Dr. Mohamed Ahmed El-Masoudi
Moroccan poet and critic.
He holds a PhD in Arabic Literature from the Faculty of Arts in Tetouan, specializing in “Sufi Discourse in Modern Arabic Literature.” His doctoral thesis, completed in 2005, was titled: “Features of Sufi Imagery in the Book *Al-Isharat al-Ilahiyya* (Divine Signs) by Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi.”
Publications:
*The Formation of the Imaginary in the Poetry of Mohamed Adam: Cultural Paradigms and the Dialectic of Continuity and Individuality*; *The Ignition of the Self*; *Features of Sufi Imagery in the Book “Al-Isharat al-Ilahiyya” by Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi*; *The Allure of Interpretation: Reading the Imaginary in the New Arabic Novel*; *On the Charms and Sorrows of Poetry*; *Fragmentary Writing in Modern Moroccan Literature*; *On the Rhetoric of the Modern Moroccan Short Story*; and most recently, *Post-Colonial Travel Writing*. He is also the author of two poetry collections: *Stages of Confession and Solitude* and *A Bird’s Dream* (the latter released in an electronic format). In the genre of the short story, he has published one collection titled *Sancho Panza Enters the City*.