Salah El-Ouadie

Salah El-Ouadie صلاح الدين الوديع
Salah El-Ouadie in November 2024
Born	Salah El-Ouadie 1952 (age 72–73) Morocco
Occupation	Poet, Novelist, Political Activist
Nationality	Moroccan
Genre	Poetry
Subjects	Political Activism, Human Rights, Cultural Identity

Salah ed-Dine El-Ouadie (Arabic: صلاح الدين الوديع Salah ed-Diin el-Wadii) is a Moroccan poet and human rights activist. He is the president and founder of Damir.[1]

Studies

He was born in August, 1952 in either Asfi[2] or Rabat.[3][4] He earned a degree in philosophy in 1982, then a degree in political science from Montpellier in 1987.[4] He was imprisoned at the secret Derb Moulay Sherif Prison in Hay Mohammadi, Casablanca during the Years of Lead under the reign of Hassan II.[5]

Human rights

Member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission and former detainee of Derb Mulay Sherif Prison, Salah el-Ouadie identified Qadour el-Youssfi—a member of the Moroccan delegation that affirmed before the UN in Geneva that there was no torture in Morocco[6]—as the main torturer and man in charge of Derb Mulay Sherif Prison when el-Ouadie was there.[7][8] In accordance with the official policy of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission of addressing the hardships of the victims without harming the aggressors, el-Ouadie did not publicly reveal the name of the official, though he did address him in a famous open letter, Lettre ouverte à mon tortionnaire.[9]

Career

In 1997, he was hired as a professor at the Upper School of Management and Entrepreneurship in Casablanca.[4] He did not cease his literary activity, and began organizing and presenting the program Moment of Poetry (لحظة شعر Lahdhat Shi3r) on the 2M TV channel from 2000 to 2002.[4]

He remained an active member of civil society, through work in associations and NGOs such as the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights, which he co-founded in 1988, as well as the Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice.[3] He also received an honor from King Muhammad VI on behalf of his late sister, the judge and human rights activist Assia El-Ouadie [ar].[10]

Works

The Wound of the Bare Chest جراح الصدر العاري 1985

There is Still Something in the Heart Worth of Attention مازال في القلب شيء يستحق الانتباه 1988

The Groom العريس a novel 1998[4]

References

1. "Le président du mouvement Damir Salah El Ouadie : "On ne baissera pas les bras"". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
2. Belkziz, Najwa (October 2017), The Politics of Memory and Transitional Justice in Morocco (PDF), S2CID 158904099, archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-13
3. s.r.o, Sabre. "Salah El Ouadie". PWF.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
4. "السيد صلاح الوديع". www.ier.ma. Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
5. "صلاح الوديع: المتصالح مع الذات والتجارب". أحداث.أنفو (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
6. "عندما أرسل الحسن الثاني وفدا إلى جنيف لإنكار وجود "تازمامارت"". مغرس. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
7. Slyomovics, Susan (2005-02-09). The Performance of Human Rights in Morocco. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1904-3.
8. "Lettre ouverte à mon tortionnaire par Salah El-Ouadie". www.bibliomonde.com. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
9. "Quand un Marocain interpelle son tortionnaire" (in French). 1999-04-22. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
10. "HM the King chairs in Casablanca reception on occasion of Throne Day | MapNews". www.mapnews.ma. Retrieved 2019-12-12.