{{Short description|Moroccan journalist (born 1967)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Mouna Hachim | image = Mounahachimperso.png | alt = Color portrait photo of a dark-haired, smiling woman wearing a multi-colored top and a jeweled choker necklace. | caption = Mouna Hachim (Casablanca, 2012) | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = 24 October 1967 | birth_place = Casablanca, Morocco | occupation = | language = French | alma_mater = University of Hassan II Casablanca | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notable_works = }} '''Mouna Hachim'''{{efn|In French, the form “Hachem” is found.}} (born 24 October 1967) is a Moroccan writer and journalist. She has published several novels and non-fiction books. She has also created documentaries.
==Early life and education== Mouna Hachim was born in Casablanca, 24 October 1967.<ref name="2:frwp">Loubna Bernichi, "Interview de Mouna Hachim, auteur de Les Enfants de la Chaouia : Casablanca et son arrière-pays", ''Maroc Hebdo'', Casablanca, no. 592, 19 February 2004 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
She studied at University of Hassan II Casablanca, where she obtained a degree in French literature (faculty of letters and human sciences at Aïn Chock) and a diploma of in-depth studies in comparative literature (faculty of letters and human sciences Ben M'Sick-Sidi Othmane).<ref name="2:frwp" /><ref name="4:frwp">''Al-Ahram Hebdo'', 2008</ref> Her bachelor's thesis focused on the representation of Muslims in the ''Song of Roland'' and her DEA thesis on French courtesy in the Middle Ages with the first four troubadours of Langue d'oc.<ref name="4:frwp" /><ref name="5:frwp">{{cite news |last1=Airault |first1=Pascal |last2=Félix |first2=Julien |title=Rencontres casaouies |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/56782/archives-thematique/rencontres-casaouies/ |access-date=16 September 2023 |work=JeuneAfrique.com |publisher=Jeune Afrique |date=31 March 2008 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
==Career== Since 1992, Hachim has worked in the Moroccan written press,<ref name="4:frwp" /> and, since 2008,<ref name="4:frwp" /> has written in ''L'Économiste'',<ref name="6:frwp">{{cite web |title="par Mouna Hachim" site=www.leconomiste.com - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=%22par+Mouna+Hachim%22+site%3Dwww.leconomiste.com#hl=fr&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22par+Mouna+Hachim%22+site%3Awww.leconomiste.com&oq=%22par+Mouna+Hachim%22+site:www.leconomiste.com&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=serp.3...263890.264402.0.264839.2.2.0.0.0.0.346.462.0j1j0j1.2.0...0.0.wcWhVymYgbw&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=3a2a3dd226369564&biw=1024&bih=456 |website=www.google.com |access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref> in the section, "Chronicles of yesterday and today".<ref name="5:frwp" /> From 2007 to 2009, she hosted a daily column on ''Radio Atlantic'', "Secrets of family names".<ref name="4:frwp" />
In January 2004, she self-published a novel, ''Les Enfants de la Chaouia'',<ref name="7:frwp">{{cite web |last1=MDIDECH |first1=JAOUAD |title=Autoédition, l'aventure hasardeuse |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavieeco.com%2Fnews%2Fculture%2Fautoedition-l-aventure-hasardeuse-6704.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |website=lavieeco.com |publisher=La Vie Éco |via=wikiwix.com |access-date=16 September 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> a family saga spanning three generations, seen as a microcosm of Moroccan society in full upheaval since the beginning of the 20th century. In 2007, she also self-published a scholarly work, {{lang|fr|Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Maroc}} (Dictionary of Family Names of Morocco),<ref name="8:frwp">{{cite web |author1=Fatiha A |title=Marocaines - Mouna HACHIM et l'écriture : une " relation passionnelle…". |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lalati.ma%2Ffr%2Fmarocaines%2Fmouna-hachim-et-l%25E2%2580%2599ecriture-%25C2%25AB-relation-passionnelle%25E2%2580%25A6%25C2%25BB-3584#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |website=lalati.ma |via=archive.wikiwix.com |access-date=17 September 2023 |language=fr |date=9 February 2010}}</ref> a revised and expanded edition of which was published in 2012 by Éditions Le Fennec.
In 2011, and for three consecutive years, she was a member of the jury for the La Mamounia literary award,<ref name="moroccoworldnews">{{cite news |last1=El Ouafi |first1=Ismail |title=La Mamounia Literary Award Nominates 8 Candidates for its 5th Edition |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/08/137024/la-mamounia-literary-award-nominates-8-candidates-for-its-5th-edition |access-date=17 September 2023 |date=21 August 2014 |language=en}}</ref> which rewards French-speaking Moroccan writers.
In July 2014, based on her research, Hachim presented a historical documentary in four episodes on the Medi1 TV channel, under the title "La Route des Origines",<ref name="lemondefeminin">{{cite news |title=Mouna Hachim |url=https://www.lemondefeminin.com/mouna-hachim1/ |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=Le Monde féminin |date=18 November 2021 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> which presented a journey through Moroccan history centered on place names and the names of tribes and families.
