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- 1 2 Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco. Scarecrow Press. pp. 65–6. ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2.
- ↑ AZIZA BENNANI (MAROC) EST ELUE PRESIDENTE DU CONSEIL EXECUTIF DE L’UNESCO, Unesco Presse, 5 November 2001
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