Omar Al-Tawer

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Omar Al-Tawer
Born (1979-09-24) September 24, 1979 (age 44)
Moroccan city of Edaoukdinif
Educationprofessor of philosophy at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Visiting professor of political philosophy.

Member of the Moroccan Network for Distance Learning and Training.

Omar Al-Tawer (Arabic:عمر التاور), is a Moroccan novelist, researcher, and academician. He won several intellectual prizes, including the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Edward Saeed Prize in Criticism of Orientalist Discourse, and the Allal Fassi Prize.[1]

Early life[edit]

He was born in the Moroccan city of Edaoukdinif in 1979. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Mohammed V University in Rabat (2013). [2]

Career[edit]

Omar serves as a professor of philosophy at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Ibn Zahr University in Agadir, Morocco, as well as a visiting professor of political philosophy at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh, Morocco. He is a member of the Moroccan Network for Distance Learning and Training on Arabic language and literature at Ibn Zahr University. In 2005, he published several articles and studies such as “Philosophical Writings”, “Tabyan”, and “Think and Criticism” in Al-Kalimah magazine, Moroccan School magazine, The Archive magazine, Hespress magazine, and Manbar Al-Hurriya Library. He also participated in scientific fora, conferences, and philosophical and educational seminars that addressed issues such as Humanities and Social Sciences, Contemporary Issues with a Humanistic Approach in the Knowledge Approach, held by the Arab Democratic Center, based in Germany.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Works[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Democracy in Contemporary Morocco: From Concept Awareness to Reality of Practice: Allal Al-Fassi Foundation, Rabat.[3] (2014)
  • Thinking the Difference: An Introduction to Reading Jacques Derrida.[9] (2013)
  • Knowledge and Power: On Approaching the Realms of Michel Foucault: Approaches Publications, Tangier.[10] (2018)
  • Translated Michel Tozzi's book, Penser par Soi Même: Initiation a la Philosophie[3]

Awards[edit]

  • First Prize of the Allal Al-Fassi Foundation for the book Democracy in Contemporary Morocco from awareness of concept to reality of practice, 2013.[11]
  • Arab Youth Award for Research and Religious Studies, 2014.[3]
  • Edward Said Prize for Criticism of Orientalist Discourse, 2015.[12]
  • Dubai Cultural Award - The Dialogue with the West Branch, 2015.[3]
  • Prize for the best article on freedom at the first Arab Freedom Festival, 2015.[3]
  • Yassin Al-Hafiz Prize in Political Thought for his research "The Intellectual and the Current Arab Situation: The Presence and Absence Controversy", 2017.[3]
  • Shortlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for the Young Author Branch for the book “Knowledge and Power: In Approaching the Worlds of Michel Foucault, 2019.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "عمر التاور | جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية". 2019-10-03. Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  2. ^ a b "جائزة الشيخ زايد للكتاب تعلن عن القائمة القصيرة لفرعي المؤلف الشاب وأدب الطفل والناشئة - جائزة الشيخ زايد للكتاب". 2021-02-19. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "الاستاذ عمر التاور من جامعة ابن زهر بأكادير ينال جائزة ياسين الحافظ في الفكر السياسي – azulpress ⴰⵣⵓⵍ ⴱⵔⵉⵙ". 2020-10-11. Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  4. ^ "مؤسسة مؤمنون بلا حدود للدراسات والأبحاث - عمر التاور". 2017-10-28. Archived from the original on 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  5. ^ "مؤسسة مؤمنون بلا حدود للدراسات والأبحاث - أفق التعايش بين الدولة الدينية والدولة المدنية: حالة المغرب أنموذجاً". 2018-02-12. Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  6. ^ "مستقبل الحرية كقيمة إنسانية في ظل الحراك العربي ج 2 – منبر الحرية | minbaralhurriyya". 2021-02-19. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  7. ^ "أبحاث ودراسات تربوية السجل الكامل - Shamaa". 2021-02-19. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  8. ^ "المؤتمر الدولي: العلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية قضايا معاصرة المنحى الإنساني في المقاربة المعرفية - المركز الديمقراطي العربي". 2020-11-01. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  9. ^ دبابي, مديحة (2017-03-03). "للجميع ولا لأحد: مقالات عن الاختلاف و التفكيك و الكتابة و الميتافيزيقا و الغيرية والشبحية و الضيافة و الغياب و الحضور في مختلف المجلات العربية". للجميع ولا لأحد. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  10. ^ "كيف تحوّل السلطة المعرفة إلى إرادة قوة فى "عوالم ميشيل فوكو"". 2021-02-19. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  11. ^ "الباحث عمر التاور يفوز بجائزة علال الفاسي في دورتها العاشرة – ماپ إكسپريس". 2021-02-19. Archived from the original on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  12. ^ "باحث مغربي ربح جائزة: عمر التاور ينال جائزة "إدوارد سعيد لنقد الخطاب الاستشراقي - كود: جريدة إلكترونية مغربية شاملة". 2015-11-14. Archived from the original on 2015-11-14. Retrieved 2021-02-25.