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Narjiss Nejjar | Narjiss Nejjar (born 1971) is a Moroccan filmmaker and screenwriter. Her film Les Yeux Secs (Cry No More) was screened at Cannes in 2003. | Early life and career: {Nejjar was a student at ESRA in Paris, where she studied filmmaking.
In 1994, she directed her first documentary L’exigence de la Dignite. She has worked on documentaries as well as fiction films; her best known feature film, Les Yeux Secs initially started as a documentary about the women of Ti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narjiss_Nejjar |
Leïla Mezian Benjelloun | Leïla Mezian Benjelloun (1938 – 13 July 2024) was a Moroccan physician and businesswoman. She was best known as the wife of billionaire Othman Benjelloun. | Early life: {Mezian was the daughter of Moroccan marshal Mohamed Meziane. She was born in Valencia and grew up in Spain. She was a graduate of the University of Madrid's medical school and earned a degree in Ophthalmology from the University of Barcelona's medical school.}
Career: {Benjelloun was president of the BMCE... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%AFla_Mezian_Benjelloun |
Amina Moudden | Amina Moudden (born 3 January 1984) is a Moroccan discus thrower.
Following success on regional junior level, she won the bronze medal at the 2003 North African Championships and the silver medal at the 2004 Pan Arab Games. After a lengthy hiatus from the international limelight she won the bronze medal at the 2014 Afr... | null | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Moudden |
Fatima El-Mamouny | Fatima Zahra El-Mamouny (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء الماموني, born 20 July 1999) is a Moroccan breakdancer who competes under the nickname Elmamouny. She and fellow breakdancer Bilal Mallakh were the first African breakdancers to ever qualify for the Olympics, and she competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics on 9 August. | Career: {El-Mamouny began breakdancing in the early 2010s, and initially performed with her friends on the street. She has said that she loves breaking because of its diversity and lack of barriers (including gender barriers), and for the confidence it gives her. One author for Forbes described her style as "funky, ent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_El-Mamouny |
Zakya Daoud | Zakya Daoud (real name Jacqueline Loghlam) is a French journalist. She was born in 1937 in Bernay in France. She was naturalized Moroccan and changed her name in 1959.
Loghlam started her career as a journalist in 1958 for the Moroccan radio and then as a correspondent in Morocco for the weekly Jeune Afrique, which ask... | References: {}
Bibliography: {L’État du Maghreb (collected works), la Découverte, 1990.
Féminisme et politique au Maghreb, Éditions Maisonneuve et Larose, 1994
Ferhart Abbas, une utopie algérienne (in collaboration with Benjamin Stora), Éditions Denoël, 1995
Ben Barka (in collaboration with Maati Monjib), Éditions Mic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakya_Daoud |
Fatima El Allami | Fatima-Zahra El Allami (born 26 March 1989) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. | Tennis career: {In her career, El Allami won three singles titles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 November 2010, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 433. In July 2009, she peaked at No. 420 in the WTA doubles rankings.
She was awarded a wildcard for the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_El_Allami |
Izza Génini | Izza Génini (born 1942) is a Moroccan movie producer and director. She has lived and worked in Paris, France since 1960. | Biography: {Izza Génini was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1942 to a Jewish family.
After studying literature and foreign languages at the Sorbonne and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, both in Paris, Génini decided to enter cinema. In 1973, she founded SOGEAV for the distribution of Frenc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izza_G%C3%A9nini |
Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier | Rakiya Maraoui Quétier (born 12 September 1967) is a Moroccan-born French former long-distance runner who competed mainly in the marathon and cross country running. She competed in the marathon at the World Athletics Championships in 1993 and 2003, and represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was a three-tim... | National titles: {French Athletics Championships
10,000 m: 2000
French Cross Country Championships
Long course: 2000, 2001
French Marathon Championships: 1999}
Personal bests: {5000 metres: 15:46.30 min, 5 June 1999, Marseille
10,000 metres: 31:56.1 min, 27 June 2000, Strasbourg
10K run: 32:52 min, 23 March 2003, La C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakiya_Maraoui-Qu%C3%A9tier |
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (Arabic: مريم علوي سلسولي; born 8 July 1984) is a Moroccan middle- and long-distance runner.
At the 2009 World Athletics Final in Berlin, Selsouli withdrew from the 1500m final after failing a drug test for EPO. She was suspended for two years by the IAAF, from 22 August 2009 to 21 August 2011. O... | Achievements: {}
Personal bests: {1500 metres – 4:00.77 min (2011)
3000 metres – 8:29.52 min (2007)
5000 metres – 14:36.52 min (2007)}
References: {}
External links: {Mariem Alaoui Selsouli at World Athletics} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariem_Alaoui_Selsouli |
Fadwa Sidi Madane | Fadwa Sidi Madane (born 20 November 1994) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner. She competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.
In 2017, she competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in Lond... | References: {}
External links: {Fadwa Sidi Madane at World Athletics
Fadwa Sidi Madane at Olympedia
Fadwa Sidi Madane at Olympics.com
Fadwa Sidi Madane at the Comité National Olympique Marocain (in French)} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fadwa_Sidi_Madane |
Fouzia El Bayed | Fouzia El Bayed (also Elbayed; Arabic: فوزية البيض, romanized: Fawzīyah al-Bīḍ) is a Moroccan women's rights advocate, a former member of the Parliament of Morocco belonging to the Constitutional Union party, a member of the Human Rights Committee of Liberal International, and the first president of the Morocco chapter... | null | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouzia_El_Bayed |
Yasmine Kassari | Yasmine Kassari (born 3 October 1970) is a Moroccan film director, known for multi-layered diasporic cinema. | Biography: {Kassari moved to Paris as a teenager, where she graduated from high school and enrolled in a medical school. After studying medicine for two years, she abruptly decided to become a filmmaker and registered at INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle) in Brussels. As a student she also worked... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmine_Kassari |
Fatna El Bouih | Fatna El Bouih (Arabic: فاطنة البويه; born 1956) is a Moroccan human rights activist and writer. Imprisoned for five years during the Years of Lead, she continued her work, particularly as an advocate for women's rights, on her release. Her memoir of her experience during the Years of Lead was published in English tran... | Biography: {Fatna El Bouih was born in 1956 in Ben Ahmed, Morocco. Her father, a teacher, encouraged her to go to school.
