Lotfi Akalay

{{Short description|Moroccan journalist, writer, and businessman (1943–2019)}}

{{Moroccan literature}}

Lotfi Akalay (1943-2019), born in Tangier, was a Moroccan journalist, writer and businessman. In 2006 he published a collection of his chronicles in one book Les Nouvelles de Tanger.Pascal Airault, {{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/fLn5W=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_afrique_dossier.asp?art_cle=LIN23076morleerutan0&dos_id=208|title =Morâleur par nature|work=Jeune Afrique|date=24 July 2006}}

He died on 18 December 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.medias24.com/deces-de-l-ecrivain-et-chroniqueur-lotfi-akalay-6339.html|title = Décès de l'écrivain et chroniqueur Lotfi Akalay|work=Medias 24|date =18 December 2019}}