Education
Lahbabi studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and received a doctorate of philosophy.
Lahbabi studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and received a doctorate of philosophy.
Some of his books were translated into more than 30 languages. He was professor of philosophy and dean of the faculty of letters at the Mohammed V University in Rabat. Characteristic of his philosophical writings is the union of Arab-Islamic and Western-humanistic ideas.
He was nominated for the 1987 Nobel Prize for Literature.
He also wrote poetry, fiction, and non-fiction books on economics, politics, and literature. Lahbabi was one of the founders of the Union of Arab Writers of the Maghreb and the review Afaq (Horizons).