Youssef Fadel
Youssef Fadel is a Moroccan novelist and playwright. He was born in Casablanca. He was imprisoned by the government in the infamous Moulay al-Sheriff prison during the 1970s.
He has written several plays and novels. His debut play The Barber in the Poor District was turned into a film by Mohamed Reggab. He has written nine novels, including Hashish and A Rare Blue Bird that Flies with Me.
Jorge Aguadé studied the diglossic language used in his works "Des romans diglossiques: le cas de Youssef Fadel".
