Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco (1930-2011)
Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco Born: 17 June 1930 Died: 4 September 2011 Princess Lalla Aicha was the aunt to Morocco's current reigning monarch, King Mohammed VI of Morraco. Princess Lalla Aicha was the eldest sister of King Mohammed VI's father. She was an ambassador to many countries for Morocco throughout her life. Marcia Tracy explores the life of this worldly Morrocan Princess. Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco was the oldest daughter of the late King Mohammad V and Lalla Abla Bint Tahar. Early on, she was an activist for equal rights for men and women. In 1947, at the age of 17, she gave a speech in Tangiers demanding voting rights for women. She was one of the first women in the arab world to hold diplomantic postions, serving for several years in several different countries in the 1960s and 1970s. She was Morocco's ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1965-1969, Greece from 1969-1970, and Italy from 1970-1973. The Princess was remembered by ma...