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Joumala Alaoui (born 1962, Rabat) is a Moroccan diplomat, Ambassador of Morocco to the

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, and the former Ambassador of Morocco to the

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Early life

Joumala Alaoui was educated at the

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of Rabat then at the

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, where she graduated with a Bachelor in law. After, she settled in Casablanca, where she became active in some of the city's

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s. For a brief period in 1999–2000, she was diplomatic

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at the Moroccan Embassy to

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. She is the President of the Moroccan-British Society.

Family

She is the maternal first cousin and the paternal second cousin of King

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; daughter of Prince Moulay Ali (a cousin of King

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) and Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, the eldest daughter of Mohammed V and the older half-sister of King

. She married Iranian businessman Mohammad Reza Nouri Esfandiari (a relative of Princess Soraya, ex-Queen of Iran) in October 1986 and they have two children.

Honours

;Awards * – Honored Citizen of

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of Washington DC, and a member of the

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Embassy of Morocco to The Court of Saint James’s
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Early life

Family

Honours

See also

References

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