Abdelkader Benali was born in 1975 in Ighazzazen, Morocco, and has lived in The Netherlands since 1979. He studied history in Leiden and now lives in Amsterdam. As well as Wedding by the Sea and The Long Awaited, Benali has also written the very successful theatre plays The Unlucky One and Yasser, and published the story collection Reports from Maanzaad Town. (from Words Without Borders)
Abdelkader Benali was born in 1975 in Ighazzazen, Morocco, and has lived in The Netherlands since 1979. He studied history in Leiden and now lives in Amsterdam. As well as Wedding by the Sea and The Long Awaited, Benali has also written the very successful theatre plays The Unlucky One and Yasser, and published the story collection Reports from Maanzaad Town. (from Words Without Borders)
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