Taha Adnan
was born 2 August 1970 in Assfi, Morocco. He grew up in Marrakesh and since 1996 lives in Brussels, working in the Ministry for Francophone Education.
He has published three collections of poetry in Arabic and one in French entitled Transparences (L’Arbre à Paroles, Belgium, 2006). He organizes an annual Arabic literary festival, Al-Salon al-Adabi in Brussels.
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Banipal No 33 Autumn/Winter 2008
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