As a student during the Years of Lead, she became an activist with the leftist youth protest movement, calling for democracy as a member of the National Union of High School Students. She was arrest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatna_El_Bouih |
Zahra Mansouri | Zahra Mansouri (Arabic: الزهرة المنصوري) is a Moroccan poet. Her poems were published in "The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology", United States, ed. Interlink Books, 2001, (ISBN 1-56656-374-7). | Poems: {The Secrecy of Mirrors
Abandonment
== References ==} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahra_Mansouri |
Manal (singer) | Manal Benchlikha (Arabic: منال بنشليخة; born September 18, 1993), better known homonymously as Manal, is a Moroccan pop singer-songwriter. Since her debut in 2015, she has risen to prominence. Manal has released two studio albums: 360 (2021) and Arabian Heartbreak (2024). | Biography: {Manal grew up in Marrakesh where she studied business and finance. Having always wanted to be a musical artist, she posted covers on YouTube and was discovered by Hamza Ait Khali, the partner of Moroccan producer DJ Van.
After a short stint with DJ Van's label Magic Castle Entertainment and the release of h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manal_(singer) |
Siham Hilali | Siham Hilali (born 2 May 1986 in Khouribga) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. In addition to numerous top international competitions, she represented her country at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. | Achievements: {}
Personal bests: {Outdoor
800 metres – 2:02.04 min (2011)
1500 metres – 4:01.33 min (2011)
3000 metres – 9:03.16 min (2004)
3000 metres steeplechase – 8:18.11 min (2006)
Indoor
1500 metres – 4:10.09 min (2008)
3000 metres – 8:59.60 min (2011)}
References: {}
External links: {Siham Hilali at World A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siham_Hilali |
Zhor El Kamch | Zhor El Kamch (Arabic: زهور الكمش; born 15 March 1973 in Tiflet) is a Moroccan female long-distance runner who competes in distance from 3000 metres up to the marathon. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. | International competitions: {}
Personal bests: {1500 metres – 4:08.09 (1999)
3000 metres – 8:34.85 (2003)
5000 metres – 14:42.53 (2003)
10,000 metres – 33:01.29 (2001)
Half marathon – 1:11:47 (2004)
Marathon – 2:26:10 (2004)}
References: {}
External links: {Zhor El Kamch at World Athletics
marathoninfo} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhor_El_Kamch |
Fatima Aouam | Fatima Aouam (December 16, 1959 – December 27, 2014) was a Moroccan middle-distance runner from Settat Guisser. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1987 Mediterranean Games in Latakia, Syria. Aouam set her personal best (4:05.49) in the 1,500 m in 1986. She died at the age of 55 in 2014. | Achievements: {}
References: {}
External links: {Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fatima Aouam". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Aouam |
Khadija El-Mardi | Khadija Mardi (born 1 February 1991), also known as Khadija El Mardi, is a Moroccan boxer. She is the current Heavyweight women's IBA World Boxing Champion. | Career: {Mardi competed in the women's middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She lost to Dariga Shakimova in the quarter-finals.
She qualified to represent Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics, however, she withdrew from the competition for medical reasons.
In 2022, Mardi won the gold medal at the 2022 Africa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadija_El-Mardi |
Touriya Jabrane | Touriya Jabrane (Arabic: ثريا جبران – born Saadia Kraytif Arabic: السعدية قريطيف; 16 October 1952 – 24 August 2020) was a Moroccan theatre director, actress, and politician. | Biography: {She was born in Casablanca. Between 2007 and 2009, Jabrane held the position of Minister of Culture in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi.
Jabrane died in August 2020, at age 67, from COVID-19.}
See also: {Cabinet of Morocco
== References ==} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touriya_Jabrane |
Safia Salih | Safia Salih (born 16 March 2001) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event.
At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won the silver medal in the 55 kg event. In 2019, ... | References: {}
External links: {Safia Salih at TaekwondoData.com
Safia Salih at Olympedia
Safia Salih at InterSportStats} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safia_Salih |
Khadija Assad | Khadija Assad (Arabic: خديجة أسد; 1952–2023) was a Moroccan actress and comedian. Nicknamed "The Lioness", she was considered an emblematic figure in Moroccan cinema and television. Assad was best known for her work alongside her husband Aziz Saadallah and for her role in Lalla Fatima, one of Morocco's most famous sitc... | Early life and education: {Assad was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She studied at the Lalla Aicha secondary school. In 1971, encouraged by her parents, she enrolled at the Municipal Conservatory of Casablanca, where she studied for four years.}
Career: {Assad's debut as a professional actress was in 1973 when she parti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadija_Assad |
Rania Salmi | Rania Salmi (Arabic: رانيا السالمي; born 14 October 1998) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi club Al Ahli SFC and the Morocco women's national team. | Club career: {Salmi has trained with Wydad AC. In 2018, she left Wydad to join the club Atlas 05. In 2021, she joined Sporting Casablanca, who were promoted to the first division. Atlas 05 and Sporting Casablanca subsequently merged. With Sporting Casablanca, Salmi was runner-up for the Throne Cup in 2022, losing 0-5 t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rania_Salmi |
Mouna Hachim | Mouna Hachim (born 24 October 1967) is a Moroccan writer and journalist. She has published several novels and non-fiction books. She has also created documentaries. | Early life and education: {Mouna Hachim was born in Casablanca, 24 October 1967.
She studied at University of Hassan II Casablanca, where she obtained a degree in French literature (faculty of letters and human sciences at Aïn Chock) and a diploma of in-depth studies in comparative literature (faculty of letters and hu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouna_Hachim |
Ma'azuza Malika | Ma'azuza Malika (Arabic: معزوزة مالكة), was a Moroccan woman who lived between the 17th century and the 18th century. She was one of the wives of Moulay Ismail, Sultan of Morocco and the mother of Sultan Moulay Abdalmalik. | Biography: {Ma'azuza Malika, married Moulay Ismail around 1695. It is likely that she remained his wife until the end of the 1720s.
