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Saïd El Kadaoui

A writer, psychologist specialising in psychoanalytical psychotherapy, and adjunct lecturer at the University of Girona, Said El Kadaoui’s work has mainly focused on studying the development of the identity of adolescents in a Moroccan-Catalan setting, and the impact of migration from the psychological standpoint. As a writer, El Kadaoui, avoiding clichés and achieving continuity between his research and artistic work, offers a realistic view of multiculturalism and identity. In one of his best-known novels, No (Catedral, 2016), El Kadaoui draws attention to the feelings and contradictions experienced by children of families which have migrated from the Maghreb to Catalonia, a situation he knows from first-hand experience. He has also published Selfis (Selfies, with Ricard Ruiz, Columna, 2017) Cartes al meu fill, un català de soca-rel, gairebé (Letters to My Son, Catalan, Almost Through and Through, Ara Llibres, 2011), and Límites y fronteras (Limits and Borders, Milenio, 2008), all of which critically address the phenomena of migration and identity. He writes regularly for the newspapers Público and El Periódico de Catalunya, as well as other specialist publications.

Update: 29 January 2019

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Transnational Europe: Money and Identities in Flux