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Mohammed Benchicou

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Former director of daily newspaper Le Matin, Benchicou was arrested in 2003 on pretense of a currency violation. Though released in 2006, he was forced to shutter his newspaper and faced censorship of his novel writing years following his release. In 2011, he published another book in France where currently lives.