Her presence around the sovereign is attested by John Braithwaite, a member of the British consulate in Morocco, who explains that Ma'azuza was no longer in the favors of Moulay Ismail in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27azuza_Malika |
Naoual Oukkache | Naoual Oukkache is a Moroccan toxicologist and herpetologist. She focuses on venoms and antivenoms and is a World Health Organization (WHO) expert on snakebite envenoming. | Biography: {Oukkache has studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the Aix-Marseille University in Provence, France; the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil; the Instituto de Biotecnología (UNAM) in Cuernavaca, Mexico; and Monash University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2006, Oukkache began working at the Inst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoual_Oukkache |
Wiam Dahmani | Wiam Dahmani (Arabic: وئام الدحماني) (born 22 August 1983, Rabat, Morocco; died: 22 April 2018, Abu Dhabi, UAE) was a Moroccan presenter, actress and singer living in the UAE. She had acted in few Pakistani films such as Ishq Khuda, Hijrat, and Hotal. | Early life: {She was born on August 22, 1983, in Rabat, Morocco. She was a graduate of the American University of Sharjah in the UAE and held a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental sciences.}
Career: {She initially worked as a broadcaster on television channel Dubai TV, and then headed to the field of singing a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiam_Dahmani |
Inès Arouaissa | Inès Chiama Arouaissa (Arabic: إيناس أرويسة; born 30 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Seconde Ligue club Saint-Malo. Born in France, she represents Morocco at international level. | Club career: {Arouaissa is a Marseille product, which she joined in 2016.}
International career: {Arouaissa made her senior debut for Morocco on 10 June 2021 in a 3–0 friendly home win over Mali. She was selected for both the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.}
Honours: {Morocco
Wome... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C3%A8s_Arouaissa |
Asmaa Rhlalou | Asmaa Rhlalou is a Moroccan journalist and politician of the National Rally of Independents (RNI). She has been a member of the Moroccan Parliament and was elected as the mayor of the Moroccan capital Rabat by the municipal council in September 2021. | Early life and education: {Rhlalou enrolled in the French University of Perpignan, from which she obtained a doctorate from the faculty of economics in 2006.}
Journalistic career: {Rhlalou has been writing for the L'Opinion since 1997, besides she was a reporter for the Arabic language MBC group for two years.}
Polit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmaa_Rhlalou |
Nezha Regragui | Nezha Regragui (Arabic: نزهة الركراكي) is a Moroccan theatre, TV and film actress. Regragui has participated in several plays and films, including Goodbye Mothers. She is also notable for being married to the singer Bachir Abdou and being the mother of the Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred. | Filmography: {}
Film: {1988: The Love Kaftan
1989: Le Vent de la Toussaint
1998: Old Friends
1999: Mabrouk
2005: Here and There
2008: Goodbye Mothers
2009: Awlad Lablad}
Television: {Al Ferqa
2002: Men Dar Ldar
2006: Khali 3mara
2008: Khater Men Dir
2019: Daba Tzian}
Theatre: {Maraat Lati
Sa3a Mabrouka
Hada Enta
=... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezha_Regragui |
Saida Amoudi | Saida Amoudi (born August 23, 1980) is a Moroccan para-athlete who specializes in throwing events. She represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. | Career: {Amoudi represented Morocco in the women's shot put F34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal, Morocco's first medal of the 2020 Paralympic Games.
== References ==} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saida_Amoudi |
Raja Kessabny | Raja Kessabny (Arabic: رجاء قصابني, born 20 March 1979 in Morocco), or just Rajaa, is a Moroccan singer. In 2006, she won the first ever series of The X Factor, XSeer Al Najah, (Arabic: كسير النحاح X), the Arab version of The X Factor sponsored by Rotana. In the final, she beat the Egyptian rival Ahmed. | Discography: {}
Albums: {Tarabiyyat (2006) (Rotana)
Hal al Donia (2007) (Rotana)}
Singles: {Estaghrabt Ihal al Donia (2007) (Rotana)
Moch Helwa Aachano (2008) (Rotana)
Taala Habibi (2009) (Arabica Music)
Illa Oumi (2010)
Maa Ba3d (2010)
Kassha Makssor (2011) (EMI Productions & Ishot Productions)
Aarouss Ljamal (2011)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Kessabny |
Mariam Hussein | Mariam Hussein Oueidat (Arabic: مريم حسين عويدات, born September 16, 1988) is an Iraqi–Moroccan actress, living in the UAE. | Early life: {Mariam was born in the Moroccan city of Tétouan; born to an Iraqi father and Moroccan mother. In 2009, She started acting through her participation in The Neighbors. She continued her artistic work after that. The Maid marked her true beginning. In 2011, she started singing, and presented her first single,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariam_Hussein |
Kharbusha | Kharbusha (Arabic: خربوشة) was a Moroccan Aita singer from the region of Abda who became famous for her songs in defence of her tribe against colonialism and the ruling governor of the region, Isa ibn Umar al-Abdi. | Early life: {Kharbusha was born Hadda and had the nickname Hawida which is the dimunative form of Hadda. She was called "Kharbusha" because of the effects of smallpox on her face. She belongs to the Awlad Zayd - a branch of the Arab Bhatra tribe which is part of the Abda confederation.}
Resistance: {Isa ibn Umar al-Ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharbusha |
Saida Fikri | Saida Fikri (Arabic: سعيدة فكري; born 28 November 1971 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan singer and composer. Her songs blend Moroccan folk and Western rock music.
She started singing with her brother Khalid Fikri and achieved notability in Morocco in the early 1990s. She is most remembered for songs such as Salouni al Adab... | Albums: {1993 : Nadmana
1995 : Salouni alâdab
1998 : Al Hamech
2001 : Kloub Arrahma
2004 : Assir Al Madfoune
2005 : Hanna
2006 : Essilm}
See also: {Hamid Bouchnak}
References: {}
External links: {Official website} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saida_Fikri |
Yousra Saouf | Yousra Saouf (Arabic: يسرا سعوف; born 29 April 1992) is a Moroccan singer who rose to fame in the Arab world at the age of 20 following her participation in the second season of Arab Idol, broadcast on MBC. She was acclaimed by the jury and the public, her voice being linked to the Egyptian diva Najat Essaghira. She wa... | Early life: {Yousra Saouf is from Casablanca, Morocco.}
Performances in Arab Idol: {}
Performances during the auditions: {Casting (Casablanca): "Akthar Min Awal Ahebak" by Ahlam
Casting Beirut (Group audition): "Mali" by Warda Al-Jazairia
Casting Beirut (Finale audition): "Ana Fintizarak" by Umm Kulthum}
Performance... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yousra_Saouf |
Rania Boutiebi | Rania Boutiebi (Arabic: رانيا بوطيبي; born 4 March 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Women's Super League (BWSL) club Club Brugge. Born in Belgium, she represents Morocco internationally. | International career: {Boutiebi is eligible to represent either Belgium (her country of birth) or Morocco (through her Moroccan ancestry).}
Morocco: {Boutiebi was first called up for Morocco for a two-legged tie against rivals Tunisia in the third round of qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.
