Abdallah Laroui
Encyclopedia
Abdallah Laroui is a Moroccan city, on the left bank of the Oum Er-Rbia River, 75 km southwest of Casablanca. Although it was a dependency of the King of Fez, Azemmour had great autonomy. In 1486 its inhabitants became vassals and tributaries of João II of Portugal...
) (Arabic: عبدالله العروي) is a Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
historian and novelist writing in Arabic and French. He is considered one of Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
's leading intellectuals.
Laroui taught at the University Mohammed V in Rabat
Rabat
Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...
until 2000. He has written five novels (o.a. L’Exil (Sindbad-Actes Sud, 1998)).
External links
- "Western Orientalism and Liberal Islam: Mutual Distrust?" Lecture by Abdallah Laroui, Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow, (Lecture delivered at the Middle East Studies Association annual meeting in Providence, RI. Retrieved January 31, 2011)