Global InformationPrince Moulay Hicham of Morocco information
| Moulay Hicham ben Abdallah Alaoui الأمير مولاي هشام بن عبد الله | |||||
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 Prince Moulay Hicham pictured before a court in Casablanca | |||||
| Born | 4 March 1964 Rabat, Morocco | ||||
| Spouse | Malika Benabdelali | ||||
| Issue | Sharifa Lalla Faiza Alaoui Sharifa Lalla Hajar Alaoui | ||||
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| Dynasty | Alaouite | ||||
| Father | Prince Moulay Abdallah | ||||
| Mother | Lamia Solh | ||||
| Religion | Sunni 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 King Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid. He is the son of Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco, the late brother of King Hassan II, and Princess Lalla Lamia 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 Mona Al Solh is another daughter of the Lebanese family. Under the Moroccan constitution, Moulay Hicham stands fifth in the line of succession to the Alaouite throne.[citation needed]
In his youth, Prince Moulay Hicham garnered the nickname "Red Prince" because of his progressive political positions. Since the 1990s, he has become an outspoken advocate for constitutional monarchy in Morocco[1][2] and democracy in the broader Middle East.[3][4] These controversial positions have distanced him from the Moroccan palace, and are thought to have created personal conflict with King Mohammed VI and other political forces.[5] Partly for this reason, in recent years, he has attracted the new label of the "Rebel Prince."[6] In 2018, he publicly announced his desire to renounce his royal title and institutionally sever ties with the Moroccan monarchy.[7] In a widely watched January 2019 interview on BBC Arabic, the prince expressed his hope that while the Moroccan monarchy could eventually embark upon meaningful democratic reforms, he wished his role to be that of a scholarly advocate rather than a political figure.[8]
Prince Moulay Hicham regularly speaks on issues of human rights, democratic reform, and social movements at public forums around the world, among them the University of Málaga,[9] HEC Paris,[10] University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,[11] Northwestern University,[12] Tufts University,[13] University of California at Berkeley,[14] Columbia University,[15] Harvard University,[16] and Yale University,[17] as well as prominent broadcast media like BBC News[18] and France 24.[19] Since the 1990s, he has also published numerous essays on political reform, democracy, religion, culture, and development in the Middle East in English, French, and Arabic language journals and newspapers.[20][21][22][23][24][25] During 2007-14, he served as a consulting professor at the Center for Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law at Stanford University.[26] Since 2018, he has been based at Harvard University at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.[27] He currently sits on the Weatherhead Center's Advisory Board, where he supports its academic programs.[28]
- ^ "Stanford WebLogin". fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "The Staying Power of Arab Monarchies". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Al Jazeera, Riz Khan - Morocco's Prince Moulay Hicham - 03 Oct 07, archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 21 January 2019
- ^ "Prince Moulay Hicham El Alaoui of Morocco, cousin of King Mohammed VI - France 24". France 24. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Whitaker, Brian (9 July 2001). "Moroccan prince denounces 'despotism'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Alami, Aida (9 May 2014). "Rebel Prince Shines a Harsh Light on Morocco". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Koundouno, Tamba François (22 December 2018). "Prince Hicham El Alaoui: 'I Want to Sever Ties with Moroccan Monarchy'". Morocco World News. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ BBC Arabic, المشهد مع مولاي هشام العلوي من قصور الملكية في المغرب, retrieved 21 May 2019
- ^ Fundación General de la Universidad de Málaga (16 July 2011), Conferencia del Príncipe Moulay Hicham en la UMA (Ponencia 1/5), archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 24 February 2018
- ^ HECMondeArabe (3 February 2012), Conférence inaugurale d'HECMA avec Moulay Hicham Partie 1, archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 24 February 2018
- ^ "Conference on the New Middle East". newmiddleeast.csames.illinois.edu. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ MENA at Northwestern, Inaugural Conference - Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah, archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 21 January 2019
- ^ "Lecture: Learning Happened on Both Sides of the Barricades".
- ^ UC Berkeley CMES, The Demise of Islamist Utopia: What's Next (Hicham Alaoui), archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 21 January 2019
- ^ "A Talk by Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco | Columbia Global Centers". globalcenters.columbia.edu. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Harvard Arab Alumni Association (10 December 2013), Harvard Arab Weekend 2013 | Prince Moulay Hicham Keynote | Harvard Law School - 7 November 2013, retrieved 24 February 2018
- ^ "Moroccan prince to deliver the Coca-Cola World Fund Lecture at Yale". YaleNews. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ BBC News Arabic, لمشهد مع مولاي هشام العلوي من قصور الملكية في المغرب [A scene with Moulay Hicham El Alawi from the royal palaces in Morocco], retrieved 20 March 2019
- ^ FRANCE 24, Hicham El Alaoui: "J'ai écrit au roi du Maroc pour ne plus faire partie de la monarchie", archived from the original on 22 December 2021, retrieved 22 January 2019
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Split in Arab Culture | Journal of Democracy". journalofdemocracy.org. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Are the Arab monarchies next?". Le Monde diplomatique. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Alaoui, Hicham Ben Abdallah El (31 March 2013). "L'autre Maroc - Hicham Ben Abdallah El Alaoui - Pouvoirs, revue française d'études constitutionnelles et politiques". revue-pouvoirs.fr. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Alaoui, Hicham (1 November 2018). "Échec de l'utopie islamiste". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Arabie saoudite: Mohammed Ben Salmane, une dangereuse tendance à l'arbitraire". L'Obs (in French). 5 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ علوي, هشام (6 October 2021). "ژئوپلیتیک خلیج فارس، بازگشت قطر به جلوی صحنه، تضعیف امارات متحده عربی". Orient XXI (in Persian). Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Professor, prince". Stanford Daily. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ Hicham Alaoui Profile at Weatherhead Center
- ^ "New Hicham Alaoui Fellowship Fund". wcfia.harvard.edu. Retrieved 15 October 2023.