Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi
Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi (1900–1963) was a Moroccan scholar, politician and writer who played an important role in the years before Morocco's independence in 1956.[1] Born in the village of Illigh (colse to Tafraout), he was a soufi and an expert on the history of the Sous region and the founder of a school in Marrakesh. From 1956 to 1963 he was minister of religious affairs and member of the Crown Council in the government of Mohammed V.
Works
- L'encyclopédie Al Maâssoul (Le mielleux).
- El Illighiat (Memories of exile).
- Erramliat (collection of poems).
- Souss El Alima (history)
- El Maassoul:Tarajim (people of Souss)
- A travers Jazoula : travels
- Camp du Sud: poetry (manuscript)
References
- ^ Charles Olivier Carbonell, "Un historien marocain entre la tradition et la modernité: Mohamed al-Mokhtar Soussi", in: Les Arabes et l'histoire créatrice, by Dominique Chevallier, Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, p. 133-138
- Ahmed Boukous "Mohammed Mokhtar Soussi, figure emblématique de la difference".in Parcours d'intellectuels maghrébins : scolarité, formation, socialisation et positionnements, Paris, 1999, ISBN 2865379973
- El-Adnani, Jillali, "Regionalism, Islamism, and Amazigh Identity: Translocality in the Sûs Region of Morocco according to Muhammed Mukhtar Soussi", in: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Volume 27, Number 1, 2007, pp. 41–51
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