Siham Bouhlal
was born in 1966 in Casablanca, Morocco. She has a PhD in literature from the University Paris-Sorbonne, and translates to French medieval Arabic texts and contemporary Arabic poetry. She has one collection of her own poems, Poèmes bleus (Tarabuste, 2005).
Siham Bouhlal lives in Paris and writes in French.
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Banipal No 26 Summer 2006
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