Zakia Tahri, also known as Zakia Bouchaâla (born 1963) is a French-based filmmaker and actress of Moroccan descent.

Life

Zakia Tahiri was born in

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. She acted in the French war film '' Fort Saganne'' (1984), and played the heroine in Farida Benlyazid's acclaimed '' Une porte sur la ciel'' (1987). She also had major roles in Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi's Moroccan films ''Badis'' (1989) and ''

In Search of My Wife's Husband ''In Search of My Wife's Husband'' (French: ''À la recherche du mari de ma femme'') is a 1993 Moroccan comedy film directed by Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi and written by Farida Belyazid. It was screened at multiple national and international film f ...

'' (1993). Her husband is the Algerian filmmaker

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. She co-wrote Bouchaâla's first film ''Krim'' (1995) and co-directed his second film, ''

Origine contrôlée ''Origine contrôlée'' (US title: ''Made in France'') is a 2001 French comedy-drama film starring Ronit Elkabetz. It is also the debut French-language picture to star Elkabetz, famous for Hebrew-language roles in her native Israel. Elkabetz acqu ...

'' (2001). The pair also collaborated on writing Abdelhai Laraki's first Moroccan feature film, ''Mona Saber'' (2001). Zakia Tahri's 2009 comedy ''Number One'' examined gender relations, and particularly the performance of

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, in Morocco after the reformed

Moudawana The ''Mudawana Ousra'' (or ''Moudawana Ousra'', ar, المدوّنة, lit=code), short for ''mudawwanat al-aḥwāl al-ousaria-shakhṣiyyah'' (, ), is the personal status code, also known as the family code, in Moroccan law. It concerns issu ...

.Jimia Boutouba
The Moudawana Syndrome: Gender Trouble in Contemporary Morocco
''Research in African Literatures'', Vol. 45, No. 1, Spring 2014, pp.24-38.

Films

;As write ;(with Ahmed Bouchaâla) ''Krim'' (1995), dir, by Ahmed Bouchaâla * (with Ahmed Bouchaâla) ''Mona Saber'' (2001), dir. by Abdelhai Laraki ;as director * (with Ahmed Bouchaâla) ''

'' / ''Made in France'', 2001 * ''Number One'', 2009 * (with Ahmed Bouchaâla) ''Marh'ba'', 2011

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tahri, Zakia 1963 births Living people Moroccan actresses Moroccan film directors Moroccan women film directors