Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco
| Moulay Hicham ben Abdallah Alaoui | |||||
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| Prince of Morocco | |||||
 Prince Moulay Hicham pictured before a court in Casablanca | |||||
| Born | 4 March 1964 Rabat, Morocco | ||||
| Spouse | Malika Benabdelali | ||||
| Issue | Princess Faizah Princess Haajar | ||||
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| Dynasty | Alaouite dynasty | ||||
| Father | Prince Moulay Abdallah | ||||
| Mother | Lamia Solh | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco (Arabic: الأمير مولاي هشام بن عبد الله, born 4 March 1964) is the first cousin of the current King Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid. He is the son of Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco, the late brother of former king Hassan II, and Princess Lalla Lamia as-Solh, daughter of Riad Al Solh, the first Prime minister of Lebanon. He is also the cousin of Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, whose mother is another daughter of Al Solh. Under the Moroccan constitution, Moulay Hicham stands third in the line of succession to the Alaouite throne.
In his youth, Prince Moulay Hicham garnered the nickname "Red Prince" because of his leftist political positions. More recently, he has become an outspoken advocate for greater democracy in Morocco[1][2] and the broader Arab world.[3][4] He is currently a consulting professor at Stanford University.[5]
Activities
- Founder and President of the Moulay Hicham Foundation, a non-profit private foundation for social science research on the Middle East and North Africa.[6]
- Co-founder, along with John Waterbury and Abdellah Hammoudi, of the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia (TRI) at Princeton University.[7]
- Managing director of Al-Tayyar, a renewable energy firm.[8]
- Member of the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch for the Middle East and North Africa region.[9]
Personal life
As a member of the royal family, Prince Moulay Hicham was raised in Rabat alongside his brother and cousins. He attended the Rabat American School, and graduated from Princeton University in 1985.[10] He later attended Stanford University for graduate study in political science. In 2002, Prince Moulay Hicham relocated to Princeton, New Jersey.[11] He is married, since 1995 to Malika Benabdelali, a cousin of the Moroccan businessman and current minister of Agriculture Aziz Akhannouch. He has two daughters: Lalla Faïzah (born 1996) and Lalla Hajar (born 1999).
References
- ^ Moulay Hicham speaks to Morocco's attempt at reform
- ^ The Staying Power of Arab Monarchies
- ^ Riz Khan - Morocco's Prince Moulay Hicham
- ^ Interview de Moulay Hicham avec France 24
- ^ Professor, Prince at Stanford
- ^ Moulay Hicham Foundation
- ^ Transregional Institute
- ^ Al-Tayyar Energy
- ^ UC-SB HRW Fundraiser
- ^ A Prince of Morocco, now of Princeton
- ^ La Nouvelle Vie de Moulay Hicham