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Touria Chaoui
Touria Chaoui (Arabic: ثريا الشاوي; December 14, 1936, Fez, Morocco, Fez, Morocco – March 1, 1956) was the first female Morocco, Moroccan and Maghrebi Arabs, Maghrebi aviator at the age of fifteen. Early life Chaoui was born on December 14, 1936, in Fez, Morocco, Fez. Her father, Abdelwahed Chaoui, was an avant-garde journalist and theatre director and her mother was named Zina. She was one of two children, her brother Salah Chaoui is a renowned artist who resides in Vichy, France. In 1948, Chaoui's family moved from Fez to Casablanca to start a new life. Career Chaoui's father enrolled her into an aviation school based in Tit Mellil, Morocco in 1950. The aviation school was reserved for the French forces French protectorate in Morocco, occupying Morocco and little opportunity was presented to the native Moroccans, especially not to Gender equality in Morocco, women. Her enrollment was contested by the school and much was done to deter her from participating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fez, Morocco
Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 million according to the 2014 census. Located to the north west of the Atlas Mountains, Fez is linked to several important cities of different regions; it is from Tangier to the northwest, from Casablanca, from Rabat to the west, and from Marrakesh to the southwest. It is surrounded by hills and the old city is centered around the Fez River (''Oued Fes'') flowing from west to east. Fez was founded under Idrisid rule during the 8th-9th centuries CE. It initially consisted of two autonomous and competing settlements. Successive waves of mainly Arab immigrants from Ifriqiya (Tunisia) and al-Andalus (Spain/Portugal) in the early 9th century gave the nascent city its Arab character. After the downfall of the Idrisid dynasty, other emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
