Argentine writer Analía Iglesias depicts a Morocco with its doors ajar
On 30 June, the Cervantes Institute in Tangier organised a literary event at its Art Gallery featuring the Argentine writer Analía Iglesias. Under the title “Do we write or are we written? Does destiny exist?”, the author presented her book “Mashi Mushkil: Approaches to Maghreb Destiny“, published in 2021.
Analía’s book conveys the freshness of the Moroccan atmosphere, reflecting a reality unknown to many foreigners, but one that is very familiar to the writer, who has gone from being a tourist getting lost in Marrakech or in the narrow streets of the medina in Fez, Rabat or Tangier to becoming a resident who shares the daily lives of Moroccans and immerses herself in the very heart of their cities.
Analía Iglesias in Morocco
Analía Iglesias was born in Argentina, has lived in Spain for twenty years and worked in Morocco as a university lecturer at Hassan II University, where she co-founded the Casa-Docks film venue in Casablanca.
During her time in Morocco, Iglesias organised other film series and conferences on climate change and curated the documentary section of the Salé International Women’s Film Festival.
During the four years she lived in Rabat, Analía said she had developed the texts that make up “Machi Mushkil: Approaches to the Maghreb’s Destiny“, published in 2021 by the local publisher Alcion Editora.
Commitment to the Maghreb and Africa
The writer and journalist Analía Iglesias contributes to El País and other Spanish and Latin American media outlets on cultural and gender issues, human rights, science and the environment, focusing on the Maghreb and Africa.
In fact, she continues to cover, from Madrid, socio-cultural and artistic activities originating in the Maghreb, the Sahel and West Africa. She also writes biographies of women in history for RBA, a Barcelona-based publisher of books, magazines and collectables.
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