Boubaker Ayadi ( ar, أبوبكر العيادي), also spelled Aboub-baker Al-Ayadi (born March 6, 1949, in
Jendouba
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) is a Tunisian author.
Boubaker has lived in Paris since 1988 and has published several books in Arabic and French.
Biography
Boubaker completed high school in
Jendouba
Jendouba ( ar, جندوبة ; Formerly known as Souk El Arba until 30 April 1966) is a city in northwestern Tunisia, and capital of the Jendouba Governorate. It is an important crossroads with many road links to other towns such as El Kef, Tabark ...
and attended university in
Tripoli
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,
Besançon
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then Paris. He has been a teacher since October 1967. He wrote for the Tunisian newspaper ''al-Sabah'' from 1980 to 1987.
Selected works
* ''The
Sultan
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dream'' (Arabic), 2006
* ''The naked man'' (Arabic), 2009
* ''Asfour le devin'' (French), 2010
* ''The Omen'' 2007 (French), 2008
See also
*
Maghrebian community of Paris
The Paris metropolitan area has a large Maghrebi population, in part as a result of French colonial ties to that region. As of 2012 the majority of those of African origin living in Paris come from the Maghreb, including Algeria, Morocco, and Tu ...
References
Living people
Tunisian writers
1949 births
People from Jendouba Governorate
Tunisian male writers
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