Paris – French historian Charles Saint-Prot said that all Morocco’s friends were saddened by the news of the death, on Sunday, of HRH Princess Lalla Aicha, “one of the leading figures in the fight for the emancipation of the Moroccan women.”
The late princess made history during the historical visit of Sultan Mohammed V to Tangier in April 1947, Saint-Prot told MAP.
“While the Sultan delivered his famous speech claiming Morocco’s independence in Mendoubia gardens, the young princess of 17 years old, who was also a fervent nationalist, made an address at the Grand Socco square, calling upon women to take part in the building of a modern Morocco,” added Saint-Prot, also director of the Paris-based Observatory of Geopolitical Studies (OEG).
He said that “in November 1957, Time magazine devoted its front cover to the late Princess as a symbol of the emancipation of Muslim women.”
“Princess Lalla Aicha, who was also the first women in the Arab world to hold diplomatic positions, was a brilliant symbol of the reformist aspect of a Moroccan monarchy that has been geared towards progress,² said the historian and author of the book “Mohammed V or the popular monarchy,² to be published by Rocher in late 2011.
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