Menebhi, Saïda (1952–1977)

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Menebhi, Saïda (1952–1977)

Moroccan poet. Born 1952 in Marrakech, Morocco; died 1977 in Casablanca, Morocco.

Taught English in Rabat; joined National Union of Moroccan Students (UNEM) and Marxist-Leninist organization Ila Al Amam; arrested (1976) and sentenced to 7 years solitary confinement; died during prison hunger strike; poems and prose published as Poèmes, Lettres, Ecrits de Prison (1978).

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