Salah El-Ouadie

Moroccan poet and activist (b. 1952)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. ^ a b s.r.o, Sabre. "Salah El Ouadie". PWF.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
4. ^ a b c d e "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.

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