1. Mohammed Bennis is a Moroccan poet and one of the most prominent writers of modern Arabic poetry.
16 Facts About Mohammed Bennis
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Mohammed Bennis attended Quranic School, joining a public primary school in 1958 at the age of ten.
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Mohammed Bennis became interested in literature from an early age, particularly lyric poetry.
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Mohammed Bennis pursued his university studies in literature at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Dhar Mehraz, Fez, from where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in Arabic literature in 1972.
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Mohammed Bennis published his first poems in 1968 in Al Alam newspaper in Rabat.
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Mohammed Bennis settled in Mohammedia in 1972 where he taught Arabic language.
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Mohammed Bennis has retired since 1 September 2016, after 44 years of teaching.
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Mohammed Bennis has been published in numerous newspapers and reviews across the Arab world.
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Open to hospitality and dialogue, Mohammed Bennis has translated works from French.
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Mohammed Bennis served on the judging panel for the 2008 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
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Mohammed Bennis has been concerned with the interrogation of Moroccan poetry and Arab culture in contemporary Morocco.
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For Mohammed Bennis, writing is a physical act; it is an orphan, because it "erases the myth of origin".
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Mohammed Bennis testifies to the role of the poet in the city.
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Mohammed Bennis was quick to object when he observed the influence of politics and subsequently left the association.
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Since the 1970s, Mohammed Bennis has participated in Arabic poetry festivals and, from 1980, in numerous international poetry festivals in Europe, Canada, the United States, Latin America, Turkey, China and India.
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Mohammed Bennis is an honorary member of the World Haiku Association in Japan.