Talk - Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine : The Poetry of The Free Man
Sunday 20 September
11:15 - 12:15
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Thirty years after his death, Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine’s work remains one of the most distinctive and rebellious voices in French-language Moroccan literature. A poet of anger, uprooting, and freedom, he forged a volcanic language that blends Amazigh memory, political rebellion, biting humor, and visionary power.
Through readings of excerpts and a discussion with writer and critic Abdellah Baïda, this event invites you to rediscover the power of a body of work that continues to challenge our relationship to language, identity, and history.
An invitation to enter the world of an author who never ceased to resist categories, boundaries, and conformity.
Mohamed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995) is one of the most distinctive and radical figures in French-language Moroccan literature. A poet, novelist, and playwright, he created a powerful body of work characterized by language as a weapon, Amazigh memory, exile, and resistance. Thirty years after his death, his work remains insufficiently known to the general European public, particularly in Belgium.
Yet it resonates with particular poignancy in a context where questions of identity, language, and cultural decolonization are more pressing than ever—and where Brussels, a diverse city and crossroads of memories, is the ideal setting for this kind of tribute.
It was in this spirit that this project was conceived: to bring Khaïr-Eddine back to a place where he has not yet been sufficiently heard, through a weekend of gatherings, readings, and intergenerational exchanges.
Thirty years after his passing, and nearly 40 years after his appearance at the Botanique for the “Territoires de la mémoire” project—where he was invited alongside Assia Djebbar and Driss Chraïbi to discuss his experience as an immigrant and an artist—Mohamed Khaïr-Eddine is back in Brussels.
A talk organized in collaboration with Espace Magh.
Our speakers
Abdellah Baïda