Boutiebi wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rania_Boutiebi |
Soumaya Akaaboune | Soumaya Akaaboune (Arabic: سومية أكعبون; born 16 February 1974) is a Moroccan actress. | Early life: {Akaaboune was born and raised in Tangier, Morocco. Her mother was a stylist and costume designer while her father was an art lover. She described her childhood home as a sanctuary for artists and those in need. At the age of 14, Akaaboune was spotted by the choreographer Maurice Béjart, who invited her to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soumaya_Akaaboune |
Nadia Ejjafini | Nadia Ejjafini (born 8 November 1977) is a Moroccan-born professional long-distance runner. She switched nationality from her birth country to Bahrain in 2003, and later became an Italian citizen by marriage in 2009. | Biography: {She finished fourth in the 5000 metres at the 1998 World Junior Championships. She won the half marathon race at the 1999 Pan Arab Games, at the time representing Morocco. She won the Giro di Castelbuono race in 2002.
Ejjafini competed at the World Cross Country Championships in 2003 and 2004 and in the mar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Ejjafini |
Nezha Alaoui | Nezha Alaoui is a Moroccan-born entrepreneur and founder of the Mayshad brand. She is also the founder of the Mayshad Foundation, a non-profit organization for youth and women's development. | Early life and education: {Alaoui was born in Rabat in 1982. She studied at the French High School in Rabat and continued studies in Tangier at an American school. She later studied hospitality management in Spain where she did a six-month internship that led her to Rome, Milan and London. She received a bachelor's deg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezha_Alaoui |
Fadma Abi | Fadma Abi (died 2 October 2020) was a Moroccan surgeon and professor. She was regarded as the first Moroccan woman to practice surgery which was traditionally dominated by men in Morocco. | Biography: {Fadma was originally from a small town in Khenifra in Central Morocco. She lived in Midelt for a while before moving to Meknes in order to pursue her primary education in Lalla Amina.}
Career: {Fadma moved to France to complete her higher studies soon after completing her tertiary education in Morocco. In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fadma_Abi |
Chama Mechtaly | Chama Mechtaly (Arabic: شامة مشتالي; born July 1992) is a Moroccan artist and activist based in Dubai. | Early life and education: {Mechtaly was born and raised in Casablanca by a Muslim mother and paternally Jewish father. Her paternal grandfather was Amazigh-Jewish, but converted to Islam to marry her paternal grandmother, who was Muslim. In high school, Mechtaly became interested in her family history, and more broadly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chama_Mechtaly |
Aminatou Haidar | Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar (Arabic: أميناتو علي أحمد حيدر; born 24 July 1966), sometimes spelled as Aminetou, Aminatu or Aminetu, is a Sahrawi human rights activist and an advocate of the independence of Western Sahara. She is often called the "Sahrawi Gandhi" or "Sahrawi Pasionaria" for her nonviolent protests. She is ... | Background: {While her parents lived in Tan-Tan, a small city in southern Morocco with significant Sahrawi population (and former Spanish Cape Juby) where she passed her childhood, Aminatou was born in 1966 in Akka, in the Moroccan province of Tata, her grandmother's town, due to a bedouin tradition. She is not a membe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminatou_Haidar |
Sofia El Marikh | Sofia El Marikh (Arabic: صوفيا المريخ Moroccan pronunciation: [sofjɑ l.mærrix]; born (1981-10-15)October 15, 1981), also spelled Sophia El Mareekh, is a musician and entertainer from Casablanca, Morocco. She was a contestant on Star Academy I. | Discography: {}
Albums: {Kelmet Hobb 2007
Tahwak 2011}
Singles: {Tahwak (She Adores You)
Nmout 3lik (I Love You till Death)
Es'alni Ana (Ask Me)
Bezzaf Bezaf (a lot, a lot)
Baheb Feek (What I Love about You)
Kelmet Hobb (Word of Love)}
Videography: {"Tahwak" – Wissam Smayra
"Es'alni Ana" – Wissam Smayra
"Baheb Feek"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_El_Marikh |
Btissam Lakhouad | Btissam Lakhouad (born 7 December 1980) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and 2012. She was fourth at the World Championships in Athletics in 2011 and has won medals at the Mediterranean Games and the African Championships... | Achievements: {}
Personal bests: {All information taken from IAAF profile.}
References: {}
External links: {Btissam Lakhouad at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Btissam Lakhouad". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btissam_Lakhouad |
Lalla Fatima Zahra bint Hassan | Lalla Fatima Zohra (died in 1894) was an Alawi Princess who went down in history as a learned woman. She was the daughter of Moulay Hassan I, Sultan of Morocco (1836–1894). | Biography: {Princess Lalla Fatima Zahra was the daughter of Sultan Moulay Hassan I, the identity of her mother was not preserved. The princess was a woman of letters and faqīha who donated a large part of her princely literary collection for the benefit of the library of the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fes. Her coll... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Fatima_Zahra_bint_Hassan |
Hourya Benis Sinaceur | Hourya Sinaceur is a Moroccan philosopher. She is an expert in the theory and history of mathematics. | Biography: {Hourya Benis was born in 1940 in Casablanca in Morocco. Sinaceur worked for Paris-Sorbonne University and the French National Centre for Scientific Research which is also in Paris, and the URS in Rabat. She has also served as a member of the National French Committee of History and Philosophy of Science (Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hourya_Benis_Sinaceur |
Naima Lamcharki | Naima Lamcharki (Arabic: نعيمة المشرقي; 11 July 1943 – 5 October 2024) was a Moroccan actress. | Death: {Lamcharki died in Casablanca on 5 October 2024, at the age of 81.}
Awards: {Lamcharki won the prize for Best Female Lead for her performance in Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi's comedy In Search of My Wife's Husband, one of Morocco's most popular domestic hits, at the country's 6th National Film Festival in 2001.
