Rachida Lamrabet
Rachida Lamrabet | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Morocco |
| Language | Dutch |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| 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]
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
- ^ a b "Lamrabet, Rachida". Espace créateur (in French). Fondation Banque Populaire pour l'Education et la Culture.
- ^ Lamrabet, Rachida (October 14, 2014). "Champions in migration. What's in a name?". Brussels Times.
- ^ a b "Rachida Lamrabet". Nederlands Letterenfonds.
- ^ a b "Rachida Lamrabet". Passa Porta.
- ^ "Rachida Lamrabet". Banipal.
- ^ Project Deburkanisation; KVS
- ^ Rachida Lamrabet: 'Boerkaverbod is een verregaande inbreuk op de vrijheid van vrouwen'; Knack; 21 maart 2017
- ^ Unia-medewerkster: “boerka is uiting van vrijheid”; SCEPTR; 22 maart 2017
- ^ Johan Leman: 'Jihadisme zal niet spontaan ophouden
- ^ Petitie voor de uitlatingen van Abou Jahjah door Lamrabet ondertekend
- ^ Unia opent onderzoek naar uitlatingen Dyab Abou Jahjah
- ^ UNIA fired Rachida Lamrabet
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