Abdelkader Fassi Fehri

Abdelkader Fassi Fehri is a Moroccan linguist specialized in the generative syntax of Arabic. He was Professor of Arabic and Comparative Linguistics at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences and Director of the Institute for Study and Research on Arabization at Mohammed V University, and founding President of the Linguistic [Society of Morocco].

Reception and influence

In 2006, he won the King Faisal Prize for Arabic Language and Literature.
In 2013, an international conference was held in his honour, in which the Moroccan prime minister Abdelillah Benkirane participated.