In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naima_Lamcharki |
Latifa Jbabdi | Latifa Jbabdi (born 1955) is a Moroccan feminist activist and writer. She is best known for her work to help improve women's rights through reforming the Mudawana, Morocco's legal code governing family life. She also served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. | Early life, education, and youth activism: {Latifa Jbabdi was born in 1955 in Tiznit, in southern Morocco. She completed her education in her hometown and later in Agadir. As a student, she became a part of the fervent youth activist movement of the period. She joined a clandestine communist movement, named "March 23" ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latifa_Jbabdi |
Lalla Bahia | Lalla Bahia bint Antar (Arabic: لالة بهية بنت عنتر; unknown – 3 September 2008) was the third wife of Mohammed V of Morocco, who reigned from 1927 until 1961. Bahia was also the mother of Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco. | Biography: {Lalla Bahia was a lady from a wealthy Berber family and she had Glaoua (Glawa) origins. Abdelssadeq el-Glaoui explained that just like Lalla Abla bint Tahar, her husband's second wife, Lalla Bahia was chosen from the house Glaoui. However, it is not specified whether it is on her maternal or paternal side t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Bahia |
Lalla Balqis | Lalla Balqis also known as Lalla Bilqis (c. 1670 – after 1721), was an English slave concubine of Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif (r. 1672–1727). | Life: {She was of English origin. In 1685, when she was fifteen years old, she and her mother were travelling to the English colony of Barbados, when their ship was attacked by Barbary pirates. They were taken to the slave market in Morocco, where she was given as a gift to Sultan Ismail. She was converted to Islam und... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Balqis |
Aziza Bennani | Aziza Bennani (born 1943) is a Moroccan academic and politician. | Life: {Born in Rabat, Bennani studied at Mohammed V University in Rabat. After an undergraduate degree in Spanish language and literature, she gained a PhD with a dissertation on Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. She also gained a doctorate from Paris X Nanterre with a thesis on Carlos Fuentes. She was head of the Department o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziza_Bennani |
Ibtissam Tiskat | Ibtissam Tiskat (Arabic: إبتسام تسكت; born 3 October 1992) is a Moroccan singer and actress who rose to popularity as a contestant in both the second season of Arab Idol and the tenth season of Star Academy Arab World. She made her commercial singing debut with "N'dir Mabghit" (Arabic: ندير ما بغيت) in September 2014. | Career: {}
Star Academy 10: {Tiskat competed in the tenth season of Star Academy where she won the title of 'Miss Star Academy'. Tiskat was nominated twice on the show. For her first nomination she was brought back by public vote, achieving the season's highest vote percentage. During her second nomination, she stood ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibtissam_Tiskat |
Assmaa Niang | Assmaa Niang (also spelled Asmaa or Asma, born 4 January 1983) is a Moroccan judoka, who has represented her country at international events. She is citizen of France, Morocco and Senegal.
Niang competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 70 kg.
Niang competed in the women's 70 kg event at th... | References: {}
External links: { Media related to Assmaa Niang at Wikimedia Commons
Asma Niang – Mind Over Matter (official website) at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 November 2021) (in French)
Assmaa Niang at the International Judo Federation
Assmaa Niang at JudoInside.com
Assmaa Niang at Olympics.com
Assmaa Niang... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assmaa_Niang |
Margie Cox | Margie Cox (born September 1, 1962) is an American singer. She is best known as the lead singer of the Minneapolis sound band Ta Mara and the Seen, and for her work with Prince. | Early life and career: {Cox was born in Kenitra, Morocco, and moved to Minneapolis with her family when she was seven years old. She learned to play several instruments, including piano, guitar, and drums.
Cox attended Southeast Alternatives Free School, graduating from Marshall-University High School and sang in the n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margie_Cox |
Naima Bakkal | Naima Bakkal (born 28 August 1990) is a Moroccan taekwondo athlete.
She represented Morocco at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 57 kg. | References: {}
External links: {Naima Bakkal at TaekwondoData.com
Naima Bakkal at Olympics.com
Naima Bakkal at Olympedia
Naima Bakkal at InterSportStats} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naima_Bakkal |
Nadia Lalami | Nadia Lalami Laaroussi (born 28 April 1990) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player.
In her career, she won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 19 September 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 322. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 427 in the doubles r... | Career: {At the 2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fes, she upset the top seed and world No. 24, Aravane Rezaï, in the second round, becoming the first Moroccan player to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA tournament.}
ITF finals: {}
Singles (2–2): {}
Doubles (2–4): {}
References: {}
External links: {N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Lalami |
Malika Mezzane | Malika Mezzane is a Moroccan poet, a writer, and a Berber rights activist. | Career: {Mezzane studied in Fez where she earned a BA degree in philosophy from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University. She is a former Philosophy teacher. She has published 17 works in 22 publications, in 2 languages. In 1992 she travelled to Switzerland, where she resided for nine years until 2001, during which time sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malika_Mezzane |
Maha Haddioui | Maha Haddioui (Arabic: ماها الحديوي; born 15 May 1988) is a Moroccan professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She is the first Arab with playing privileges on the Ladies European Tour.
She attended Lynn University, where she was the top-ranked golfer in NCAA Division II.
Haddioui qualified for the 20... | References: {}
External links: {Maha Haddioui at the Ladies European Tour official site
Maha Haddioui at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
Maha Haddioui at Olympedia
Maha Haddioui at Olympics.com
Maha Haddioui at the Comité National Olympique Marocain (in French)} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maha_Haddioui |
Wiam Dislam | Wiam Dislam (born 22 October 1987 in Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She stands at 180 cm. She competed in the +67 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the flag bearer for Morocco during the opening ceremony.
