{{short description|Moroccan writer and broadcaster (born 1970)}} {{Infobox person | name = Yassin Adnan | image = | death_date = | birth_date ={{birth date and age|1970|01|01}} | birth_place = Safi | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|Writer}} | years active = }} '''Yassin Adnan''' (born 1970) is a Moroccan writer and broadcaster. He was born in Safi, but grew up in Marrakech. As a journalist, he has been heavily engaged with the Moroccan cultural scene since the 1990s, publishing literary magazines and hosting the television programme ''Masharif'' from 2006 onwards. He has written books of poetry, short story collections, and works of non-fiction, including a study of the writer Fatima Mernissi. His debut novel ''Hot Maroc'' (2016) was nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize.<ref>[https://arabicfiction.org/en/Yassin-Adnan Bio]</ref> The novel was translated to French<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hot Maroc {{!}} Actes Sud|url=https://www.actes-sud.fr/catalogue/litterature/hot-maroc|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.actes-sud.fr}}</ref> and English.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hot Maroc – Syracuse University Press|url=https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/3936/hot-maroc/|access-date=2021-01-05|language=en-US}}</ref>
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