A work attentive to human wounds, the silences of the past and the fractures of the world.

Rida Lamrini's books explore the zones of fragility where the intimate and the collective, memory and oblivion, power and its flaws are tied.

They question the links between beings, invisible heritages, loyalties, ruptures and what, in a life, still resists erasure.

Novel after novel, the same requirement runs through the work: to capture the human in its complexity, as close as possible to its wounds, its impulses and its buried truths.

A pen like a scalpel

Rida Lamrini has published several novels and essays, cultivating a demanding passion for letters. An observer with a humanist streak, he develops a literary work that dissects the realities and paradoxes of his time.

A prolific author, he has published essays like Morocco for our children and striking urban crime novels such as Is there a future in Morocco, Yasmina asked me. He is also the creator of the memorable saga of the Mighty of Casablanca (including The Mighty of Casablanca, The Predators of Casablanca, and The Time of the Unpunished).

Today, through his romanesque fresco composed of As long as I can tell you I love you, At the Gates of the Stars and The Meanders of Oblivion, he delivers his most accomplished creation.

Career Path

A native of Marrakech, Rida Lamrini has built an atypical path, at the intersection of technique, law and social commitment. A state computer engineer, graduate of the ISCAE Higher Management Cycle and holding a degree in public law, he embodies this generation of Moroccan intellectuals whose horizon was forged by international openness and the requirements of the field.

His career took on a diplomatic and economic dimension in the 1980s, when he moved to Canada to serve as Economic Counselor at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco. This North American experience strengthened his vision of development, which he chose to put at the service of his country upon his return in 1991.

Commitment to dignity

Upon his return to Morocco, Rida Lamrini dedicated himself to the cause of the most underprivileged. He became one of the leading figures in microcredit, convinced that economic empowerment is the foundation of human dignity. Founding member and president of the INMAA association, he also took the head of the National Federation of Microcredit Associations (FNAM).

Under his presidency, the Moroccan model of microcredit gained global recognition: the Kingdom was awarded by the UN in 2005 on the occasion of the International Year of Microcredit. That same year, he signed before H.M. King Mohammed VI the framework agreement linking the Federation to the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), sealing a strategic partnership for the fight against precariousness.

Expertise and Human Rights

His expertise goes beyond national borders. A World Bank expert, he has managed major programs for employment promotion and created a foundation dedicated to young project holders, testifying to his faith in Moroccan youth.

Appointed member of the Human Rights Advisory Council in 2007, he put his experience at the service of social justice and the consolidation of the rule of law. A visionary, he also invested in major ecological issues as an expert in green growth and promotion of green jobs for the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP).