Find A Grave - Morocco

Aicha, Lalla b. June 17, 1930 d. September 4, 2011
Arab Princess. She was the first women in the Arab world to hold diplomatic positions and one of the leading figures in the fight for the emancipation of the Moroccan women. Born at the Royal Palace in Rabat, she was the second daughter of the Moroccan King Mohammed V. In 1942, she was one of the first women in Morocco to pass the exam allowing access to secondary schools and her father gave her the same primary education opportunities he gave his sons. She became the country's first director...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Royal Palace, Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco
Plot: Moulay Al Hassan Mausoleum
Auchinleck, Sir. Claude b. June 21, 1884 d. March 23, 1981
British Army Field Marshal. During World War II he opened the 1941 North African campaign that led to the defeat of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. After winning the first battle of El Alamein, he was relieved of his command for refusing to counterattack Rommel west of Cairo, Egypt.
Ben M'Sik European Cemetery, Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco
Chraïbi, Driss b. July 15, 1926 d. April 1, 2007
Author. Born in El Jadida, Morocco, Chraïbi is considered the father of the modern Moroccan novel. He moved to Paris in 1946, where he spent most of his life. His many works have been translated into several languages and examined themes such as colonialism, culture clashes, generational conflict and the treatment of Islamic women. They include "The Simple Past," "From All Horizons," "The Crowd," "Heirs to the Past," "A Friend Is Coming To See You," "Mother Comes of Age," "The Flutes of Death,"...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetiere des Chouhada, Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco
Genet, Jean b. October 19, 1910 d. April 15, 1986
Author. French dramatist (The Maids, The Balcony etc.), novelist (Querelle, etc.), poet, political activist. Died as a result of fall while in latter stages of throat cancer.
Cause of death: Died as a result of fall while in latter stages of throat cancer
Larache Christian Cemetery, Larache, Tanger-Tetouan, Morocco
Mohammad V., King b. 1909 d. February 26, 1961
First King of Morocco after Morocco won its independence from France. Father of the late King Hassan II, who succeeded him, and grandfather of the current monarch, King Mohammad VI. (Bio by: Shane Usary)
Mohammad V Mausoleum, Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco
Motamid III, Abul-Kasim b. 1045 d. 1095
Moorish King of Seville, Poet, and friend of Rodrigo "El Cid Campeador" Diaz. After Alfonso VI of Leon exiled the Cid from his lands, Motamid was one of the first people that offered, and the Cid worked for the Moor for some time. But when Motamid feared Alfonso might take his lands, he could not turn to the Cid, as Alfonso was still the Cid's rightful leader. Desperate, Motamid contacted a Berber tribe in North Africa, the Almoravids. The choice was difficult for Motamid. Alfonso was powerful...[Read More] (Bio by: Mongoose)
Tomb of Al-Motamid, Aghmat, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Morocco
Sese-Seko, Mobutu b. 1930 d. September 7, 1997
Zaire President. The President of Zaire, now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his autocratic rule left the country's economy in shambles. He originally seized power on November 24th, 1965, five years after the Congo's independence. He has been called 'the last of Africa's Cold War relics, living like a king while his country was thrown into ruins'. (Bio by: Mongoose)
Christian Cemetery, Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco

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