Source: Moroccan Human Rights Association & Serfaty Archives
Politics • Historical Archive • 🇲🇦 Morocco • 2 views

Abraham Serfaty 🇲🇦

أبراهام السرفاتي (Known as "Serfaty")
Political Dissident, Mining Engineer, Leader of Ila al-Amam
Born Jan 12, 1926 🇲🇦 Casablanca, Morocco
Passed Away Nov 18, 2010 Marrakech, Morocco
Lifespan 84 years old
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"A Moroccan Jew, an Arab citizen, an unyielding fighter for human dignity and freedom."

Archival Overview

Moroccan Jewish mining engineer, anti-Zionist intellectual, and legendary political dissident who spent 17 years as a political prisoner in Kenitra before his triumphant return from exile in 1999.

Biographical Record

Abraham Serfaty was born in Casablanca to an Andalusian Moroccan Jewish family. Graduating from the École des Mines de Paris, he directed mining operations at the Cherifian Office of Phosphates (OCP). An ardent Moroccan patriot, he co-founded the radical clandestine leftist movement Ila al-Amam in 1970.

Arrested in 1974 and subjected to brutal interrogation at Derb Moulay Cherif, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Kenitra Central Prison. Released in 1991 following international campaigns and exiled to France, he was welcomed back to Morocco in 1999 by King Mohammed VI, living out his days in Marrakech as an honored elder of Moroccan human rights.

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Final Resting Place

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Jewish Cemetery of Ben M'sik
Casablanca, Morocco
GPS: 33.5650, -7.5750
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