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20. Jan 2012

Second ICORN guest writer arrives in Ljubljana

Ali Amar
Ali Amar

Shortly after Ljubljana received Zineb al Rhazoei as its first ICORN guest writer, renowned Moroccan writer and journalist Ali Amar arrived in the Slovenian Capital. 

Ali Amar is a Moroccan writer and journalist. In 1997 he co-founded the Casablanca weekly 'Le Journal hebdomadaire' which he edited until its closure in January 2010. It was the first independent journal banned by the Moroccan regime.  He currently writes for the information site Slate Afrique. 

Ali Amarholds a degree in economics and a Master in International Journalism of the City University London, UK. He has been frequently persecuted in his home country because of his "engaged pen" and his thorough inquiries about the Moroccan monarchic system.

He is author of a best-seller "Mohammed VI, le grand malentendu" (Mohammed VI, the big misunderstanding), published in France in 2009 by Calmann-Lévy. The book was censored in Morocco. His book reveals the reality of the first ten years of the reign of the Moroccan king. His second book "Paris-Marrakech : argent, pouvoir et réseaux" will be published end of January 2012 again at Calmann-Lévy editors. It decrypts the incestuous ties between Moroccan and French elites against the Arab revolutions.

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