She competed in the +67 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was defeated by... | null | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiam_Dislam |
Amal Ayouch | Amal Ayouch (born 1966) is a Moroccan actress who since the late 1990s has performed in the French language both on stage and, above all, in film. In January 2015, she was honoured with an award at the African Women's Film Festival in Brazzaville. Ayouch has played a leading role in Morocco's Fondation des arts vivants... | Biography: {Born in Casablanca in 1966, Amal Ayouch showed interest in acting from an early age, performing on stage at high school. When she was 18, she arrived in Montpellier where she studied to become a pharmacist. While at university, in 1987 she joined a theatre group attached to the French literature department.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Ayouch |
Lalla Latifa Amahzoune | Princess Hajja Lalla Latifa (Arabic: الحاجة للا لطيفة; born Amahzoune, 1943/1944 – 29 June 2024) was the wife of King Hassan II of Morocco, and the mother of Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI, Princesses Lalla Asma and Lalla Hasna, and Prince Moulay Rachid. | Biography: {Latifa was born under the name Latifa Amahzoune in 1943 or 1944 in Khenifra. She was of the Zayane tribe and came from an important Amazigh family. She was the daughter of a provincial governor and granddaughter of the famous Mouha ou Hammou Zayani. Berber tribal leader Caid Ahmaroq was either her father or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Latifa_Amahzoune |
List of Moroccan women writers | This is a list of women writers who were born in Morocco or whose writings are closely associated with that country. | A: {Leila Abouzeid (born 1950), Arabic-language novelist
Mririda n’Ait Attik (1900–1940s), poet in Tashelhit, translated into French}
B: {Latifa Baka (born 1964), novelist, short story writer
Muriel Barbery (born 1969), Moroccan-born French novelist, educator
Hafsa Bekri (born 1948), poet, short story writer, feminist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Moroccan_women_writers |
Samah Barigou | Samah Barigou is a Moroccan actress. She is best known for her role in Nabil Ayouch's 2021 film Casablanca Beats (French: Haut et Fort), which was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. | References: {}
External links: {Samah Barigou at IMDb} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samah_Barigou |
Samia Fikri | Samia Fikri (Arabic: سامية فكري; born 2 August 1999) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Seconde Ligue club Rodez. Born in France, she represents Morocco at international level. | Club career: {Fikri is a product of En Avant Guingamp. She has played for US Saint-Malo, ESOF Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon and Montauban in France.}
International career: {Fikri made her senior debut for Morocco on 30 November 2021 as a starter in a 2–0 friendly home win over Senegal.}
See also: {List of Morocco women's i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samia_Fikri |
Halima Al Sufyaniyah | Lalla Halima al-Sufiyaniyah (Arabic: حليمة السفيانية) was one of the wives of Moulay Ismail and the mother of Prince Moulay Zeydan (not to confuse with Prince Moulay Mohammed Zeydan, the latter's older half-brother). Lalla Halima was very active in the socio-political life of Morocco during the reign of her husband, sh... | Life: {Halima's father was Sheikh Ali bin Hussein al-Sufiyani, upon his death he left his daughter a considerable personal inheritance in Fez, great furniture which would have made anyone among the richest. She married Moulay Ismail around 1707 and henceforth became known as Princess Lalla Halima. she lived in the Pala... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halima_Al_Sufyaniyah |
Najat El Garaa | Najat El Garaa (Arabic: نجاة الكرعة) is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 athletics events. | Career: {El Garaa competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 discus throw event.
She later competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where she won a gold medal in the women's F40 discus throw event. El Garaa made a new world record at 32.37 metres.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najat_El_Garaa |
Salma Amani | Salma Abdulkarim Lahcen Amani (Arabic: سلمى عبد الكريم لحسن أماني; born 28 November 1989) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Moroccan Women's Championship D1 club Wydad AC and the Morocco national team. She also holds French citizenship. | Early life: {Amani was born in Rabat. She left her parents and Morocco at the age of eight months to settle in France with her brothers in the city of Brest, where she grew up and was educated by her grandparents.}
Club career: {Amani started playing football at the age of 5 at SC Brest 2, with her twin brother Salam,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Amani |
Zineb Oukach | Zineb Oukach (Arabic: زينب أوكاش; ) is a Moroccan film actress and model, known to worldwide audiences for playing the role of Fatima in the 2007 Gavin Hood film Rendition. | Early life: {Oukach was born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco. In 2004 she moved to France, where she studied Economics before attending Cours Florent to focus on her acting career.}
Career: {Already well known in Morocco for her work in Parfum de Mer, by acclaimed Moroccan film maker Abdelhai Laraki, and for her rol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zineb_Oukach |
Jannat | Jannat Mahid (Arabic: جنات مهيد; born 6 January 1986), known by her stage name Jannat (Arabic: جنات, Moroccan Arabic: [ʒænnæt], Egyptian Arabic: [ɡænˈnæːt]); is a Moroccan- singer and actress. She was born in Morocco and presently living and performing in Egypt. Jannat sings in Egyptian Arabic. She is one of the most ... | Biography: {}
Early life: {Jannat grew up with three siblings. She was the youngest and only girl among them. Jannat's passion for singing was revealed early, when she attracted attention of her parents at age 5, repeating songs of Umm Kulthum and Mohammed Abdel Wahab. Supported by her family (namely her mother who is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannat |
Morjana Alaoui | Morjana Alaoui (Arabic: مرجانة العلوي; born November 30, 1982) is a Moroccan actress.
She is best known for her starring roles in director Laila Marrakchi's Marock (2005) and Rock the Casbah (2013). She also starred in Pascal Laugier's horror film Martyrs (2008). | Biography: {Alaoui spent her early life in the Anfa neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco, and studied at the Casablanca American School. At 18, Alaoui moved to Paris, France, where she studied at the American University of Paris. While attending the university, she met director Laila Marrakchi, who offered her a role in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morjana_Alaoui |
Kaoutar Farkoussi | Kaoutar Farkoussi (born 19 March 1996) is a Moroccan runner.
On the track, she won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, finished sixth at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, and won the gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.
Outside the track, she won a silver medal in mixed rela... | References: {}
External links: {Kaoutar Farkoussi at World Athletics
Kaoutar Farkoussi at Diamond League
Kaoutar Farkoussi at ARRS
Kaoutar Farkoussi at Olympics.com
Kaoutar Farkoussi at Olympedia
Kaoutar Farkoussi at InterSportStats} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoutar_Farkoussi |
Maryam Touzani | Maryam Touzani (born 17 September 1980) is a Moroccan filmmaker and actress. She is best known as the director of the critically acclaimed film Adam (2019), Morocco's entry for the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film, and The Blue Caftan (2022), the country's submission for the same award for the 95... | Early life: {Touzani was born in 1980 in Tangier. In 2003, she obtained a master's degree in media communication and journalism in London. She began her career as a journalist with a focus on cinema.}
Career: {At first, Touzani worked as a screenwriter while directing short and documentary films. In 2011, she made the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Touzani |
Lalla Aisha Mubarka | Lalla Aisha Al Mubaraka (Arabic: عائشة بنت مبارك الرحماني), often referred to as Zaydana (died 1716), was a slave concubine of Moulay Ismail of Morocco (r. 1672–1727), and later became one of his four wives. She had an acknowledged influence over the affairs of state through her personal influence over the sultan. Som... | Life: {}
Identity: {Lalla Aisha's real identity is subject to conflicting reports from historic sources and there are multiple theories regarding her origins. Some identify her as a black slave, others as a princess and some as a Barbuchi. Reports from European slaves at the court of Sultan Moulay Ismail identify her ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Aisha_Mubarka |
Ranya Senhaji | Ranya Senhaji (Arabic: رانيا الصنهاجي; born 21 April 2002) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in the United States, she plays for the Morocco national team. | Early life: {Senhaji was raised in Tinton Falls, New Jersey to a Moroccan father and an American mother. She credits her friends, Lindsay and Payton as well.}
High school and college career: {Senhaji attended Monmouth Regional High School in her hometown. She holds the record for goals in a season at her high school w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranya_Senhaji |
Nada Laaraj | Nada Laaraj (Arabic: ندى لعرج, born 2 September 2000) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner. She has won gold medals in the women's 57 kg event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the African Taekwondo Championships. She also represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. | Career: {In May 2017, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The following month, she competed in the women's featherweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships held in Muju, South Korea where she was eliminated in her second... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nada_Laaraj |
Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch | Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch (Arabic: سلوى إدريسي) is a businesswoman and entrepreneur. She is the founder and current president of Aksal Holding, a Moroccan company specializing in retail, cosmetics, luxury goods and malls. In 2017, she was named as the "Morocco's Leading Lady of Luxury Goods" by OZY. Akhannouch is marrie... | Career: {In 2001, Akhannouch sealed an agreement with the Spanish group Inditex. In 2004, she inaugurated the first Zara flagship in Africa. Her company, Aksal Holding, owns the sole franchise rights for several leading brands in Morocco, including Zara, Banana Republic, Pull & Bear and Gap.
