HM the King chairs a Council of Ministers

Rabat - HM King Mohammed VI presided, on Friday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, over a Council of Ministers, during which two draft organic laws, the general guidelines of the 2012 draft appropriation bill, three decree projects in the military field, as well as a number of international agreements, were adopted.

Funeral of HRH Princess Lalla Aicha held in Rabat

Rabat - The funeral of HRH Princess Lalla Aicha, aunt of HM King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, was held, on Monday in Rabat, with the attendance of the Monarch.
 The late Princess was buried in the Moulay El Hassan Mausoleum at the Royal Palace in Rabat following the Asr and funeral prayers in Ahl Fès mosque.

The funeral was notably attended by HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, HH Prince Moulay Ismail as well as relatives of the deceased and several other figures.

Late Princess Lalla Aicha, 'one of the leading figures in the fight for Moroccan women's emancipation' - French historian

Paris - French historian Charles Saint-Prot said that all Morocco's friends were saddened by the news of the death, on Sunday, of HRH Princess Lalla Aicha, "one of the leading figures in the fight for the emancipation of the Moroccan women."
    The late princess made history during the historical visit of Sultan Mohammed V to Tangier in April 1947, Saint-Prot told MAP.  

    "While the Sultan delivered his famous speech claiming Morocco's independence in Mendoubia gardens, the young princess of 17 years old, who was also a fervent nationalist, made an address at the Grand Socco square, calling upon women to take part in the building of a modern Morocco," added Saint-Prot, also director of the Paris-based Observatory of Geopolitical Studies (OEG).

    He said that "in November 1957, Time magazine devoted its front cover to the late Princess as a symbol of the emancipation of Muslim women."  

    "Princess Lalla Aicha, who was also the first women in the Arab world to hold diplomatic positions, was a brilliant symbol of the reformist aspect of a Moroccan monarchy that has been geared towards progress,” said the historian and author of the book "Mohammed V or the popular monarchy,” to be published by Rocher in late 2011.