Rachida Lamrabet (born 1970) is a Moroccan-born Belgian writer and lawyer writing in Dutch.

Rachida Lamrabet
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Morocco
LanguageDutch
NationalityBelgian
Genrenovel, short story, theatre

A native of the Rif region,[1] she came to Belgium with her parents in 1972.[2] Lamrabet until recently worked as a lawyer for the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism.[3] Her first novel Vrouwland (Woman Country), published in 2007, received the Flemish Debuutprijs [nl].[4] In 2006, her story "‘Mercedes 207" was awarded the Kleur de kunst! (Colour the arts!) prize by Kif Kif [nl]; it was included in the anthology Kif Kif. New Voices from Flanders.[3]

Her writing has appeared in Banipal, a magazine dedicated to contemporary Arab literature.[5]

Criticism

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When she made the film 'debourkanisation' in March 2017 [6] and signed several pro-Palestinian petitions she received a lot of criticism as this was not considered compliant with her function in the centre.[7][8] Even her old manager Johan Leman went public on both issues.[9][10][11] Ultimately this led to her dismissal: the Centre decided to distanciate publicly from her statements and fired her begin April 2017.[12]

Selected works[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Lamrabet, Rachida". Espace créateur (in French). Fondation Banque Populaire pour l'Education et la Culture.
  2. ^ Lamrabet, Rachida (October 14, 2014). "Champions in migration. What's in a name?". Brussels Times.
  3. ^ a b "Rachida Lamrabet". Nederlands Letterenfonds.
  4. ^ a b "Rachida Lamrabet". Passa Porta.
  5. ^ "Rachida Lamrabet". Banipal.
  6. ^ Project Deburkanisation; KVS
  7. ^ Rachida Lamrabet: 'Boerkaverbod is een verregaande inbreuk op de vrijheid van vrouwen'; Knack; 21 maart 2017
  8. ^ Unia-medewerkster: “boerka is uiting van vrijheid”; SCEPTR [nl]; 22 maart 2017
  9. ^ Johan Leman: 'Jihadisme zal niet spontaan ophouden
  10. ^ Petitie voor de uitlatingen van Abou Jahjah door Lamrabet ondertekend
  11. ^ Unia opent onderzoek naar uitlatingen Dyab Abou Jahjah
  12. ^ UNIA fired Rachida Lamrabet