Zakia Zouanat

Zakia Zouanat (1957 – 30 August 2012) was a Moroccan anthropologist. A researcher at the Institute of African Studies at Mohammed V University, she was an expert in Moroccan Sufism.[1][2] Her research concerned biographic accounts of important Sufi figures in the 12th to 13th centuries. Zouanat sought to bridge Moroccans educated in French who accessed their religions through Arabic texts.[3] As evidenced by her commentary on the Delos Initiative,[4] she actively sought to promulgate the protection of pilgrimage sites important to Moroccan Sufis, as well as provide context for economic and cultural relevance.

Portrait of Zaki Zouanat

Works
  • Ibn Mashish: Maître d'al-Shadili [Ibn Mashish: Master of al-Shadhili], Najah El Jadida, 1998
  • (trans.) Paroles d'or de ‘Abd al-‘Azîz al-Dabbâgh: enseignements consignés par son disciple Ibn Mubârak al-Lamtî [Golden words of ‘Abd al-‘Azîz al-Dabbâgh: Lessons recorded by his disciple Ibn Mubârak al-Lamtî], Beirut, 2001.
  • Soufisme: quête de lumière [Sufism: a quest for light], preface by Ahmed Toufiq, Koutoubia, 2009
  • Le Royaume des Saints [The Kingdom of the Saints], 2011

References
  1. Hommage À Zakia Zouanat À La Kasbah Agafay, La Nouvelle Tribune, 08/11/12
  2. Le monde de la recherche scientifique en deuil : Zakia Zouanat rejoint “Le Royaume des Saints”, Libération, 1 September 2012.
  3. J., Sedgwick, Mark (2004). Against the modern world : traditionalism and the secret intellectual history of the twentieth century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195152972. OCLC 51053920.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "THE DELOS INITIATIVE". www.med-ina.org. Retrieved 2018-10-17.


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