In 2015, she participated in the collective work published by La Croisée des chemins under the title {{lang|fr|Ce qui nous somme : réflexions marocaines après les événements des 7 au 11 janvier 2015 à Paris}} after the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting of 7 January 2015 and the Republican marches of 11 January 2015 in Paris.<ref name="asma">{{cite web |title="CE QUI NOUS SOMME": LES INTELLECTUELS MAROCAINS RÉAGISSENT |url=http://www.asma-lamrabet.com/articles/nouvelle-parution-ce-qui-nous-somme-ouvrage-collectif-la-croisee-des-chemins/ |website=www.asma-lamrabet.com |access-date=17 September 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
In April 2016, she published a historical work under the title ''Chroniques insolites de notre histoire: Maroc, des origines à 1907'' (Najah al Jadida, 2016),<ref name="Chroniques2016">{{cite book |last1=Hachim |first1=Mouna |title=Chroniques insolites de notre histoire: Maroc, des origines à 1907 |date=2016 |publisher=Najah al Jadida |isbn=978-9954-37-184-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qngVvgAACAAJ |access-date=17 September 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> which carries out a rereading shifted from official accounts and school textbooks; it was republished in France by Éditions Érick Bonnier in September 2018 under the title {{lang|fr|l’Histoire inattendue du Maroc}}.<ref name="marocdiplomatique">{{cite news |last1=Mekkaoui |first1=Souad |title=Mouna Hachim déterre "l'Histoire inattendue du Maroc" |url=https://maroc-diplomatique.net/mouna-hachim-deterre-lhistoire-inattendue-du-maroc/ |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=Maroc Diplomatique |date=24 September 2018 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
With the same publisher, she published in September 2019, a historical novel between Europe and Morocco, based on actual events and characters, entitled {{lang|fr|Les manuscrits perdus}} (The Lost Manuscripts).<ref name="cle">{{cite news |last1=Ajmi |first1=Faten |title=" Les manuscrits perdus " — Arabe |url=https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/arabe/litterature/contemporaine/mouna-hachim-les-manuscrits-perdus |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=cle.ens-lyon.fr |date=27 November 2019 |language=fr}}</ref> She revisits history again in a romantic way with the novel {{lang|fr|Ben Toumert ou Les derniers jours des Voilés}} (La Croisée des Chemins, Casablanca, 2021), a close-up on the fall of the Almoravid dynasty from the viewpoint of women.<ref name="lavieeco2023">{{cite news |title=Mouna Hachim présente son dernier ouvrage "Ben Toumert ou les derniers jours des voilés" - La Vie éco |url=https://www.lavieeco.com/influences/culture/mouna-hachim-presente-son-dernier-ouvrage-ben-toumert-ou-les-derniers-jours-des-voiles/ |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=lavieeco.com/ |date=10 July 2023 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
==Personal life== She is married and the mother of two children.<ref name="3:frwp">Nadia Belkhayat, " 'Dictionnaire des noms de famille' : découvrez vos origines", ''L'Économiste'', Casablanca, no. 2458, 6 February 2007 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==Selected works== * ''Les Enfants de la Chaouia'' (2004) {{ISBN|9954834850}} * ''Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Maroc'' (2007) {{ISBN|9954852417}} * ''Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Maroc'' (2011) {{ISBN|9789954306987}} * ''Chroniques insolites de notre histoire - Maroc, des origines à 1907)'' (2016) {{ISBN|9789954371848}} * ''Histoire inattendue du Maroc'' (2018) {{ISBN|2367601526}} * ''Les manuscrits perdus'' (2019) {{ISBN|2367601755}} * ''Ben Toumert ou les derniers jours des Voilés'' (2021) {{ISBN|9789920769952}} * ''Casablanca, le livre noir de la ville blanche Broché '' (2023) {{ISBN|9920753858}}
==Filmography== === Documentary series === * ''La route des origines'', طريق الاصل, in four parts, Médi 1 TV<ref name="hypotheses">{{cite web |title=طريق الأصل – رحلة تاريخية مع الباحثة المغربية منى هاشم |url=http://iqbal.hypotheses.org/3668 |website=Iqbal إقبال |access-date=17 September 2023 |language=fr-FR |date=25 May 2016}}</ref> * ''Marocains dans l'histoire'' (ep.20), مغاربة في التاريخ, Le360<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dossier. Marocains dans l’Histoire |url=https://fr.le360.ma/dossier/dossier-marocains-dans-lhistoire_D4DHRVKHSFEKFK2KUBQTPKT2EY/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Le 360 Français |language=fr}}</ref>
