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Abdelkrim Al-Khatib
Abdelkrim Al Khatib (2 March 1921 – 28 September 2008) was a Moroccan surgeon, politician and activist. He co-founded the Popular Movement (Morocco), National Popular Movement which would later split and was eventually re-branded as the Justice and Development Party (Morocco), Justice and Development Party. He became the first leader of Morocco's House of Representatives. Biography Al Khatib was born on 2 March 1921 in El Jadida. His father, Omar Al Khatib, was an administrative interpreter of Algerian origin and his mother Meriem El Guebbas was Moroccan. He became the first surgeon in Morocco and was involved when the Popular Movement (Morocco), Popular Movement was started. He was a campaigner for independence and he became the first leader of Morocco's House of Representatives. He was also a Government minister several times. After the 1965 period of emergency when the Moroccan King took on the temporary management of Morocco, he founded the Justice and Development Party (Moro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Jadida
El Jadida (, ; originally known in Berber as Maziɣen or Mazighen; known in Portuguese as Mazagão) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located 96 km south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the region of Casablanca-Settat. It has a population of 170,956 as of 2022. The fortified city, built by the Portuguese at the beginning of the 16th century and named Mazagan (Mazagão in Portuguese), was taken by the Moroccans in 1769. El Jadida's old city sea walls are one of the Seven Wonders of Portuguese Origin in the World. The ''Portuguese Fortified City of Mazagan'' was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, on the basis of its status as an "outstanding example of the interchange of influences between European and Moroccan cultures" and as an "early example of the realisation of the Renaissance ideals integrated with Portuguese construction technology". According to UNESCO, the most important buildings from the Portugues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
