Moroccan royal (born 1964)
Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco (Arabic : الأمير المغربي مولاي هشام ; 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 .
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 }}
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^ "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 .