Hafsa Bekri-Lamrani is a Moroccan Poet. She lives in Casablanca where she is an English Teacher at the American Language Centre.

She is a founding member of the first House of Poetry in Morocco and of the Center for Mediterranean Center and In 2001 became a member of the Union of Moroccan Writers.

In 1995 Hafsa participated in the 4th Conference on Women in Beijing where she presented a research paper entitled : "Signs and Sounds of Maghrebi Women".

Hafsa speaks of her connection to Writing on the Wall. " The UK has always been a literary dreamland for me. A pen pal sent me a picture of the Beatles when I was 12. I've been speaking the language for 40 years; landing therefore, in the country that produced Milton, Shakespeare, Shelley, Blake, the Bronties, Dickens, Eliot and more... What a joy ! I love British people's freedom of mind and their keen sense of humour."

Hafsa spent most of her time based in Bowness on Solway, which had originally been a site where Moroccan Auxiliaries had been stationed. She explored the landscape, grew to know the local people and commented on this small Cumbrian Village's culture, and friendliness. She also gave readings in local Primary Schools and helped to further cement Anglo-Arab relations, in a time of heightened tension.

She also visited a number of places along the line of the wall with Hashem Shafiq and collaborated with him on translating his poems.

How to spell Bowness
on the Way to Your Soul

On the Border

A Piece of Paradise

Scents

The Moroccan Goat Tree