King Hassan II - creator of modern Morocco.

Contemporary Review | November 1, 1993| | Copyright

~It's an archaic mediaeval system of government which must go.' This and similar statements are often spouted by Arab intellectuals when the subject of the Moroccan monarchy comes up. Yet, Hassan II, King and ~Prince of the Faithful', whose family has ruled Morocco for over three centuries, has transformed his country from an illiterate and backward land, at the time of independence in 1956, to a modern twentieth century nation - and this has been accomplished without destroying the people's pride in their past. His task was facilitated, to some extent, by the unbroken national ...

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