Kebir M. Ammi

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Born in Taza, Kebir Ammi is a Moroccan writer currently living in Paris. A novelist, essayist, and playwright, he is the author, notably, of Le Ciel sans détours, Les Vertus immorales, and Mardochée, all published by Gallimard. Ben Aïcha, published by Mémoire d’encrier (Montreal, 2019), was reviewed in the Winter 2020 issue of WLT. His novel À la recherche de Glitter Faraday (Éditions Project’îles, 2023) was reviewed in the March 2024 issue of WLT. His latest novel, Le coiffeur aux mains rouges, was published by Éditions Elyzad in 2025.

  • July 29, 2025 Kebir M. Ammi
    Painting by the Iraqi artist Ghassan Faïdi / P65 dessin café 70 x 50 Confinement du printemps 2020 / Reproduced by permission Sketch me a Palestinewith children chasing a ballin a va…
  • Kebir M. Ammi
    Paris. Éditions Project’îles. 2023. 279 pages. Numerous works revealing “the other America” have been written or filmed since Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, from Martin Luther King Jr.…
  • January 31, 2024 Kebir M. Ammi
    Painting by Mehdi Qotbi (b. 1951, Rabat) / Courtesy of the artist Les homeless Les homeless ne vivent pas dans la rue Ils attendent que le ciel se jette sur eux chaque soir Un ciel chargé de tou…
  • June 10, 2021 Kebir M. Ammi
    Photo by NCinDC / Flickr He said:Why must they destroy and destroy again?Why must they forget my face my gestures my voice?Why must they believe in my absence even as I stand in front of them?Why m…