Worl Nomads Morocco Talks: Abddellah Taia

Abdellah Taa, a young, Paris-based Moroccan writer and intellectual figure, is one of the first openly gay writers in the contemporary Arab world. He is a major contributor of French literature emerging from the North African Arabic diaspora, and won the Prix de Flore in 2010. Taa is a vigorous defender of tolerance, cultural and civic openness, democracy, and human rights, and co-authored Maroc 1900-1960 (Actes Sud) with Frédéric Mitterand. He will appear in discussion with Dale Peck, the controversial American critic and daring author of queer novels such as Martin and John. They will discuss identity, gender, and sexuality in the vastly different sociopolitical contexts of contemporary New York City and Morocco.