Prof. Driss Alaoui Mdaghri

During his residency at the UM6P Institute for Advanced Studies, Driss Alaoui Mdaghri devoted his time to the writing of his memoirs, conceived as a two-volume work retracing more than half a century of intellectual, cultural, and public engagement. The first volume, Les Sentiers qui bifurquent – Aube, unfolds as a reflective journey at the crossroads of poetry, philosophical inquiry, and civic commitment. Rather than a conventional autobiography, the book offers a meditation on the questions that have shaped his vision of the world: the search for peace in times marked by conflict, the exploration of imagination—from science fiction to chess—and the constant dialogue between tradition and modernity. Through personal memories, cultural initiatives, and intellectual engagements, Mdaghri sketches the portrait of a country in transformation while reflecting on the role of thought, creativity, and public service in shaping collective futures. His narrative weaves together the private and the public, memory and anticipation, tracing the path of a life attentive to the bifurcations that give meaning to human experience.