Publication of the collection of short stories by the creator Fouad Azrawal: ⵉⵍⴷⵊⵉⴳⵏ ⵓⵔ ⴳⴳⴰⵎⵏ ⴳ ⵜⴳⵔⵙⵜ
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The researcher and creator, Professor Fouad Azrawal, recently published a second collection of short stories in the Amazigh language, titled: ⵉⵍⴷⵊⵉⴳⵏ ⵓⵔ ⴳⴳⴰⵎⵏ ⴳ ⵜⴳⵔⵙⵜ (Flowers Do Not Grow in Winter), by Waraqa Al-Sharqia Equipment Press 1 in Rabat. This new collection was published in the Arabic and Amazigh letters (Tifinagh) and contains about 135 pages of medium size.
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This creative collection contains eight story titles as follows: The Trap (ⵜⴰⵅⵛⴱⵜ), Three Days About My Mother's Death (ⴽⵕⴰⴹ ⵏ ⵡⵓⵙⵙⴰⵏ ⵅⴼ ⵜⵎⵜⵜⴰⵏⵜ ⵏ ⵢⵎⵎⴰ ), The Red Notebook (ⴰⵍⵓⴳ ⴰⵣⴳⴳⵯⴰⵖ), The Fox and the Queen (ⴰⴽⵄⴱ ⴷ ⵜⴳⵍⵍⵉⴷⵜ), Cries in the Head (ⵉⵖⵓⵢⵢⴰⵏ ⴳ ⵢⵉⵅⴼ), Golden Hour (ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵔⴰⴳⵜ ⵏ ⵡⵓⵔⵖ), Recurring Injustice (ⴰⵔⴽⴽⵯⵉⴷ ⴰⵎⴰⵍⴰⵙ), Images of Hilltop Architecture (ⵉⵡ ⵍⴰⴼⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵥⴽⴽⴰ ⵏ ⵜⵡⵔⵉⵔⵜ).
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It is known that Professor Fouad Azrawal works as a researcher at the Center for Artistic Studies, Literary Studies and Audiovisual Production affiliated with the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture in Rabat, and he holds a doctorate. He is known primarily for his theatrical productions in the Amazigh language, as theatrical repertoire has enriched the Amazigh language with a group of distinguished creative texts, whether written, adapted or translated, for children as well as adults. Among these texts we can mention: The Mother (ⵉⵎⵎⴰ), Children and the River (ⴰⵔⴱⴰⵜⵏ ⴷ ⵡⴰⵙⵉⴼ), The Artist and the People (ⴰⵏⴰⵥⵓⵕ ⴷ ⵎⵉⴷⴷⵏ), The Princess and the Red Rose (ⵜⴰ ⴳⵍⴷⵓⵏⵜ ⴷ ⵜⵍⴷⵊⵉⴳⵜ ⵜⴰⵣⴳⴳⵯⴰⵖⵜ, work is better (ⵜⴰⵡⵓⵔⵉ ⵜⵓⴼ), looking in the fog (ⴰⵣⵓⵖ ⴷⵉ ⵜⴰⵢⵓⵜ), the liar (ⴱⵓⵙⵃⴰⵙⵃ), Alal in Germany (ⵄⵍⵍⴰⵍ ⴷⵉ ⴳ ⵍⵉⵎⴰⵏ), my dear donkey (ⴰⵖⵢⵓⵔ ⵉⵏⵓ ⵉⵄⵉⵣⴰⵏ), Poor in the Seas (ⴰⵎⵥⵕⵓⴹ ⴷⵉ ⵔⴱⵃⴰⵔ), Abbas the Guardian (ⴰⵄⴱⴱⴰⵙ ⴰⵄⵙⵙⴰⵙ), Song of the Mountains (ⴰⵖⵏⵉ ⵊ ⵏ ⵉⴷⵓⵔⴰⵔ), The Inspector is Coming (ⵔⵎⵓⴼⵜⵜⵉⵛ ⵉⵔⵃⴰⴳ), Mr. Donkey (ⵙⵙⵉ ⴰⵙⵏⵓⵙ), My Mother Aisha (ⵉⵎⵎⴰ ⵄⵉⵛⴰ), The Illusory Garden (ⵓⵔⵜ ⵉ ⵓⵔ ⵉⵍⵍⵉⵏ). Most of these theatrical texts were then performed on stage and presented in a number of theater halls nationwide. Most of them are awaiting publication, with the exception of the first five theatrical texts directed at children within the framework of children’s literature, which were published as part of the publications of the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture.
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In addition to working in theatrical writing in Amazigh, Professor Fouad Azroual is also interested in critical work related to the study and analysis of literary creativity written in Amazigh and Amazigh culture in general. Among his works in this context can be mentioned: Readings in contemporary Amazigh poetry in the countryside, Amazigh laughter: irony in Amazigh culture, literature. Contemporary Amazigh in Morocco: its manifestations and issues. In addition to his contribution to collective books on anthologies of poetry and proverbs in Amazigh, and then Amazigh theatre.
At the level of narrative creativity, the collection Flowers Do Not Grow in Winter represents his second creative work after his first literary work, published entitled White Snow in 2009.
Rashid Nadjib