Abdelkhalek Torres (; 1910 – May 27, 1970) was a Moroccan journalist and nationalist leader based in Tetouan,

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during the

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era. He co-founded an arabophone newspaper entitled ''al-Hurriya'' ( ''Freedom'') along with Abdesalam Bennuna. Torres's 1934 play ''Intissar al haq'' (The Victory of the Right), "is still considered the first published Moroccan play," according to scholar Kamal Salhi. His political activity from the 1930s on culminated in the independence of Morocco in 1956.Christian Leitz and David Joseph Dunthorn. ''Spain in an international context, 1936-1959''. Berghahn Books, 1999
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In his later years, Torres served first as ambassador to Spain and Egypt, and then as Minister of Justice.

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1910 births People from Tétouan Moroccan male journalists Moroccan nationalists Moroccan writers 1970 deaths Justice ministers of Morocco Ambassadors of Morocco to Spain Ambassadors of Morocco to Egypt 20th-century journalists Moriscos {{Morocco-politician-stub