Fouad Laroui is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda

Oujda

Oujda is a city in eastern Morocco with an estimated population of 1 million. The city is located about 15 kilometers west of Algeria and about 60 kilometers south of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Oriental Region of Morocco and the birthplace of the current Algerian president,...

, Morocco

Morocco

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. After his studies in the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca)

Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca)

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, he joined the prestigious École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

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(Paris, France), where he studied engineering

Engineering

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. After having worked in the Office Cherifien des Phosphates

Office Cherifien des Phosphates

Office Chérifien des Phosphates is the national Moroccan phosphates company. It is the world's biggest exporter of phosphates and derivatives. The company is solely responsible for the production and sale of Moroccan phosphate resources, mined at the Benguérir, Khouribga, Youssoufia mines in...

 company in Khouribga

Khouribga

Khouribga is a city in Khouribga Province in the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco with a population of approximately 172,000. Khouribga owes its growth to the phosphate deposits nearby.-Geography:...

 (Morocco), he moved to the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 where he spent several years in Cambridge

Cambridge

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 and York

York

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. Later he obtained a PhD

PHD

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 in economics

Economics

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 and moved to Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 where he is currently teaching econometrics

Econometrics

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 and environmental science

Environmental science

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. In addition, he is devoted to writing.

He is also a literary chronicler for the weekly magazine Jeune Afrique

Jeune Afrique

Jeune Afrique is a weekly newsmagazine published in Paris, founded in Tunis by Béchir Ben Yahmed on October 17, 1960. It covers the political, economic and cultural spheres of Africa, with an emphasis on Francophone Africa and the Maghreb....

and Economia magazine, and the French-Moroccan radio Médi1.

Works

• Les Dents du topographe (Julliard, 1996) - A chronicle of a young person in Morocco, an account which marks the refusal of the established order and a feeling of detachment for his homeland. Price Discovered Albert-Camus.
• De quel amour blessé (Julliard, 1998) - The story of an impossible love affair between a Maghrebi living in Paris and a Jewish girl. Winner of Mediterranean prize of Colleges, Radio-Beur FM Prize .
• Méfiez-vous des parachutistes (Julliard, 1999)- A comic portrait of Moroccan society told through the lives of two characters.
• Le Maboul (Julliard, 2000) - A collection of satirical short stories about Moroccan society.
• La fin tragique de Philomène Tralala (Julliard, 2003)
• Tu n'as rien compris à Hassan II (Julliard, 2004) - A collection of short stories.
• De l’islamisme. Une réfutation personnelle du totalitarisme religieux (Robert Laffont editions, October 2006)
• L'Oued et le Consul (Julliard 2006) : collection of short stories.
• Le jour où Malika ne s'est pas mariée (Julliard 2009):novel.
• Une année chez les Français (Julliard 2010): Novel, listed for the Prix Goncourt 2010.

External links

• Prof. dr. ir. F. Laroui – biography University of Amsterdam
• Fouad Laroui - Bibliomonde.com
• Fouad Laroui: Un regard amusé et lucide - babelmed.net