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L'Action Du Peuple
(, ''The Work of the People'') was the first francophone newspaper published by the Moroccan Nationalist Movement in the area under the control of the French Protectorate in Morocco. As the French authorities would not allow a nationalist publication in Arabic, it was published in French. Its founder and editor was Muhammad Ibn al-Hassan al-Wazzaani. Its first issue was published in Fes on August 4, 1933, four months before the first Throne Day, which the newspaper promoted. It was edited by Khadija Diouri, wife of the nationalist leader . History Muhammad Ibn al-Hassan al-Wazzaani proposed the idea of publishing this newspaper to members of ''az-Zawiya'' (, from '' zawiya''), the leadership of the Covert Nationalist Organization (). Most members—particularly those who were associated with al-Qarawiyiin University and whom the aristocrats that funded the Moroccan Nationalist Movement held in high esteem—disagreed with the idea, objecting to the use of the French langu ...
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Mohamed Belhassan Wazzani
Mohamed Belhassan Wazzani (in Arabic: محمد بن الحسن الوزاني - Fez, 17 January 1910 9 September 1978) was a Moroccan journalist and politician, one of the main leaders of the Moroccan nationalist movement, founder of the ''L'Action du Peuple'' newspaper and of the Democratic Independence Party. Early life Mohamed Belhassan Wazzani was born in 1910 in Fez, and grew up in his hometown, studying at the University of al-Qarawiyyin. In 1927, he went to Paris to pursue his studies in political sciences. In 1933, he founded the nationalist French-speaking newspaper ''L'Action du Peuple'', which was the first anti-colonial French-speaking newspaper in Morocco. Political life In 1934, Wazzani started his activity in the Moroccan nationalist movement, of which he was one of the leaders together with Allal al-Fassi Muhammad Allal al-Fassi (ⵄⵍⵍⴰⵍ ⵍⴼⴰⵙⵉ) (January 10, 1910 – May 13, 1974), was a Moroccan politician, writer, poet and Islamic scholar ...
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Robert-Jean Longuet
Robert-Jean Gustave Longuet, (9 December 1901 – 19 March 1987) was a French lawyer, journalist and militant socialist. He was the son of Jean Longuet, and the great-grandson of Karl Marx. He notably rejected many overtures by Communists to whom it is said he often replied "No. You have falsified my great-grandfather." He was a supporter of Charles De Gaulle during the Second World War. Biography From 1924–1926, Lonquet was the editor of '' Le Quotidien'' and later became the editorial secretary of the ''Nouvelle revue socialiste'' in 1926. After a trip to Morocco in 1926 and in 1927, his work as a lawyer led him to defend anti-imperialist activists. Longuet founded in the magazine ''Maghreb'' in 1932 which existed until 1935. Before the start of the Second World War, he emigrated to the United States and lived there for five years. After the conclusion of the war, Longuet worked primarily as a journalist. He was the Washington correspondent of the communist daily ''Ton ...
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Newspapers Published In Morocco
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, Sport, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituary, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of Subscription business model, subscription revenue, newsagent's shop, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymy, metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published printing, in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also electronic publishing, published on webs ...
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