Malika El Assimi

Malika El Assimi (; born in 1946) is a Moroccan poet, author, and academic. She is a faculty member of the Muhammad V University. She is also an activist and most of her literary works promote women's rights. El Assimi is also a politician.

Biography El Assimi was born in 1946 in Marrakesh. She was the daughter Abdelkader Hassan el Assimi, a prominent figure of Moroccan independence movement and also a poet. She completed a degree in Arabic literature and a certificate in comparative literature. She then obtained her master's degree from the College of Letters and Human Sciences of Rabat.

Works During the 1970s, El Assimi became the editor and publisher of the journal, al-Ikhtiyar (The Choice).

El Assimi also promotes Moroccan culture. She contributed to al-Thaqafa al-Maghribiyya (Moroccan Culture).

As an outspoken feminist, she has written works that addressed political issues that concern women. These include al-Mar'a wa Ishkaliyyat al-Dimuqratiyya (Women and the Ambiguities of Democracy) and the collections of poetry, Kitabat Kharij Aswar al-'Alam (Writings Outside the Walls of the World), and Aswat Hanjara Mayyita (Voices from a Dead Throat). She joined the Istiqlal Party and rose to become part of its executive committee. She ran as representative of the Marrakesh district and was elected on her second try.