Fouad Laroui at the French Institute of Marrakech

The French Institute of Marrakech has the merit of having been the first institution to invite Fouad Laroui on 14 May 2013, and to allow its members to meet him after he won the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle. With his usual smile and the sense of humour he never loses, Fouad Laroui met his readers at the French Institute of Marrakech. He was introduced by the director, Pierre Raynaud, who tried throughout the meeting to put him at ease and foster the necessary atmosphere for him to express himself without hindrance. Indeed, Laroui did not take long to retrace his professional career, alongside which a most interesting literary career was developing. His training as an engineer and subsequently his work at the university as an economics professor did not prevent him from dedicating his weekends to his first love, spending all his rest periods reading and writing to ensure his presence on…