Mahi Binebine ( ar, ماحي بنيبين) is a Moroccan painter and

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others asp ...

born in Marrakech in 1959. Binebine has written six novels which have been translated into various languages.

Career

Born in 1959 in Marrakech, Mahi Binebine moved in Paris in 1980 to continue his studies in mathematics, which he taught for eight years. He then devoted himself to writing and painting. He wrote several novels, which have been translated into a dozen languages. He emigrated to New York from 1994 to 1999. His paintings are part of the permanent collection at the

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in New York. He returned to Marrakech in 2002 where he currently lives and works. In "Mamaya’s Last Journey" the author is drawing on an episode from his own family history. His brother Aziz was one of the young officers who had taken part in the failed military coup against

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in 1971. For 18 years, he was imprisoned in the desert camp of Tazmamart, under conditions of unimaginable and almost indescribable brutality. Of the 56 prisoners, only half survived; among them, Aziz Binebine. Mahi Binebine's fellow writer

Tahar Ben Jelloun Tahar Ben Jelloun ( ar, الطاهر بن جلون; born in Fes, Morocco, 1 December 1944) is a Moroccan writer. All of his work is written in French although his first language is Darija. He became known for his 1985 novel ''L’Enfant de Sab ...

took this story as the basis for his novel ''

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''. ''Welcome to Paradise'', the English translation of ''Cannibales'' (by Lulu Norman) was short-listed for the

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in 2004. ''Horses of God'', also translated by Lulu Norman (original: ''Les étoiles de Sidi Moumen''), was shortlisted for the

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in 2014. It was made into a feature film in Morocco in 2011, called

Horses of God ''Horses of God'' (french: Les chevaux de Dieu, ar, يا خيل الله, translit. Ya khayl Allah) is 2012 Moroccan drama film about the 2003 Casablanca bombings. It was directed by Nabil Ayouch, and based on the novel ''The Stars of ...

, directed by

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and selected for the official Moroccan entry for best foreign language film for the 2013 Oscars. In 2020, Mahi won the Mediterranean Prize for his novel "Rue du pardon".

Novels

* ''Le sommeil de l'esclave'', Ed. Stock 1992, * ''Les funérailles du lait'', Ed. Stock 1994, * ''L'ombre du poète'', Ed. Stock 1997, * ''Pollens'', Ed. Fayard 2001, * ''Terre d'ombres brulée'', 1997 Ed. Fayard, * ''Cannibales'', Ed. Fayard 1999, Ed. L'Aube, (English Translation ''Welcome to Paradise'') * ''Le griot de Marrakech'', 2005 Ed. L'Aube, * ''Les étoiles de Sidi Moumen'', Ed. Flammarion 2010 (English Translation "Horses of God", French Prix du roman arabe'' Movie by

, Les chevaux de Dieu English Translation

* ''Le Seigneur vous le rendra'', Ed. Flammarion 2013, * ''Le fou du Roi'', Ed. Stock 2017,

Exhibitions

2017 Galerie Abla Ababou , Rabat Art Paris (Grand Palais) Galerie DX Rétrospective - Galerie Claude Lemand 2016 Musée MACMA, Marrakech. 2015 Insoumission Forum international des droits de L'Homme, Marrakech, Musée de la Palmeraie 2014 Musée de la Palmeraie, Marrakech 2013 Galerie Document 15, Paris 2012 Galerie 38, Casablanca Galerie Benamou, Paris 2011 Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin Galerie Loft (Expo à six mains avec Mourabiti et Yamou), Casablanca 2010 Galerie Atelier 21 (Casablanca) AAART Foundation, Kitzbühel, Autriche 2009 53ème Biennale de Venise

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AAART Foundation - Autriche Galerie CMOOA, Rabat Galerie Delacroix, Tanger 2008 Galerie Atelier 21 - Casablanca Galerie Violon Bleu - Londres Galerie Navarra - 75 Faubourg, Paris Galerie Loft, Paris Galerie Bailly, Paris Fondation FAAP, Sao Paolo 2007 Siège Société Générale, Casablanca Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah, Rabat Galerie Noir sur blanc, Marrakech Palais des Congrès, Grasse (France) Le Lazaret Olandini, Ajaccio (Avec Yamou) 2006 Kasbah Agafay, Marrakech Galerie Venise Cadre, Casablanca Galerie les Atlassides, Marrakech 2005 Galerie Venise-Cadre, Casablanca Galerie Atlassides, Marrakech Musée Archéologique de Silves (Portugal) Eglise de la Miséricorde, Silves (Portugal) Gemap, Casablanca 2004 Arte Invest, Rome Festival Arte Mare Bastia (corse) Bellas Artes, Madrid Galerie Atalante, Madrid Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Köln 2003 Espace Actua, Casablanca (avec Yamou) Galerie Bab el kebir, Rabat (avec Selfati) Galerie AAM, Rome Studio Bocchi, Rome Fundacione Maturen, Tarazona. Galerie Baskoa, Barcelonne. Kunst Köln, Galerie Brigitte Schenk 2002 Galerie Dahiez & Associés, Zurich Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Köln Musée de Marrakech Société Générale Marocaine, Casablanca Institut Cervantes, Tanger Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Kunst Köln Ministère de la culture, Abu Dhabi 2001 Tinglado 4 Moll de Costa, Taragone Palais des congrès, Grasse. 2000 Espace Paul Ricard, Paris Galerie El Manar, Casablanca 1999 Galerie Stendhal, New York Galerie du Fleuve, Paris Galerie Brigitte Shenk, Köln 1998 Galerie Ott, Düsseldorf Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington D.C. 1997 Galerie Stendhal, New York. 1989 Contemporary French Art Gallery, New York 1988 Galerie la Découverte, Rabat 1987 Galerie de L'ONMT, Paris

References

External links

* Bibliomond

(retrieved on Feb. 11, 2009)
Official website of Mahi Binebine
* Qantara.d

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