Mohammed Tamim

Mohammed Tamim
Born (1958-05-30) May 30, 1958
Casablanca
Occupation Architect, researcher in development economics, writer.
Language French
Nationality Moroccan
Genre Essays, novels, news articles.
Notable works

Le spectre du tiers-monde : l'éducation pour le développement.
Le Spectre de l'Islamisme
Ulrich, histoire d'un Arabe néonazi
Le général Kanem-Borbou ou l'Afrique Noire est bien partie

L'étrange Histoire de Maria D.
Website
www.mohammedtamim.net

Mohammed Tamim (in Arabic: محمد تمبم) is an architect, researcher in development economics, and Moroccan francophone writer born in 1958 in Casablanca. He lives in Laâyoune.

Biography

Mohammed Tamim is from a family with origins in Chinguetti, Mauritania. After primary school studies at the Catholic school Charles de Foucauld, followed by Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca, Mohammed Tamim enrolled at Gesamthochschule Kassel in Germany, graduating as an architect-engineer. After several months working in civil service in Al Hoceïma (Morocco), he was recruited to serve as municipal architect for the city of Laâyoune. During a university project studying the shantytown (or bidonville) Benmsik in Casablanca, he discovered that the term bidonville was first utilized in Morocco. He later discovered that the origins of this type of living environment, among other characteristics of the Third World, can be first found in England during the Industrial Revolution.

Architectural Work

Mohammed Tamim visiting construction of a school complex in Laayoune

As an architect working in Laâyoune, Mohammed Tamim focused on restructuring the city's former colonial quarters known as Colomina; safeguarding the region's historical patrimony through the preservation of churches in Laâyoune and Dakhla; and the preservation of sites of Sahrawi cultural heritage such as Zawiya Shaykh Malainine. He also built many schools, both public and private. More recently, he committed his association SaharaGreen to the development of renewable energy in the Saharan provinces. (See photos.)

Theses on Economic Development

Themes in Literary Work

Through the following works of literature, Mohammed Tamim has illustrated the principle themes of his economic research on development :

The first chapters of each of these works can be read on his site: www.mohammedtamim.net.

Publications by Mohammed Tamim

External links

References

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