found: Mon Maroc, 2000:title page (Abdellah Taïa) back cover (born 1973 in Rabat; did advanced study in French literature in Paris)
found: Taïa, Abdellah. Mélancolie arabe. English. An Arab melancholia, 2012:title page (Abdellah Taïa) back cover (this work is an autobiographical novel; he was born in 1973; first openly gay autobiographical writer published in Morocco; resides in Paris; his novels have been translated into many languages; he appeared in the film Tarik el Hob; English release title, The road to love (2004))
found: French Wikipedia, viewed June 29, 2022(Abdellah Taïa; Arabic: عبد الله الطايع; born August 8, 1973, in Salé, in the region of Rabat, Morocco; Moroccan writer and filmmaker; he writes in French)
found: Bibliothèque nationale de France online catalog, viewed June 29, 2022(authorized access point: Taïa, Abdellah (1973- ); other data in authority record: Moroccan writer and filmmaker; he studied French literature in Paris (as of 2000)) - https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13578549j
