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Lotfi Akalay (born in Tanger 1943) is a Moroccan writer and businessman. He is well-known because of his articles in Al Bayane, La Vie Économique, Charlie Hebdo and Jeune Afrique. He also presented a radio-program on jazz and classical music (Radio Mediterranee Internationale).

In 1996 he published his first novel Les nuits d´Azed and in 1998, Ibn Battouta, Pince des Voyageurs.

Akalay studied economy and political sciences in Paris, worked with the Royal Air Maroc and ran a travel agency in Tanger. In 1990 he started to write for journals and magazines. In 2006 he published a collection of his chronicles in one book Les Nouvelles de Tanger.

[edit] References

• Pascal Airault, "Morâleur par nature", Jeune Afrique, 23 July 2006 [1]

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NAME	Akalay, Lotfi
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	Moroccan writer and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH	1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Morocco
DATE OF DEATH
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