About Ahmed Taib El Alj
Lived 1928 – 2012 (aged 84). Ahmed Taib El Alj was a Moroccan actor, playwright, writer and lyricist.
Ahmed Taib El Alj (9 September 1928 – 1 December 2012) was a Moroccan writer of Moroccan Arabic Zajal poetry and drama. He received several prizes and decorations for his service to Moroccan Arabic language theatre.
Life El Alj was born in Fes. He wrote more than forty plays and adapted more than thirty works for the stage. According to Salim Jay, the work of al-Aldj is a "treasure of the culture of humanity". He rewrote, in Moroccan Arabic, works by Molière, Shakespeare and Brecht and had a great influence on Moroccan popular culture. His work was markedly influenced by French theater, especially the plays of Molière and Pierre Beaumarchais. He died in Rabat.
Awards and honours In 1973, he was awarded the prize of Literature of Morocco, and in 1975, the Medal of Intellectual Merit of Syria.
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Who was Ahmed Taib El Alj?
Moroccan actor and playwright (1928-2012)
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Ahmed Taib El Alj was born on 9 September 1928 in Fez.
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Ahmed Taib El Alj died on 1 December 2012 in Rabat.
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Ahmed Taib El Alj was an actor, playwright, writer and lyricist.
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Ahmed Taib El Alj was Moroccan.
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