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Jewish Morocco: a history from pre-Islamic to postcolonial times

changed. With this in mind, it is not surprising that successful figures of Maghrebi literature, such as Yasmina Khadra, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mostafa Nissabouri, and Abdellah Taïa, among others, gave Chraïbi the highest posthumous homage for his path-blazing role in Maghrebi literature (Le Journal Hebdomadaire, 7–13 April 2007, 30–31). The republication of The Simple Past should be a moment to celebrate and also an opportunity to push the boundaries of scholarship on Maghrebi literature beyond the comfort zones of the parricide. Readers of all backgrounds and persuasions will certainly challenge their assumptions by reading or rereading the novel in light of new developments in the world.