Tazmamart

18 Years in Morocco's Secret Prison

Aziz BineBine, Lulu Norman

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Haus Publishing
15 February 2021

Memoirs; Prisons

On July 10, 1971, during birthday celebrations for King Hassan II of Morocco, attendant officers and cadets opened fire on visiting dignitaries. A young officer, Aziz BineBine, arrived late and witnessed the ensuing massacre without firing a single shot, yet he would spend the next two decades in a political prison hidden in the Atlas Mountains—Tazmamart. Conditions in this now-infamous prison were nightmarish. The dark, underground cells, too small for standing up in, exposed prisoners to extreme weather, overflowing sewage, and disease-ridden rats. Forgetting life outside his cell—his past, his family, his friends—and clinging to God, BineBine resolved to survive. Tazmamart: 18 Years in Morocco’s Secret Prison is a memorial to BineBine and his fellow inmates’ sacrifice. This searing tale of endurance offers an unfiltered depiction of the agonizing life of a political prisoner.

By: Aziz BineBine
Translated by: Lulu Norman
Imprint: Haus Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781912208883
ISBN 10: 1912208881
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 15 February 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Azine BineBine is a Moroccan author and former army officer. He completed his secondary education within the French lycee system and then entered the Royal Military Academy. Appointed as an instructor to train cadets at Ahermoumou Military School, he was unwittingly involved in the 1971 coup d'etat against King Hassan II. Judged and condemned, BineBine spent 18 years in Tazmamart prison. He lives in Marrakech. Lulu Norman is a writer, translator, and editor who lives in London. She has translated Albert Cossery, Mahmoud Darwish, Tahar Ben Jelloun, and the songs of Serge Gainsbourg and written for national newspapers, the London Review of Books, and other literary journals, in particular Banipal, the magazine of modern Arab literature, where she is an editorial assistant and regular contributor. Her first book translation, Mahi Binebine's Welcome to Paradise (Granta, 2003) was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and her translation of Binebine's Horses of God (Granta, Tin House 2013), won an English PEN award, was selected for World Literature Today's ""Seventy-five Most Notable Translations,"" shortlisted for the BTBA and the IMPAC, and also and runner-up for the Scott Montcrieff Prize. Her cotranslation with Ros Schwartz of Tahar Ben Jelloun's About My Mother comes out in October with Saqi Books."

Reviews for Tazmamart: 18 Years in Morocco's Secret Prison

The hellhole of Tazmamart - Morocco's notorious secret prison-has been the crucible for many a searing story. Aziz Binebine's account is one of the finest: forensic in its detail of the sheer horror of the place, with flashes of pure poetry and deep humanity in his own tale and that of his fellow inmates. Storytelling during his long years in Tazmamart kept Binebine alive; his book will keep readers engrossed-and aghast-from start to finish. - Shereen El Feki, Author, Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World