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

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. Since its foundation in 1942, during the French Protectorate, it has specialised in educating 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 Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scotti ...

to the in France, but couldn't because of

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. The school opens a class for each senior member of the

Alaouite The Alawi dynasty () – also rendered in English as Alaouite, Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and reigning dynasty. They are an Arab Sharifian dynasty and claim descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his ...

Royal family. It previously opened classes for Hassan II, Moulay Abdallah,

Lalla Amina Princess Lalla (title), Lalla Amina (8 April 1954 – 16 August 2012) was a member of the Moroccan royal family and former President of the Royal Moroccan Federation of Equestrian Sports. Early life and education Lalla Amina was born in Antsirab ...

, Mohammed VI, the daughters of Hassan II:

Lalla Meryem Princess Lalla Meryem (, born 26 August 1962) is the first daughter and eldest child of the late King Hassan II of Morocco and his wife, Princess Lalla Latifa. Biography Lalla Meryem was born in Rome and is the oldest of her siblings who ar ...

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; Prince Moulay Rachid, Prince Moulay Ismail, Sharifa Lalla Soukaïna Filali, Lalla Oumaima Benharbit and

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Classes

Class of Prince Moulay Hassan

Some of the attendees: *

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* Ahmed Osman * Abdellah Gharnit * 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 Princess Lalla Amina

Some of the attendees: * Princess Lalla Amina * Lalla Najia Alaoui

Class of Princess Lalla Meryem

Attended with her younger brother, Prince Sidi Mohammed, before the creation of her female-only class. Some of the attendees: *

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* Karima Benyaich, Ambassador to

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, then to

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Class of Prince Sidi Mohammed

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

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* *

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* Noureddine Bensouda *

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* *

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* Driss Ait Mbarek, Governor of

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* Anas Khalès, Ambassador to

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, Governor of

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*, Official Spokesman of the Royal Palace (1999-2005), then Governor of region

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* Karim Ramzi, a photographer and son of former Health Minister Ahmed Ramzi. *Zouheir Ibrahimi, the son of the personal

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of Hassan II, he currently holds a high position in the Ministry of the Interior *Naim Temsamani, who left the school in 1977 (along with another student) because he was good at mathematics, whereas the class was oriented to literary studies. * Prince Hicham Alaoui, until September 1972. *

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, Emir of Abu Dhabi, attended briefly until the age of 10. * Princess Meryem Alaoui, attended before the creation of her female-only class * joined in 1977

Class of Princess Lalla Hasna

Some of the attendees: *

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* Dounia Benyaich * Inane Benyaich * Hayat Filali Mdaghri, Military Social Service

Class of Prince Moulay Rachid

Some of the attendees: * Prince Moulay Rachid *Khalid Sakhi *Mehdi Jouahri * Prince Youssef Alaoui

Class of Lalla Oumaima Benharbit

Some of the attendees: * Lalla Oumaima Benharbit * Yousra Bouhmouch, Actress and comedian.

People who worked at the Royal Academy

Mehdi Ben Barka Mehdi Ben Barka (; 1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965) was a Moroccan nationalist, Arab socialist, politician, revolutionary, anti-imperialist, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP) and secretary of the Tricontinenta ...

, was the teacher of mathematics for Crown Prince Hassan II. *

Ahmed Bahnini Ahmed Bahnini (; – 10 July 1971) was a Moroccan politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Morocco from 1963 to 1965 under King Hassan II. He also served as President of the Supreme Court. Bahnini was killed during a failed coup a ...

, taught Arabic for the class of Crown Prince Hassan II. *Pierre Lagisquet, classics professor for the class of Princess Lalla Amina.

References

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