Mohamed Ajagh, a Moroccan man, has turned to Hassaniya poetry as a means of self-expression following a life marked by diverse experiences. His journey includes early work, a career in local administration, periods of imprisonment and unemployment, culminating in poetic creation. Ajagh's poetry serves as a space to reclaim his memory and articulate a profoundly human experience shaped by life’s challenges and hardships. This shift to *qasidas* (Hassaniya poems) represents not simply a career change, but a transformation in how he processes and shares his story. The text suggests Ajagh’s difficult past is central to the depth and emotional resonance of his work. He discovered a broad space in Hassaniya poetry to express his deep human experience shaped by the ups and downs of life and refined by adversity.