A work attentive to human wounds, the silences of the past, and the fractures of the world.

Rida Lamrini's books explore the zones of fragility where the intimate and the collective, memory and oblivion, power and its flaws intersect.

They question the links between beings, invisible heritages, fidelities, ruptures, and what, in a life, still resists erasure.

Novel after novel, the same requirement runs through the work: to capture the human in its complexity, as close as possible to its wounds, its impulses, and its buried truths.

Journey

A native of Marrakech, Rida Lamrini has built an atypical path, at the crossroads of technology, law, and social commitment. A state-certified computer engineer, a graduate of the Higher Management Cycle of ISCAE, and a law graduate, he embodies this generation of Moroccan intellectuals whose horizon was forged by international openness and field requirement.

His career took on a diplomatic and economic dimension in the 1980s, when he moved to Canada to serve as Economic Counselor to the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco. This North American experience strengthened his vision of development, which he chose to place at the service of his country upon his return in 1991.

Commitment to Dignity

Upon his return to Morocco, Rida Lamrini dedicated himself to the cause of the most deprived. He became one of the leading figures of microcredit, convinced that economic empowerment is the foundation of human dignity. Founding member and president of the INMAA association, he also took the head of the National Federation of Microcredit Associations (FNAM).

Under his presidency, the Moroccan model of microcredit gained global recognition: the Kingdom was awarded by the UN in 2005 on the occasion of the International Year of Microcredit. That same year, he signed before H.M. King Mohammed VI the framework agreement linking the Federation to the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), sealing a strategic partnership in the fight against precariousness.

Expertise and Human Rights

His expertise goes beyond national borders. As a World Bank expert, he managed large-scale programs for employment promotion and created a foundation dedicated to young project holders, testifiying to his faith in Moroccan youth.

Appointed as a member of the Human Rights Advisory Council in 2007, he put his experience at the service of social justice and the consolidation of the rule of law. A visionary, he also invested in major ecological challenges as an expert in green growth and the promotion of green jobs for the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP).

A Scalpel-like Pen

Parallel to this life of action dedicated to development, Rida Lamrini has published several novels and essays, cultivating an exacting passion for letters. An observer with a humanist streak, he develops a literary work that passes the realities and paradoxes of his time under a scalpel.

A prolific author, he has published essays like Our Children's Morocco and striking urban noir novels such as Is there a future in Morocco, Yasmina asked me. He is especially the creator of the memorable Mighty of Casablanca saga (The Mighty, The Predators, and The Time of the Unpunished), a relentless social saga on power dynamics. Check his previous works here.

Today, through his new romanesque saga initiated by As Long as I Can Tell You I Love You, he tackles the depths of human intimacy, delivering what he considers the work of his life.