Jilali el koudia biography of barack obama

PERSONAL:

Born January 1, 1954, in Taza, Morocco; son of Ahmed ben Abdeslam (a farmer) and Tahra Bent M'hamed (a homemaker) El Koudia; married Mahdia Ait Daoud (a homemaker), May, 1990; children: Amal.

Jilali el koudia biography of barack obama

Ethnicity: "Arab." Education: University Mohamed V, B.A., 1976, C.E.C., 1978; University of Strathclyde, Ph.D., 1982. Religion: Muslim.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Fez, Morocco. Office—Faculty of Letters, Dhar al-Mahraz, University Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah, Fez, Morocco.

CAREER:

University Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah, Fez, Morocco, professor of English and American literature, 1982—.

MEMBER:

Moroccan Writers' Union.

AWARDS, HONORS:

British Council prize for Moroccan writings in English.

WRITINGS:

Stories under the Sun, I'Media (Fez, Morocco), 1999.

That Night and Other Stories, I'Media (Fez, Morocco), 2001.

(Compiler and reteller) Moroccan Folktales, translated from the Arabic by El Koudia and Roger Allen, edited by Allen, Syracuse Universit