Morocco
•
20 views
Mohamed Basri
Demnate (Atlas), Morocco
Archival Overview
Legendary commander of the Moroccan Liberation Army (ALN) who led armed urban and mountain guerrilla resistance against the French protectorate, spending thirty years in exile as a leftist opposition leader.
Biographical Record
Mohamed Basri earned the title 'Fqih' as a teacher at the Ben Youssef Madrasa in Marrakech. Joining the clandestine resistance after the deposition of King Mohammed V in 1953, he co-founded the 'Black Crescent' urban guerrilla group and commanded the Moroccan Liberation Army in the Rif and Middle Atlas.
Escaping from the French central prison of Kenitra in 1955, Basri became a founding leader of the UNFP in 1959. Condemned to death in absentia under King Hassan II, he spent thirty years in exile in Paris, Algiers, and Baghdad before returning triumphantly to Morocco in 1995 under royal amnesty.
Key Life Milestones
Founding of the Moroccan Liberation Army
Organized armed resistance against French forces following the forced exile of the royal family.
Founding of the Moroccan Liberation Army
Organized armed resistance against French forces following the forced exile of the royal family.
Founding of the Moroccan Liberation Army
Organized armed resistance against French forces following the forced exile of the royal family.
Return from Thirty Years of Political Exile
Repatriated to Morocco, welcomed as a living monument of anti-colonial resistance and political freedom.
Return from Thirty Years of Political Exile
Repatriated to Morocco, welcomed as a living monument of anti-colonial resistance and political freedom.
Return from Thirty Years of Political Exile
Repatriated to Morocco, welcomed as a living monument of anti-colonial resistance and political freedom.
Memorial Guestbook & Tributes
0 messages recordedLeave a Respectful Tribute
Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialCasablanca, Morocco