woman Country), published in 2007, received the Flemish Debuutprijs  [ nl ]. [4] In 2006, her story "‘Mercedes 207" was awarded the Kleur de kunst! (Colour the arts!) prize by Kif Kif  [ nl ]; it was included in the anthology Kif Kif. New Voices from Flanders. [3]

Her writing has appeared in Banipal , a magazine dedicated to contemporary Arab literature. [5]

Criticism

When she made the film 'debourkanisation' in March 2017 [6] and signed several pro-Palestinian petitions she received a lot of criticism as this was not considered compliant with her function in the centre. [7] [8] Even her old manager Johan Leman went public on both issues. [9] [10] [11] Ultimately this led to her dismissal: the Centre decided to distanciate publicly from her statements and fired her begin April 2017. [12]

Selected works

Source: [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lamrabet, Rachida". Espace créateur (in French). Fondation Banque Populaire pour l'Education et la Culture.
  2. ↑ Lamrabet, Rachida (October 14, 2014). "Champions in migration. What's in a name?". Brussels Times.
  3. 1 2 "Rachida Lamrabet". Nederlands Letterenfonds.
  4. 1 2 "Rachida Lamrabet". Passa Porta.
  5. ↑ "Rachida Lamrabet". Banipal.
  6. ↑ Project Deburkanisation; KVS
  7. ↑ Rachida Lamrabet: 'Boerkaverbod is een verregaande inbreuk op de vrijheid van vrouwen'; Knack; 21 maart 2017
  8. ↑ Unia-medewerkster: “boerka is uiting van vrijheid”; SCEPTR  [ nl ]; 22 maart 2017
  9. ↑ Johan Leman: 'Jihadisme zal niet spontaan ophouden
  10. ↑ Petitie voor de uitlatingen van Abou Jahjah door Lamrabet ondertekend
  11. ↑ Unia opent onderzoek naar uitlatingen Dyab Abou Jahjah
  12. ↑ UNIA fired Rachida Lamrabet


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