Malika Moustadraf

Malika Moustadraf (Arabic: مليكة مستظرف; June 20, 1969 – September 9, 2006) was a Moroccan Arabic-language writer. She is best known for her pioneering short stories and women's rights activism, which set her squarely in Morocco's feminist vanguard. Before her early death at age 37, she published a novel, Jirah al-ruh wa-l-jasad, and the story collection Trente-Six.