Abbas el fassi biography samples
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Chapter 12 Allal al-Fassi: Visions of Shariʿa in Post-Colonial Moroccan State lag
Abstract
Allal al-Fassi fryst vatten one of the most formative figures in twentieth-century Moroccan intellectual history. Most scholarship on al-Fassi focuses on either his political manoeuvring (colonial and post-colonial) or his vision of Islamic modernism in the s–60s. In this paper, I propose to bridge these two aspects of al-Fassi’s multifaceted life by examining two specific issues that occupied his post-colonial political and intellectual endeavors. The first is the Moroccan Personal Status Code (Mudawwana) for which al-Fassi served on the codification commission. The second fryst vatten the Law of Legal Unification, in support of which al-Fassi intervened publicly. In both cases, al-Fassi underscored the political stakes of supporting these initiatives in the new state while insisting that they preserved Islamic legal tradition. Using multiple source materials, I argue that al-Fassi pr
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Democratization in Morocco: Political Transition of a North African Kingdom
Mounia was in the midst of her PowerPoint presentation, held in the seminar room opposite the office of the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) at al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI). It was the last week of the Spring semester, the last meeting of the Capstone seminar on “Contemporary Morocco,” that Mounia, like all graduating seniors of the SHSS, had to pass in order to get her B.A. degree. The single largest component of her grade would be determined by the culminating planerat arbete she was presenting that afternoon. Her topic: “The Democratization of Morocco.”
That was the first time I had ever attended a lecture in which PowerPoint was used as the format of presentation, so I was drawn as much to the manner in which Mounia presented as to the content of her talk. The slides would appear and dissolve one after the other at a click on the remote control in her hand. Then, a new
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Abbas El Fassi
Prime minister of Morocco (–)
Abbas El Fassi (; Arabic: عباس الفاسي; born 18 September ) is a Moroccan politician and businessman who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Morocco from 19 September to 29 November El Fassi, a member of the Istiqlal Party, replaced independent Driss Jettou.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]El Fassi was born in Berkane, Morocco, on 18 September He served as the Minister of Housing from to , Minister of Handicraft and Social Affairs from to , ambassador to Tunisia and the Arab League from to , ambassador to France from to , and as Minister of Employment, Professional Training, Social Development and Solidarity from to He then took up the post of Minister of State in the Jettou government from to [2][3]KingMohammed VI appointed El Fassi as prime minister on 19 September following Istiqlal's victory in the parliamentary elections on 7 September.[1]
His government was appointed by Mohammed VI o