In 2011, Akhannouch inaugu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwa_Idrissi_Akhannouch |
Saïda El Mehdi | Saïda El Mehdi (born 21 September 1981) is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.
In 2004, she won an 800 m gold medal and a 1500 m silver medal at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics and she was the 1500 m bronze medallist at the 2004 Pan Arab Games. The following year sh... | Achievements: {}
Personal bests: {800 metres – 2:01.85 (2006)
1500 metres – 4:08.60 (2004)
3000 metres – 9:04.69 (2006)}
See also: {List of doping cases in athletics}
References: {}
External links: {Saïda El Mehdi at World Athletics} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C3%AFda_El_Mehdi |
Lalla Hanila bint Mamoun | Princess Lalla Hanila bint Mamoun was the first wife of Mohammed V of Morocco, who reigned from 1927 to 1961. Lalla Hanila is the mother of Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra. | Life: {Lalla Hanila is the daughter of Prince Moulay Mohammed el-Mamoun, son of Sultan Moulay Hassan I and his wife Lalla Kenza al-Daouia. Her mother's identity did not survive posterity. She married her cousin, the future Mohammed V, before he ascended the throne in 1927. The couple divorced just after the birth of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Hanila_bint_Mamoun |
Asma Chaabi | Asma Chaabi (born 1962 in Kenitra, Morocco) is a Moroccan politician. A member of the Party of Progress and Socialism, she is the first woman ever elected mayor of an urban center in Morocco. She was mayor of the city of Essaouira from 2003 to 2009. When she stepped down, Mrs. Chaabi said she would leave politics. Howe... | null | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asma_Chaabi |
Amina Lemrini | Amina Lemrini El Ouahabi is a Moroccan human rights activist, and the president of Morocco's Haute Autorité de la communication audiovisuelle (Higher Council of Audiovisual Communication). | Early life: {Lamrini earned a PhD (doctorat d'État) in educational science.}
Career: {Lamrini is the co-founder and former president of the Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (Association Démocratique des Femmes Marocaines).
Lamrini is a founding member of the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH).
In M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Lemrini |
Queen Nouna | Nouna or Noula was a Christian queen of Morocco who reigned over the Canary Islands and Souss during the Christian era. | Biography: {}
Origins and realm: {Nouna was an Amazigh Christian queen who, landing from the Canary Islands in the Atlantic, would have easily reigned over the Souss up to Saguia el-Hamra.
Noun would only be the derivative of Nouna which gave its name to her kingdom. According to the Spanish traveler Joaquín Gatell y ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Nouna |
Yasmine Zouhir | Yasmine Zouhir (born 16 July 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Real Betis. Born in France, she plays for the Morocco women's national team. | Club career: {Born in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Yasmine Zouhir was trained at AS Saint-Étienne, where she played in the French Women's Under-19 Championship starting from the year 2021.
She left her training club during the 2023 offseason and moved to Italy, joining AS Roma, which competes in the Serie A. She underwent th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmine_Zouhir |
Haja El Hamdaouia | Haja El Hamdaouia (Arabic: الحاجة الحمداوية; 28 October 1930 – 5 April 2021) was a Moroccan singer and songwriter, known for singing Moroccan Chaabi and Aita. | Biography: {El Hamdaouia was born on 28 October 1930 and grew up in Derb Sultan in Casablanca where she started singing from a young age. She sang in front of the "patchwork" Orchestra.
She started her career in the 1950s, performing the genre "El Aita al Marsaouia". This is one of the most popular styles of Moroccan t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haja_El_Hamdaouia |
Ibtissame Lachgar | Ibtissam "Betty" Lachgar, also spelled Ibtissame (Arabic: ابتسام لشكر; born August 1975) is a Moroccan developmental psychologist, feminist, human rights activist, and LGBT advocate. She is the co-founder of the MALI Movement (Mouvement alternatif pour les libertés individuelles). She is one of the few openly atheist M... | Early life and education: {Born in August 1975, Ibtissam Lachgar studied in Lycée Descartes in the Moroccan capital Rabat, before moving to Paris to study clinical psychology, criminology and victimology. She is currently working on her thesis in psychoanalysis, in Paris.}
Activism: {On 23 August 2009, along with her ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibtissame_Lachgar |
Soukaina Boukries | Soukaina Boukries (Arabic: سكينة بوخريص, born 18 March 1988) is a Moroccan singer who rose to popularity as a contestant in both the 9th season of Studio 2M and the 9th season of Star Academy Arab World. | Studio 2M 2012: {Soukaina Boukries participated in the 9th season of the show Studio 2M in Morocco and reached the semi-finals of this program after it was exclusion by the Committee.}
Performances in Studio 2M 2012: {1st Prime : Unfaithful - Rihanna
2nd Prime : Waka Waka - Shakira
3rd Prime : You Lost Me - Christina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukaina_Boukries |
Saida Charaf | Saida Charaf is a famous Moroccan singer. | Career: {Saida Charaf was born in Kelâa sraghna in 1970 and moved to Laayoune (morocco) .
In the 1990s, she studied Arabic literature and humanities in Agadir and Rabat to pursue a career in journalism.
