Driss Ksikes (born 1968 in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

) is a Moroccan

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He had been an

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of the

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Tel Quel magazine. In 2006, he left TelQuel to be the editor-in-chief and director of publication of the

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and darijophone Nichane magazine. Ksikes wrote two plays ( "Ils" and " Le Saint des Incertains" and published a novel: ''Ma boite noire''. His article "L’image (délicate) des Prophètes" was the subject to several complaints of antisemitism in Belgium and France whereby he accused the Jews to have as religion business and politics. In December 2006, Ksikes and another journalist, Sanaa al-Aji, were prosecuted for "defaming Islam and damaging morality" after the publication of a subject treating the Moroccan Humour. The religious sides of some first time published jokes referring to the

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ic religion,

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and Hassan II, the late king of

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. He received a three-year suspended sentence and was ordered to pay fines of $8,000. He has also been banned from working for two months.

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*Novel by Driss Ksikes: ''Ma boîte noire'', ed. Le Grand Souffle Ed., Paris, France, 2006, Moroccan male journalists Moroccan dramatists and playwrights Moroccan novelists Moroccan male writers Male novelists Moroccan writers in French Living people Moroccan magazine editors People from Casablanca 1968 births {{Morocco-journalist-stub

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