Born: Meknes, Morocco

Bensalem Himmich (Arabic:بنسالم حميش) is a novelist, poet and philosopher who teaches at the Mohammed V University, Rabat in Morocco.

He has published 26 books, both literary and scientific works, in Arabic and French. As a liberal philosopher, Himmich is concerned with matters including ideological education in Islam. He advocates the division of church and state.

His work deals with the problems and conflicts with which Morocco is faced today.