Zahra El Morabit Sghire earned her Master’s degrees in Language and Literature (English) and (French-Spanish), both summa cum laude, from Ghent University in 2023 and 2022, respectively. In 2023, Zahra began her PhD research on literature written by Moroccan migrants in Catalonia, supported by funding from the FWO. Her research examines how Generation 1.5 authors address the intersections of identity, mental health, and migration in their works.
Zahra has presented her research at several international conferences, including the “Congreso Escrituras desterritorializadas: Literatura femenina y migración hispanoamericana en Europa,” organized by the Universidad del País Vasco (Spain) and KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2021. She has also been a visiting scholar at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Her broader research interests include intersectional identity, postcolonialism, and the representation of marginalized voices in European literature. Zahra is a member of CESSMIR, where she collaborates with scholars on interdisciplinary approaches to migration literature. She has published her work in Revista Letral and is preparing a paper on the literary representations of intergenerational relationships.
