Lalla Fatima Zohra
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Lalla Fatima Zohra 🇲🇦

لالة فاطمة الزهراء (Known as "Princess Fatima Zohra")
Moroccan Princess, Pioneer of Women's Literacy, President of the National Union of Moroccan Women
Born Jun 13, 1927 🇲🇦 Rabat, Morocco
Passed Away Sep 15, 2003 Casablanca, Morocco
Lifespan 76 years old
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"Empowering a woman with literacy and economic independence is the greatest foundation of our nation's progress."

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Pioneering Moroccan royal humanitarian and women's rights leader, eldest daughter of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, who presided over the National Union of Moroccan Women (UNFM) for three decades.

Biographical Record

Eldest daughter of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra was educated in classical Arabic, French, and international law. In 1969, King Hassan II appointed her President of the National Union of Moroccan Women (Union Nationale des Femmes Marocaines).

Under her visionary leadership, the UNFM established hundreds of rural literacy centers, health clinics, and vocational workshops across Morocco, lifting hundreds of thousands of underprivileged women out of poverty and advocating for legal protections within the Moroccan personal status code (Moudawana).

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Final Resting Place

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Royal Mausoleum of Moulay Abdallah Mosque
Fez, Morocco
GPS: 34.0569, -4.9658
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