He was born in Bouja'd. His father owned the only movie theatre in the city. He studied American and African literature at Muhammad V University in Rabat, earning his bachelor's degree in 1983. == Filmography ==
Filmography
• Collapsed Walls (), 2022 • Sweat Rain (), 2017 • Weight of the Shadow () (Documentary), 2015 • Defining Love: A Failed Attempt (), 2012 • Boiling Dreams (), 2011 • Ashlaa () (Documentary), 2009 • These Hands () (Documentary), 2008 • Why O'Sea (), 2006 • Khahit errouh (), 2003 • Tell the Water (Documentary short), 2002 • A Witness (Short), 2001 • R'maa (Documentary short), 2001 • Three Angels, No Wings (Short), 2001 • Whispers (Documentary short), 1999 • A Shepherd and a Rifle, 1998 • Still Ready (Short), 1997 • Boujad: A Nest in the Heat (Documentary), 1992 == References ==