Mohamed Berrada (b. 1938) is a Moroccan writer and literary critic who served as president of the Moroccan Writers’ Union from 1976 to 1983. He holds a PhD in literary criticism from France. He has written many novels, including Game of Forgetting (1987), Fugitive Light (1994), Like a Summer Never to be Repeated (1999), Woman of Forgetfulness (2002), Neighboring Lives (2009), Near to the Silence (2014). He has also published two collections of short stories.
Mohamed Choukri (left) and Mohamed Berrada / Photo courtesy the estate of Mohamed ChoukriIn the introduction to Mohamed Berrada’s Ward wa Ramād (Flowers and Ashes, 2000), a…