Leaving Tangier

novel by Ben Jelloun

Also known as: “Partir”

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Partir (2005), or Leaving Tangier, is a novel by Tahar Ben Jelloun that explores the experiences of two Moroccan siblings who immigrate to Spain. The novel delves into the social and personal challenges they encounter as they navigate their new lives. Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan French novelist known for his works on Moroccan culture, the immigrant experience, and human rights. His novel Harrouda (1973) was his first, and it evoked infancy, youth, and coming to manhood in Fès and Tangier. Tangier is a city and port in northern Morocco, located on the Strait of Gibraltar.12

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…men, and in Partir (2005; Leaving Tangier), he focused on two Moroccan siblings who must navigate an array of social and personal challenges after immigrating to Spain. Au pays (2009; A Palace in the Old Village) explores Muslim identity through the struggles of a Moroccan French retiree who returns to…
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