About this event
The Institut français in Oujda hosts author Oifâa Mtafi on October 21, 2026 for a literary meeting around her novel “The Olive Tree and the Three Stars.”
The story follows Lina, Salma and Nour, three women whose friendship began in childhood and was sealed by a promise made in an abandoned garden in Oujda around an old olive tree that becomes the symbol of their bond. The novel explores their personal choices, changing life paths and efforts to rebuild themselves over time.
Presented as an initiatory and personal-development novel, the book addresses friendship, loyalty, resilience, life-changing decisions and self-reconstruction. Its strong connection to Oujda also gives the story a local dimension, with the city acting as a place of memory and transition.
Oifâa Mtafi is a lecturer and researcher in French language, communication and soft skills at the Higher School of Technology of Mohammed First University in Oujda. She has published numerous academic works in French and English and has edited several collective volumes. “The Olive Tree and the Three Stars” is published by Dar Nachr El Maarifa Éditions.
The event is free and begins at 6:30 pm at the Institut français in Oujda.
The story follows Lina, Salma and Nour, three women whose friendship began in childhood and was sealed by a promise made in an abandoned garden in Oujda around an old olive tree that becomes the symbol of their bond. The novel explores their personal choices, changing life paths and efforts to rebuild themselves over time.
Presented as an initiatory and personal-development novel, the book addresses friendship, loyalty, resilience, life-changing decisions and self-reconstruction. Its strong connection to Oujda also gives the story a local dimension, with the city acting as a place of memory and transition.
Oifâa Mtafi is a lecturer and researcher in French language, communication and soft skills at the Higher School of Technology of Mohammed First University in Oujda. She has published numerous academic works in French and English and has edited several collective volumes. “The Olive Tree and the Three Stars” is published by Dar Nachr El Maarifa Éditions.
The event is free and begins at 6:30 pm at the Institut français in Oujda.
