Saâd Chraïbi

Biography

Saâd Chraïbi (Arabic: سعد الشرايبي) is a Moroccan film director and screenwriter born on July 27, 1952, in Fez.

He has directed numerous films and documentaries dealing with Moroccan society and history, particularly the colonial period and the "Years of Lead," as well as the status of women in Morocco. An activist and intellectual, he has written numerous articles and participated in conferences around the world on film. Saâd Chraïbi is the brother of director Omar Chraïbi. After a first marriage during which he had two sons, he remarried in 1998 to Moroccan actress Mouna Fettou (who appears in many of his films), with whom he has a son. They divorced in July 2005.

From 1968 to 1970, Saâd...