Ali Squalli Houssaini (1932 in

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– November 5, 2018) was the author of the lyrics of the

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, "

Hymne Chérifien The Cherifian Anthem ( ar, النشيد الشريف, translit=an-našīd aš-šarīf; ber, ⵉⵣⵍⵉ ⴰⵛⵔⵉⴼ, translit=izli ashrif),; ber, ⵉⵣⵍⵉ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ, translit=izli anamur n lmɣrib). was ...

", which he wrote in 1970. He was also the author of numerous books. A member of the

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since 1967, Squalli received the

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in 1982 and the international prize of King Faisal of

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in 1992.

References

1932 births 2018 deaths Moroccan children's writers National anthem writers Writers from Fez, Morocco 20th-century Moroccan writers {{Morocco-writer-stub