Malika al-Fassi
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Malika al-Fassi was a Moroccan writer and nationalist. She was the only woman to sign the independence treaty of Morocco
in 1944.
At a very young age she wrote articles under the pseudonyme El Fatate, later after her marriage, under the pseudonyme de Bahitate El Hadira (researcher of the city), and not El Hadara (civilisation). At that time there was a well-known Egyptian journalist, Malik Hifni Nasif, who used the name Bahithat El Badiyya. Her articles appeared in Majellate El Maghrib of Saleh Missa and Rissalate El Maghrib of Saïd Hajji, and later in the daily newspaper El Alam, since 1934.
She also wrote plays which have been staged and some small novels, a.o. La Victime.
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
in 1944.
At a very young age she wrote articles under the pseudonyme El Fatate, later after her marriage, under the pseudonyme de Bahitate El Hadira (researcher of the city), and not El Hadara (civilisation). At that time there was a well-known Egyptian journalist, Malik Hifni Nasif, who used the name Bahithat El Badiyya. Her articles appeared in Majellate El Maghrib of Saleh Missa and Rissalate El Maghrib of Saïd Hajji, and later in the daily newspaper El Alam, since 1934.
She also wrote plays which have been staged and some small novels, a.o. La Victime.