She left journalism and started her musical career before travelling to Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon to perform in inter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saida_Charaf |
Yamna Oubouhou | Yamna Oubouhou (formerly using the married name Belkacem; born 20 February 1974 in Hagou, Morocco) is a long-distance runner competing internationally for France. She first competed in the track events before moving up to the marathon. | Competition record: {}
Personal bests: {Outdoor
1500 metres – 4:08.60 (Villeneuve-d'Ascq 1999)
2000 metres – 5:39.44 (Nancy 1999)
3000 metres – 8:38.13 (Oslo 1999)
5000 metres – 14:47.79 (Stockholm 2000)
10,000 metres – 32:05.98 (Villeneuve-d'Ascq 2001)
10 kilometres – 32:00 (La Courneuve 2001) NR
Half marathon – 1:1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamna_Oubouhou |
Hoda Khalaf | Hoda Hadi Abdelamir Khalaf (Arabic: هدى هدير عبد الأمير خلف; born 19 December 1997) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Sollentuna. Born in Sweden she plays for the Iraq women's national team. | Club career: {Khalaf has played for Sollentuna FK, Vasalunds, Bele Barkarby FF, Sätra, Rågsveds IF, Bollstanäs SK and Älvsjö AIK in Sweden.}
International career: {Khalaf made her senior debut for Morocco on 10 June 2021 as a 74th-minute substitution in a 3–0 friendly home win over Mali. In 2024, she changed her alleg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoda_Khalaf |
Latifa Bennani-Smires | Latifa Bennani-Smires (Arabic: لطيفة بناني سميرس) is a Moroccan politician. Alongside Badia Skalli, she became one of the first two women in the House of Representatives when she was elected to parliament in 1993. | Biography: {The head of the women's section of the Istiqlal Party, Bennani-Smires was a candidate for the 1993 parliamentary and was one of two women elected to the House of Representatives, becoming the first women in the Parliament of Morocco. She was re-elected in 1997, 2002 and 2007. During her final term she serve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latifa_Bennani-Smires |
Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco | Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco (born 28 February 2007) is the younger child of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Princess Lalla Salma. Princess Lalla Khadija's elder brother is Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco. | Biography: {In honor of her birth, her father, King Mohammed VI granted a royal pardon to just under nine thousand detainees. Since 2011, Lalla Khadija attends the Royal College of Rabat. She is a polyglot, fluent in four languages, Arabic, French, English and Spanish.
On 17 November 2016, accompanied by her brother, M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Lalla_Khadija_of_Morocco |
Lamyaa Bekkali | Lamyaa Bekkali (born 10 May 1989) is a Moroccan taekwondo practitioner.
She won a silver medal in bantamweight at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships, after being defeated by Ana Zaninović in the final. Her achievements at the African Taekwondo Championships include gold medals in 2009 and 2010, and a bronze medal ... | References: {}
External links: {Lamyaa Bekkali at TaekwondoData.com
Lamyaa Bekkali at InterSportStats} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamyaa_Bekkali |
Sakina Ouzraoui Diki | Sakina Ouzraoui (born 29 August 2001), known in Belgium as Sakina Ouzraoui Diki, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club UD Tenerife. Born in Spain and raised in Belgium, she plays for the Morocco women's national team. | International goals: {}
Honours: {Super League (5):
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Belgian Cup (1):
2022
Individual
Belgian Lion Award: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023}
Notes: {
== References ==} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakina_Ouzraoui_Diki |
Meryem Hajri | Meryem Hajri (born 15 September 1994) is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a forward for the Morocco women's national team. | International career: {Hajri was capped by Morocco at senior level during the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification (first round).}
See also: {List of Morocco women's international footballers}
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External links: {Meryem Hajri at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 August 2020.} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryem_Hajri |
Nabila Rmili | Nabila Rmili (Arabic: نبيلة رميلي; born 5 June 1974) is a Moroccan physician and National Rally of Independents (RNI) politician. In September 2021, she was elected as the mayor of Casablanca. | Early life and education: {She has enrolled in the University of Casablanca from where she graduated from the faculty of medicine. Following her graduation she worked as a medical doctor in Ouzzane between 2002 and 2005. She was leading the health department for the youth in Anfa between 2006 and 2010. As a medical doc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabila_Rmili |
Anissa Lahmari | Anissa Lahmari (Arabic: أنيسة لحماري; born 17 February 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Moroccan Women's Championship D1 club AS FAR and the Morocco national team. | Club career: {Lahmari is a youth academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain. She made her senior debut for the club on 22 March 2015 by scoring a goal in a 2–0 away win against Glasgow City in the quarter-finals of UEFA Women's Champions League. However, she struggled to find playing time at the capital club in following ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anissa_Lahmari |
Lalla Ruqaya | Lalla Ruqaya (Arabic: للا رقية; died 1902) was one of the wives of Sultan Hassan I and the mother of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz. | Under Hassan: {Lalla Ruqaya was a Circassian concubine given to Hassan I by the merchant Hajj Lʿarbi al-Humaydi Bricha. Bricha was a notable slave trader who provided slaves both to the Tetouani elite and the sultan's court. Slave women from the Ottoman Empire were valued, especially Circassian women. Ruqaya was sold o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalla_Ruqaya |
Selma Bargach | Selma Bargach is a Moroccan filmmaker. | Biography: {Born in Casablanca, Bargach studied art and cinema, notably at the Sorbonne in Paris. She obtained her doctorate with a thesis on the status and role of women in Moroccan cinema, under the direction of Daniel Serceau. She directed her first short films in super 8 film. Upon returning to Morocco, she worked ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Bargach |
Kenza Allaoui | Kenza Allaoui (born 2 November 1999) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 2 Féminine club VGA Saint-Maur. Born in France, she represents the Morocco national team. | Early life: {Allaoui was born in Vitry-sur-Seine.}
Club career: {Allaoui has played for Orléans, Troyes AC and Saint-Maur in France.}
International career: {Allaoui made her senior debut for Morocco on 30 November 2020.}
See also: {List of Morocco women's international footballers
== References ==} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenza_Allaoui |
Hind Benchekroun | Hind Benchekroun is a Moroccan-Canadian documentary filmmaker, who was cofounder of the Films de la tortue documentary film studio with her husband Sami Mermer. The duo are most noted for their 2018 film Xalko, which won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020.
Benchekroun worke... | References: {}
External links: {Hind Benchekroun at IMDb} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Benchekroun |
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