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Sonia Terrab (born 1985) is a Moroccan writer, filmmaker, and activist. Her work revolves around the status of women in Moroccan society, social hypocrisy regarding the body and sexuality, and Moroccan youth.[1]
Sonia Terrab | |
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Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Meknes, Morocco |
Nationality | Moroccan |
Education | Political science and communications |
Alma mater | American University of Paris |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, screenwriter |
Terrab was born in Meknes, Morocco.[2] After graduating high school, she moved to France, where she studied political science and communications.[3] She is an alumna of the American University of Paris.[4]
She published her first novel, Shamablanca,[5] in 2011, followed by La révolution n'a pas eu lieu in 2015.[6]
In 2016, Terrab released her first film, Shakespeare in Casablanca, a documentary.[7][8][9] The following year, she would release a web series, Marokkiates, elevating the voices of Moroccan women.[10][11][12]
In 2020, she released her second documentary: L7sla (The Dead End), a one-year immersion with marginalized youth of a popular neighborhood of Casablanca.[13] The film was the subject of debate in Morocco after it was broadcast on the national channel 2M in October, attaining 3 million viewers.[14][15][16]
In September 2019, Terrab and fellow Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani launched the "Outlaws" manifesto for the decriminalization of individual freedoms in Morocco, which gathered more than 15,000 signatures at its launch.[17][18][19]
The manifesto would eventually lead to the establishment of a youth-led citizen and social movement (Moroccan Outlaws) advocating for individual freedoms, women's rights and the LGBT+ community.[20][21]
This collective, known as the 490 in reference to a controversial Moroccan law,[22] was awarded the "Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom", which was presented to Terrab and Slimani on behalf of the movement, on January 9, 2020, in Paris.[23][24]
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