The Royal College ( ''al-madrasa al-mawlawiya'', ) is an education establishment located inside the royal palace in

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. Since its foundation in 1942 during the French Protectorate, it has specialized in the education of princes and princesses of the

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. Its director is Abdeljalil Lahjomri.

History

The Royal Academy was created in 1942 by Mohammed V under the French protectorate. This came after the monarch initially tried to send his son Hassan II to the in France but couldn't because of World War II. The school opens a class for each senior member of the Alaouite Royal family. It previously opened classes for Hassan II, Mohammed VI,

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, Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco, the daughters of Hassan II, Prince Moulay Ismail and Sharifa Lalla Soukaïna.

Classes

Class of Prince Moulay Hassan

Some of the attendees: * Hassan II * Ahmed Reda Guedira * Ahmed Osman *

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* Prince Moulay Youssef Alaoui (son of Prince Moulay Idriss Alaoui, the older brother of Mohammed V) * Moulay Salama Ben Zidan * Abdesalam Berchid * Mohammed Hajji * Abdelhafid Kadiri (Minister of Sport in the 1970s)

Class of Prince Sidi Mohammed

The class was opened officially in 1973. * Mohammed VI *

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* Driss Ait Mbarek, Governor of Figuig *

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Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland *

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, Governor of Tiznit *

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* * Karim Ramzi, a photographer and son of former Health Minister Ahmed Ramzi. *Zouheir Ibrahimi, the son of the personal Tailor of Hassan II, he currently holds a high position in the Ministry of the Interior *Naim Temsamani, was excluded from the school in 1977 (along with another student) because he was good at Math whereas the class was oriented to literary studies. * Prince Hicham Alaoui, until September 1972. * Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi, briefly until the age of 10. * Princess Meryem Alaoui, attended before the creation of a female-only class * joined in 1977

Class of Prince Moulay Rachid

* Prince Rachid Alaoui *Khalid Sakhi *Mehdi Jouahri * Prince Youssef Alaoui

People who worked at the Royal Academy

* Mehdi Ben Barka, was the teacher of mathematics for crown prince Hassan II. * Ahmed Bahnini, taught Arabic for the class of crown prince Hassan II.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:College Royal (Rabat) Mohammed VI of Morocco Alumni of the Collège Royal (Rabat) Education in Morocco Education in Rabat Schools in Morocco