Mahi Binebine

Born in 1959 in Marrakech, Mahi Binebine moved to Paris in 1980 to continue his studies in mathematics, which he taught for eight years. He then devoted himself to writing and painting. He wrote several novels, which have been translated into a dozen languages. He emigrated to New York from 1994 to 1999. His paintings are part of the permanent collection at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He returned to Marrakech in 2002 where he currently lives and works.

In "Mamaya’s Last Journey" the author is drawing on an episode from his family history. His brother Aziz was one of the young officers who had taken part in the failed military coup against King Hassan II in 1971. For 18 years, he was imprisoned in the desert camp of Tazmamart, under conditions of unimaginable and almost indescribable brutality. Of the 56 prisoners, only half survived; among them, Aziz Binebine. Mahi Binebine's fellow writer Tahar Ben Jelloun took this story as the basis for his novel This Blinding Absence of Light.

Welcome to Paradise, the English translation of Cannibales (by Lulu Norman) was short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2004. Horses of God, also translated by Lulu Norman (original: Les étoiles de Sidi Moumen), was shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award in 2014. It was made into a feature film in Morocco in 2011, called Horses of God, directed by Nabil Ayouch and selected for the official Moroccan entry for best foreign language film for the 2013 Oscars.{{cite web |url=https://rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=10722 |title=2014 Best Translated Book Awards: Fiction Finalists |publisher=Three Percent |author=Chad W. Post |date=April 14, 2014 |accessdate=April 18, 2014}}

In 2020, Mahi won the Mediterranean Prize for his novel "Rue du pardon".

• Le sommeil de l'esclave, Ed. Stock 1992, {{ISBN|2234024889}}
• Les funérailles du lait, Ed. Stock 1994, {{ISBN|9954167412}}
• L'ombre du poète, Ed. Stock 1997, {{ISBN|2234046688}}
• Pollens, Ed. Fayard 2001, {{ISBN|2213609969}}
• Terre d'ombres brulée, 1997 Ed. Fayard, {{ISBN|2213617627}}
• Cannibales, Ed. Fayard 1999, Ed. L'Aube, {{ISBN|2213604444}} (English Translation Welcome to Paradise)
• Le griot de Marrakech, 2005 Ed. L'Aube, {{ISBN|275260212X}}
• Les étoiles de Sidi Moumen, Ed. Flammarion 2010 {{ISBN|2081236362}} (English Translation "Horses of God", French Prix du roman arabe'' Movie by Nabil Ayouch, Les chevaux de Dieu English Translation Horses of God
• Le Seigneur vous le rendra, Ed. Flammarion 2013, {{ISBN|2213670846}}
• Le fou du Roi, Ed. Stock 2017, {{ISBN|223408265X}}

2017 Galerie Abla Ababou, Rabat

Art Paris (Grand Palais)

Galerie DX

Rétrospective - Galerie Claude Lemand

2016 Musée MACMA, Marrakech.

2015 Insoumission

Forum international des droits de L'Homme,

Marrakech, Musée de la Palmeraie

2014 Musée de la Palmeraie, Marrakech

2013 Galerie Document 15, Paris

2012 Galerie 38, Casablanca

Galerie Benamou, Paris

2011 Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin

Galerie Loft (Expo à six mains avec Mourabiti et Yamou),

Casablanca

2010 Galerie Atelier 21 (Casablanca)

AAART Foundation, Kitzbühel, Autriche

2009 53ème Biennale de Venise Venice Biennale

AAART Foundation - Autriche

Galerie CMOOA, Rabat

Galerie Delacroix, Tanger

2008 Galerie Atelier 21 - Casablanca

Galerie Violon Bleu - Londres

Galerie Navarra - 75 Faubourg, Paris

Galerie Loft, Paris

Galerie Bailly, Paris

Fondation FAAP, Sao Paolo

2007 Siège Société Générale Morocco, Casablanca

Galerie Nationale Bab Rouah, Rabat

Galerie Noir sur blanc, Marrakech

Palais des Congrès, Grasse (France)

Le Lazaret Olandini, Ajaccio (Avec Yamou)

2006 Kasbah Agafay, Marrakech

Galerie Venise Cadre, Casablanca

Galerie les Atlassides, Marrakech

2005 Galerie Venise-Cadre, Casablanca

Galerie Atlassides, Marrakech

Musée Archéologique de Silves (Portugal)

Eglise de la Miséricorde, Silves (Portugal)

Gemap, Casablanca

2004 Arte Invest, Rome

Festival Arte Mare Bastia (corse)

Bellas Artes, Madrid

Galerie Atalante, Madrid

Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Köln

2003 Espace Actua, Casablanca (avec Yamou)

Galerie Bab el kebir, Rabat (avec Selfati)

Galerie AAM, Rome

Studio Bocchi, Rome

Fundacione Maturen, Tarazona.

Galerie Baskoa, Barcelonne.

Kunst Köln, Galerie Brigitte Schenk

2002 Galerie Dahiez & Associés, Zurich

Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Köln

Musée de Marrakech

Société Générale Marocaine, Casablanca

Institut Cervantes, Tanger

Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Kunst Köln

Ministère de la culture, Abu Dhabi

2001 Tinglado 4 Moll de Costa, Taragone

Palais des congrès, Grasse.

2000 Espace Paul Ricard, Paris

Galerie El Manar, Casablanca

1999 Galerie Stendhal, New York

Galerie du Fleuve, Paris

Galerie Brigitte Shenk, Köln

1998 Galerie Ott, Düsseldorf

Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington D.C.

1997 Galerie Stendhal, New York.

1989 Contemporary French Art Gallery, New York

1988 Galerie la Découverte, Rabat

1987 Galerie de L'ONMT, Paris

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• Bibliomonde [http://www.bibliomonde.com/auteur/mahi-binebine-82.html] (retrieved on Feb. 11, 2009)
• [http://www.mahibinebine.com Official website of Mahi Binebine] {{in lang|fr}}
• Qantara.de [http://www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-304/_nr-16/_p-1/i.html]
• https://northafricapost.com/41558-moroccan-writer-mahi-binebine-wins-mediterranean-prize-2020.html

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