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Hafsa at Hadrian’s wall – UK (2002)

Hafsa Bekri Lamrani
is a professor of British and American Literature, a poet and writer. She published a collection of short stories (Jellabiates – 2001) two collections of poetry (Tendresse et autres lumières and Sparks of Life – 2004). Her novel Et pourtant elle rêve is under print. She participated to ten collective books on themes such as: Women Rights Issues, Handicraft and Women Empowerment, Women and Religions in Morocco, Women Writing Africa, Identity and Resistance of the Imazighen (Berbers), Brussels as seen by Moroccan Writers, Casablanca, a Nest of Artists.

She participated to key conferences such as:

Le Forum de Delphes on Europe’s reunion and the third world
( Greece – 1992)
The Women World Conference (Beijing – 1995)
TESOL English Teachers Conference (Chicago- 1996)
Dutch Literature and Translation ( Les Phares du Nord – Rabat and Casablanca – 2002)
Writing On the Wall (www.arts-uk.com) (Hadrian’s Wall England – 2002)
International Conference on André Malraux ( Casablanca – 2002)
400 Years of Moroccan Dutch Diplomatic Relations (Amsterdam – 2005)
Exile and Emigration (Union of Moroccan Writers -2007)
Résistance et identité. Le monde Berbère, une culture de résistance (Brest – 2008)
Women Writing Africa, the Northern Region (Fez – 2009)
Translation as a cultural actor with Roger Allen (Casablanca Book Fair SIEL 2010)
And more…

Since the 80 she has volunteered her work and knowledge to a number of associations such as:
EPRI Equipe Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l’imaginaire. Université Hassan II
Femmes et Développement
The House of Poetry in Morocco
Centre d’études et de recherche sur la Méditerranée
Le Cercle Shahrazade, a social and educational association

She was nominated in 2012 for the Moroccan Women Mentoring and Networking Award.