Mohammed Achaari

Mohammed Achaari studied at Mohammed V University. The recorded working language is Arabic. Positions recorded include president and Minister of Communications of Morocco. Works named in the authority record are The Arch and the Butterfly. Distinctions recorded are International Prize for Arabic Fiction and Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit.

• Name — Mohammed Achaari • Born — 1951 • Birthplace — Morocco • Occupation — Novelist Politician • Notable Works — The Arch and the Butterfly • Awards — International Prize for Arabic Fiction Mohammed Achaari (born 1951) is a Moroccan writer and politician.

He was born in Moulay Driss Zerhoun. He studied law at the Mohammed V University and graduated in 1976. He published a collection of short stories, six collections of poetry and one novel. Some of his works have been translated into French, Spanish, Russian and Dutch. He wrote articles for several Moroccan newspapers like Al-Alam and Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki.

During the early 1980s, he was jailed for his political activities. He has been elected president of the Moroccan Union of Writers twice in the period 1989–1996. In 1997, Achaari was elected delegate for Rabat and in 1998 he became Minister of Culture and in 2002 delegate for Meknes.