Nissaboury was co-founder of the magazine Anfas/Souffles.

Mostafa Nissaboury (Arabic:مصطفى النيسابوري) (born in Casablanca in 1943) is a Moroccan poet[1][2] and co-founder of the magazine Anfas/Souffles (Breaths) with Abdellatif Laabi.Mostafa Nissaboury has primarily been involved in writing essays and poetry. The magazine was banned in 1971[3] but, in a 2016 interview with Le360, when asked about the magazine's political stances, he stated he had left Souffles before its ban.[4]

In 1964, alongside Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, Nissaboury wrote the manifesto "Poésie Toute," an important milestone in the history of Moroccan literature.[5] In Casablanca, he opened a house solely dedicated to the art of poetry. His works significantly influenced the renewal of Moroccan poetry.[6]

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  1. ^ "Les "BILLETS BLEUS" : panorama d'une période charnière". Aujourd'hui Le Maroc. 1 April 2005. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  2. ^ Alex Hughes, Keith Reader, ed. (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. CRC Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-203-00330-5.
  3. ^ The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature. p. 558
  4. ^ Le360.ma • Interview Mostafa Nissaboury, 8 April 2016, retrieved 20 July 2022
  5. ^ Georgette Toësca, Itinéraires et lieux communs, Agence de coopération culturelle et technique, 1983, p. 248
  6. ^ Georgette Toësca, Itinéraires et lieux communs, Agence de coopération culturelle et technique, 1983, p. 249
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