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Aicha of Morocco (17 June 1930 – 4 September 2011) was the younger sister of the late King Hassan II of Morocco, and daughter of King

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and his second wife,

Lalla Abla bint Tahar Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 – 1 March 1992) was the second wife of Mohammed V of Morocco. She was the daughter of ''Moulay'' Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan, a son of Sultan Hassan I of Morocco and twin brother of Sultan Mo ...

Biography

Princess Lalla Aicha was born at Rabat Royal Palace in Rabat, she was privately educated in Rabat and awarded a Baccalauréat degree. The exile in 1953 of Mohammed V and his family on Corsica interrupted her studies in languages. In 1947, when she was seventeen, she appeared in public unveiled with the support of her father the King, who wished to send a signal that he supported the emancipation of women. She came to play a role in the women's rights in Morocco: she held speeches in favor of women's education, and represented Morocco at an international women's conference in Tunisia in 1960. Lalla Aicha was the Ambassador of

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to the

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between 1965 and 1969, and then to

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from 1969 to 1970, and to

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between 1970 and 1973. She was the first president of the Entraide Nationale as well as president of the Moroccan

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from the 1950s until 1967 and honorary president of the National Union of Moroccan Women since 1969 until her death in 2011, at age 81.

Family

She first married on 16 August 1961 (in a triple ceremony with her sisters, Malika, Fatima and their husbands), at the Dar al-Makhzin in Rabat, ''Moulay'' Hassan al-Yaqubi (also named Hassan El Yacoubi) (born 1935). Together they had two daughters: * ''Lalla'' Zubaida al-Yaqubi (also named Zoubida El Yacoubi), Vice-Consul at New York 1985. * ''Lalla'' Nufissa al-Yaqubi (also named Noufissa El Yacoubi), Vice-Consul at New York 1986. Secondly, after their divorce in 1972, she married in August 1972 ''Moulay'' Hassan al-Mahdi (1912-1984), third son of ''Moulay'' Muhammad al-Mahdi bin Ismail, ''Khalifa'' of Tetuan.

Honours

* Grand Cross of the

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of the

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(01/07/1970). * Honorary Dame Commander of the

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of the

(DCVO, 27/10/1980).

Honorary military appointments

* Honorary Colonel of the Syrian Army (1957–2011).

References

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Family

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Honorary military appointments

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