Lotfi Akalay

Lotfi Akalay (born in Tanger 1943) is a Moroccan writer and businessman. He is well-known because of his articles in "Al Bayane", "La Vie Économique", "Charlie Hebdo" and "Jeune Afrique". He also presented a radio-program on jazz and classical music (Radio Mediterranee Internationale).

In 1996 he published his first novel "Les nuits d´Azed" and in 1998, "Ibn Battouta, Pince des Voyageurs".

Akalay studied economy and political sciences in Paris, worked with the of Royal Air Maroc and ran a travel agency in Tanger. In 1990 he started to write for journals and magazines. In 2006 he published a collection of his chronicles in one book "Les Nouvelles de Tanger".

References

*Pascal Airault, "Morâleur par nature", "Jeune Afrique", 23 July 2006 [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_afrique_dossier.asp?art_cle=LIN23076morleerutan0&dos_id=208]

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