User:JarmoumiYns/زهور العلوي المدغري

Zehour Alalaoui Elmedgheri was born in Fes in the forties of the 20th century. She was one of the founders of the feminine movement in Morocco. In 1984, She contributed  efficiently to create the 8 March's newspaper. In 1987, she participated in the creation of the Federation of Women’s Action, which was the first framework of the women's movement in Morocco.

History
Zehour was born in 1940 in Fes to a rich family, from an aristocratic mother and a Sufi father. She lived her childhood during the french protectorate.

She went to the National Modern School after She had been taught the principles of Islam in a religious school. She entered early into political resistance work when she joined the ranks of the national movement. She received her first political in a mixed school called "School of Attaqadum" in Kenitra.

In 1957, she married a French teacher. She obtained the preparatory certificate that enabled her to enter the teaching world.

Immediately after Morocco's independence, Zehour contributed to the literacy campaign. After that, she benefited from a two-month training in Lebanon that changed her life a lot and contributed to developing her awareness of the  women's struggles. During that time, Zehour  met Leila Baalbaki (a Lebanese journalist and novelist), the women who admired Zehour for her liberation.

Zehour has fought in the national union of Moroccan students in Rabat, and she was one of the founders of the 8th March women's newspaper in 1984,.

She also contributed to the establishment of the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights in 1988 and the center for combating violence against women. She was honored many times by many different organizations and was crowned  as a women of the year for two times.