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  Juliane Okot-Bitek
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  I. Iyi-Eweka Chou
  Elliott Colla
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  Tendai Huchu
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Mohamed Raihani

 Raïhani, is a Moroccan translator and writer. Born 1968, he has published in Arabic "The Singularity Will " (Semiotic Study on First-names) 2001; "Waiting For the Morning" (Short stories) 2003;"Thus Spoke Santa Lugar-Verde" (Short stories) 2005; "The Season Of Migration to Anywhere" (Short stories) 2006; “The Three Keys: Dream, Love &  Freedom” (An Anthology Of  Moroccan New Short Story In Three Volumes, Published In Arabic), 2006-2007-2008;”The History Of Manipulating Professional Contests In Morocco” (Syndical Manifestos), 2009.

Mohamed Saïd Raïhani
 
 

 

 

 

 

In African Writing:

O Freedom, You are Worth Your Weight in Gold, by Malika Assal  11 (Poem)
(translated by Mohamed Saïd Raïhani)

“Hey you there, disguised between the circles of time
So mild under the crust,
I smelt your perfume in my murderer!
Like a butterfly, you hang down, broadly smiling
But when I reach out to grab you,
You withdraw back to your velvet world
And you never peep out again...

continues...


Similies for a Matchless Wandererby Essia Skhiri  11 (Poem)
(Translated by Mohamed Saïd Raïhani)

          Like doors
          Closed on the child’s secrets
          Stained with losses…
          That key which time has forgotten
          In the coat of your soul
          Is now rusty...

continues...


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