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Meet the Board
Meet the Board
MARA CONSERVATION
encouraging empathy for other life
MLP Team in Morocco
Advisors in Morocco
MLP Short Story Competition
Morocco has a rich storytelling tradition, and we're thrilled to help launch a new generation of storytellers each year. The writers are high school students studying English from every corner of the country. This national initiative evolved out of our longstanding program Morocco Library Project (MLP).
Wrapping Up our 4th Competition
Empowering Communities: The Spirit of Civic Responsibility
The theme in the 4th MLP Short Story Competition was civics and how we live together as community. Doesn't the world need this now more than ever?! Stay tuned for the anthology, coming out in fall 2026.
Now in Print, the 3rd Anthology
Our theme in the 3rd competition was "family resilience," and the book, now in print, is a beauty. Look for it in bookstores in Morocco — and soon in Costa coffeehouses. Please contact us if you'd like copies.
Costa Goldex Young Writer's Prize
We are thrilled that Costa Coffee honored two of the MLP student writers with their Goldex Young Writer's Prize at the Marrakech English Book Festival in 2025. It's exciting to see budding young talent honored in this way, and we are thankful to Costa. Ghizlane Derouich from Errachidia Province was honored for taking 1st in the 3rd Short Story Competition and Rim Berrada from Biougra for taking 1st in Morocco in our Youth Essay Competition.
Once upon a time in the heart of the Atlas mountains...
The 2nd anthology is available at the Alfajr Book Store in Fes. The 1st book (2020), is available free as a PDF and features a story from the perspective of a boy with autism, from young writer Hiba Bakertit.
The Short Story Team
Moulay Larbi Arbaoui, project manager & reviewer
Barb Mackraz, project manager & reviewer
Philip Brebner, judge
Mohammed Hassim, judge
Mouhcine Abdechchafi, reviewer & judge
Alice Calaprice, reviewer & editor
Khrouch Hafid, book designer
Zakariaa Tmalah, illustrator
Hajar Azizi, illustrator