Rachida Lamrabet

Rachida Lamrabet
Born 1970
Language Dutch
Nationality Belgium
Genre novel, short story, theatre

Rachida Lamrabet (born 1970) is a Moroccan-born Belgian writer and lawyer writing in Dutch.

A native of the Rif region,[1] she came to Belgium with her parents in 1972.[2] Lamrabet until recently worked as a lawyer for the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism.[3] Her first novel Vrouwland (Woman Country), published in 2007, received the Flemish Debuutprijs.[4] In 2006, her story "‘Mercedes 207" was awarded the Kleur de kunst! (Colour the arts!) prize by Kif Kif; it was included in the anthology Kif Kif. New Voices from Flanders.[3]

Her writing has appeared in Banipal, a magazine dedicated to contemporary Arab literature.[5]

Criticism

When she took publicly the defense of the burqa in March 2017 [6] and signed several anti-Israel petitions she received a lot of criticism as this was not considered compliant with her function in the Centre.[7][8] Even her old manager Johan Leman went public on both issues.[9][10][11] Ultimately this led to her dismissal: the Centre decided to distanciate publicly from her statements and fired her begin April 2017.[12][13]

Selected works[4]

  • Vrouwland (2007, Meulenhoff-Manteau)
  • Een kind van God (Children of God), short stories (2008), received the BNG Nieuwe Literatuurprijs sponsored by the Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten[1]
  • De man die niet begraven wilde worden, novel (2011)
  • De handen van Fatma, play (2014)

References

  1. 1 2 "Lamrabet, Rachida". Espace créateur (in French). Fondation Banque Populaire pour l'Education et la Culture.
  2. ↑ Lamrabet, Rachida (October 14, 2014). "Champions in migration. What's in a name?". Brussels Times.
  3. 1 2 "Rachida Lamrabet". Nederlands Letterenfonds.
  4. 1 2 "Rachida Lamrabet". Passa Porta.
  5. ↑ "Rachida Lamrabet". Banipal.
  6. ↑ Project Deburkanisation; KVS
  7. ↑ Rachida Lamrabet: 'Boerkaverbod is een verregaande inbreuk op de vrijheid van vrouwen'; Knack; 21 maart 2017
  8. ↑ Unia-medewerkster: “boerka is uiting van vrijheid”; Sceptr; 22 maart 2017
  9. ↑ Johan Leman: 'Jihadisme zal niet spontaan ophouden
  10. ↑ Petitie voor de uitlatingen van Abou Jahjah door Lamrabet ondertekend
  11. ↑ Unia opent onderzoek naar uitlatingen Dyab Abou Jahjah
  12. ↑ UNIA fired Rachida Lamrabet
  13. ↑ Mohamed El Khalfioui


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