title: Abdelkarim Jouaiti
text: # Abdelkarim Jouaiti
  
  Abdelkarim Jouaiti (Arabic: عبد الكريم جويطي) (born 1962) is a Moroccan novelist.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Born in Beni Mellal, he works in the Moroccan civil service and was at one point the Ministry of Culture's regional director in Tadla-Azilal.
  
  ## Career
  
  He is the author of several novels including:
  
  * Night of the Sun (1992)
  * Celebrations of Death (1996)
  * Yellow Morella (2002)
  * Platoon of Ruin (2007)
  
  Platoon of Ruin was longlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2009.
  
  