title: Hassan Aourid
text: # Hassan Aourid
  
  Hassan Aourid (born 1962) (Arabic: حسن أوريد) is a Moroccan writer. He was born in Errachidia. He has a PhD in political science and lectures at the Mohammed V University. He has published widely in both Arabic and French. He has written half a dozen novels:
  
  * Wistful Conversation (2015)
  * Morisco (published in French in 2011 and Arabic in 2017)
  * Biography of a Donkey (2014)
  * Sintra (2017)
  * Cordoba Spring (2017)
  * Mutanabbi's Rabat (2018)
  
  Mutanabbi’s Rabat was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2020.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Hassan Aourid was born on December 24, 1962, in Errachidia, into a middle-class family. His father was a school administrator and teacher in Morocco and France. He taught the Arabic language and Moroccan culture to children in the Moroccan community in the city of Tours until his retirement in 2004.
  
  Due to his academic achievements, he was selected to study at the Royal College in Rabat, where he had the opportunity to interact with Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed ben — son of — El Hassan (future King Mohammed VI) until his high school graduation. Later on, he obtained a bachelor's degree in public law, a postgraduate diploma (DES), and a doctorate in political science. His doctoral research focused on "the cultural factors of protest discourse in Morocco" through a study on "Islamism and Berberism".
  
  