Mohammed Mokhtar Soussi

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Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi

Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi (Arabic: محمد المختار السوسي; 1900–1963) was a Moroccan Berber scholar, politician and writer who played an important role in the years before Morocco's independence in 1956.[1] Born in the village of Illigh (close to Tafraout), 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.

Works[edit]

  • L'encyclopédie Al Maâssoul (Le mielleux).
  • El Illighiat (Memories of exile).
  • Erramliat (collection of poems).
  • Souss El Alima (history)
  • El Maassoul:Tarajim (people of Souss)
  • A travers Jazoula : travels
  • Camp du Sud: poetry (manuscript)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Charles-Olivier Carbonell, "Un historien marocain entre la tradition et la modernité: Mohamed al-Mokhtar Soussi", in: Les Arabes et l'histoire créatrice, by Dominique Chevallier, Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, p. 133-138

External links[edit]

  • PhD thesis, 2003, by Abdelkabir Faouzi, L’enseignement et l’éducation dans l’oeuvre de Mohamed Mokhtar Soussi dans la région du Souss (retrieved 22-9-2009)
  • Ahmed Boukous "Mohammed Mokhtar Soussi, figure emblématique de la difference".in Parcours d'intellectuels maghrébins : scolarité, formation, socialisation et positionnements, Paris, 1999, ISBN 2-86537-997-3
  • El-Adnani, Jillali, "Regionalism, Islamism, and Amazigh Identity: Translocality in the Sûs Region of Morocco according to Muhammed Mukhtar Soussi", in: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Volume 27, Number 1, 2007, pp. 41–51