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
===Sources=== * Aziz Daki, « Cette voix qui nous tient », ''Aujourd'hui le Maroc'', Casablanca, 6 February 2004 * Aziz Daki, « La Chaouia ou le chemin de l'écriture », ''Aujourd'hui le Maroc'', Casablanca, 6 February 2004 * Loubna Bernichi, « Interview de Mouna Hachim, auteur de Les Enfants de la Chaouia : Casablanca et son arrière-pays », ''Maroc Hebdo'', Casablanca, no. 592, 13–19 February 2004 * Loubna Bernichi, « Humilité et limpidité », ''Maroc Hebdo'', Casablanca, no. 592, 13–19 February 2004 * Z.Z., « Les enfants de la Chaouia de Mouna Hachim : Une petite merveille », in ''Emarrakech'', 15 April 2004 * Driss Ksikes, « Chroniques d'une fille enracinée », Telquel, Casablanca * Nadia Belkhayat, « "Dictionnaire des noms de famille" : découvrez vos origines », ''L'Économiste'', Casablanca, no. 2458, 6 February 2007 * « Littérature : Mouna Hachem, un cimetière comme un autre », ''Al-Ahram Hebdo'', Le Caire, 9 July 2008 * « Mouna Hachim : Fille de la Chaouia », in Pascal Airault Julien Félix, « Rencontres casaouies : Cinéaste, musicien, écrivaine ou plasticien, ils sont originaires ou enfants adoptifs de la capitale économique marocaine... Et leurs œuvres s'en inspirent. », ''Jeune Afrique'', Paris, 31 August 2008 * « Mouna Hachim », ''Femmes du Maroc'', Casablanca, 29 December 2011 (interview)
==External links== * [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/136585/politique/mouna-hachim-l-histoire-marocaine-est-celle-de-tous-les-m-langes/ "Mouna Hachim : l'histoire du Maroc est celle de tous les mélanges"], Jeune Afrique, Paris, 12 August 2013 * [http://www.lesiteinfo.com/mouna-hachim-elle-nous-dit-tout-sur-son-nouveau-livre/ "Mouna Hachim, elle nous dit tout sur son nouveau livre"] 23 April 2016 * [https://ledesk.ma/grandangle/une-histoire-curieuse-et-insolite-du-maroc/ "Une histoire curieuse et insolite du Maroc"], Casablanca, 24/4/2016 * [https://www.atlasinfo.fr/Presentation-a-Paris-du-livre-Histoire-inattendue-du-Maroc-de-Mouna-Hachim_a94227.html Presentation in Paris of the book, «Histoire inattendue du Maroc» by Mouna Hachim] * [http://maroc-diplomatique.net/mouna-hachim-deterre-lhistoire-inattendue-du-maroc/ Mouna Hachim déterre « l’Histoire inattendue du Maroc »] * [https://www.letemps.ch/culture/maroc-antique-une-mondialisation-lheure "Le Maroc antique, une mondialisation avant l’heure"] * [http://www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma/histoire-inattendue-maroc-nouveau-livre-de-mouna-hachem/ "Dépassionner le débat public sur l’histoire du Maroc"] * [https://www.radioorient.com/podcasts/histoire-inattendue-du-maroc-de-mouna-hachim-23019 "Histoire inattendue Maroc de Mouna Hachim"], La Bibliothèque de Radio Orient * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-B50AiLyQ8 "Maroc : toute une histoire !"] * [https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/questions-dislam/pour-une-nouvelle-lecture-de-lislamisation-de-lafrique-du-nord "Pour une nouvelle lecture de l'islamisation de l'Afrique du Nord"], Questions d’islam, émission de Ghaleb Bencheikh, 18 November 2018 * [https://telquel.ma/2021/04/09/mouna-hachim-raconte-la-chute-des-almoravides-vue-par-des-femmes_1717667 "Mouna Hachim raconte la chute des Almoravides, vue par des femmes"] * [https://www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma/mouna-hachim-ben-toumert-derniers-jours-voiles "Entretien avec Mouna Hachim, auteur de "Ben Toumert, ou les derniers jours des voilés"] * [https://2m.ma/fr/news/parution-ben-toumart-ou-les-derniers-jours-des-voiles-le-nouveau-ne-de-mouna-hachim-interview-20210322/ "Parution: "Ben Toumert, ou les derniers jours des Voilés", le nouveau-né de Mouna Hachim] (Interview) * [https://lobservateur.info/article/21060/Culture/ben-toumert-ou-les-derniers-jours-des-voiles-le-nouveau-roman-epique-de-mouna-hachim "« Ben Toumert ou les derniers jours des voilés ». le nouveau roman épique de Mouna Hachim"] * [http://femmesdumaroc.com/actualite/mouna-hachim-invitee-de-la-1ere-conference-les-bancs-du-savoir-49852 Mouna Hachim a été l'Invitée d’honneur de l'Association Les Impériales le 28 février 2019, où elle a animé une conférence sous le thème « Identités plurielles pour une relecture de l'histoire ».]
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