Mohammed Said Hjiouij (born April 1, 1982) is a Moroccan novelist. His novel "By Night in Tangier" won the Inaugural Ismail Fahd Ismail Prize (2019). His second novel, "The Riddle of Edmond Amran El Maleh," has been shortlisted for "The Ghassan Kanafani Prize for Arabic Fiction (2022)", and the Hebrew translation is forthcoming. "Kafka in Tangier" has already been translated into English and Kurmanji, with excerpts in both Hebrew and Italian.
  • Tangier, Morocco
  • JoinedMarch 16, 2021



Stories by Mohammed Said Hjiouij
Kafka in Tangier by mshjiouij
Kafka in Tangier
"Kafka in Tangier" is a contemporary Moroccan novel that masterfully weaves magical realism, absurd...
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Dreams of Aunt Mimouna by mshjiouij
Dreams of Aunt Mimouna
A still in progress translating excerpt from my Arabic novel 'The Riddle of Edmond Amran El Maleh'
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