Marrakesh: Presentation of 'Lexicon of Famous Women of Morocco' by Zahra Najia Zahraoui

Marrakesh - The author Zahra Najia Zahraoui presented, last weekend in Marrakesh, her latest book entitled: "Lexicon of famous women of Morocco", during an organized meeting on the occasion of the celebration of International Women's Day. This book provides the reader with the biography of 375 women who have left their mark on the history of Morocco since the 2nd century of Hegira until 2008, explained Zahraoui during this meeting initiated by the Center of Development of the Tensift Region (CDRT). This book clearly illustrates the Moroccan cultural specificity in its female version in general, as well as that of each region of the Kingdom, she said, indicating that the women cited in this opus belong to different social classes and regions of Morocco. These women have excelled in different fields, such as Sufism, science, resistance, literature and art, noted Zahraoui, stressing that in this book, the biographies are classified according to an alphabetical order.