Rachid Benzine

Rachid Benzine, born in 1971 in Kénitra, Morocco, is a political scientist and scholar of Islam. He taught on religion and society at the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence and at the Institute of Protestant Theology in Paris. His nonfiction book *Islam und Moderne. Die neuen Denker* was published in 2012. His novels include *Der Zorn der Feiglinge* and *Als ich ihr Balzac vorlas*. In 2024, he received the Grand Prix du Roman Métis.