Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi


Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi was a Moroccan Amazigh scholar, politician and writer who played an important role in the years before Morocco's independence in 1956. Born in the village of Illigh, he was a soufi and an expert on the history of the Sous region and the founder of a school in Marrakesh. From 1956 to 1963 he was minister of religious affairs and member of the Crown Council in the government of Mohammed V.

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