Mohammed Ben Brahim
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El Houari Mohammed Ben Brahim Assarraj (1897 – 1955) was a poet from Morocco
. He is especially well-known as the poet of Marrakech
of the first part of the 20th century. He wrote poems for both king Mohammed V and for his opponent El Glaoui
.
According to his biographer Omar Mounir he was "considered a nationalist by the French, a traitor by the nationalists, a alem by the man in the street and a rascal by the ulemas." Mohamed Ben Brahim studied at the Ibn Yousouf University in Marrakech
and the Al-Qarawiyyin University of Fes
. He worked as a university professor for a short period and, after that as a journalist.
Many of Ben Brahim's poems are put to music and still popular in present-day Morocco. Karima Skalli is one of his work's interpreters.
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. He is especially well-known as the poet of Marrakech
Marrakech
Marrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history...
of the first part of the 20th century. He wrote poems for both king Mohammed V and for his opponent El Glaoui
T'hami El Glaoui
El Haj T'hami el Mezouari el Glaoui , better known in English-speaking countries as T'hami El Glaoui or Lord of the Atlas, was a Berber Pasha of Marrakech from 1912 to 1956...
.
According to his biographer Omar Mounir he was "considered a nationalist by the French, a traitor by the nationalists, a alem by the man in the street and a rascal by the ulemas." Mohamed Ben Brahim studied at the Ibn Yousouf University in Marrakech
Marrakech
Marrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history...
and the Al-Qarawiyyin University of Fes
Fes
Fes or Fez is the second largest city of Morocco, after Casablanca, with a population of approximately 1 million . It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane region....
. He worked as a university professor for a short period and, after that as a journalist.
Many of Ben Brahim's poems are put to music and still popular in present-day Morocco. Karima Skalli is one of his work's interpreters.
External links
- Said Hajji.com: fragments from the journal Al Maghrib no. 396 (1940) http://www.said-hajji.com/en/book-achab-3.html (translated in English)
- maroc-hebdo.press: Un poète chez les hommes (second article) http://www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma/MHinternet/Archives_456/html_456/effigie.html (in French)