Lalla Abla Mosque on the Port of TangierThe previous Port Mosque in 2013 before demolition
The Lalla Abla Mosque, also known as Port Mosque, is an iconic mosque in Tangier, Morocco, completed in 2017 and dedicated by King Mohammed VI in July 2018. It replaced a smaller mosque on a nearby location, also known as the Port Mosque.[1]
It is named after Mohammed VI's grandmother Lalla Abla bint Tahar, echoing the dedication 35 years earlier of Tangier's Mohammed V Mosque to Lalla Abla's husband and Mohammed VI's grandfather.[2]
The mosque occupies a 5,712 square meters land lot, in a prominent location on Tangier's fishing port that was inaugurated by Mohammed VI a few weeks earlier in June 2018.[3] It can host over 1,900 worshippers, in two separate prayer halls for men and women.[4]
Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, also known as Sidi Mohammed bin Yusef or Mohammed V, was Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953; he was as Sultan again upon his return from exile in 1955, and as King from 1957 to 1961. Upon the death of his father, Yusef bin Hassan, he succeeded to the throne. He was a member of the 'Alawi dynasty.
Mohammed VI is the King of Morocco. He belongs to the 'Alawi dynasty and acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II.
Tangier is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Ṭanja-Aẓila Prefecture of Morocco.
Hassan II was the King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was a member of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was accused of authoritarian practices and human rights, civil rights abuses, By giving his orders to Driss Basri, general Mohamed Oufkir and Ahmed Dlimi to carry out extrajudicial assassinations and commit crimes against humanity against political opponents and all the Moroccan people, the Sahrawis and Riffian particularly during the Years of Lead. A truth commission was set up after his death to investigate allegations of human rights violations during his reign.
LallaSalma is the princess consort of Morocco. She is married to King Mohammed VI, and the first wife of a Moroccan ruler to have been publicly acknowledged and given a royal title. Since she has not been seen in an official capacity since December 2017, there have been speculations in the media that the couple are divorced.
Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco is the youngest daughter of King Hassan II and his wife, Lalla Latifa Hammou. She is sister to the current king, Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid.
Moulay Hassan bin Mohammed is the Crown Prince of Morocco. He is the elder child of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Princess Lalla Salma. He has a younger sister, Princess Lalla Khadija. He is named after his grandfather Hassan II. Upon his accession, he is expected to bear the regnal name Hassan III. In 2013, Hassan began participating with his father at public official engagements.
Princess Lalla Latifa Amahzoune (Berber languages: ⵍⴰⵍⵍⴰ ⵍⴰⵟⵉⴼⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵃⵣⵓⵏ; Arabic: لالة لطيفة أمحزون – born in 1941 a member of the Zayane tribe, She is the widow of King Hassan II and the mother of Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Asma, Princess Lalla Hasna and Prince Moulay Rachid. She is referred to using terms such as "mother of the royal children". The privacy accorded to her in Morocco is so great that attempts to publish photos of her in the Moroccan newspaper Al Ayam were found to violate Moroccan law.
Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar was the second wife of Mohammed V of Morocco.
Tanger Med is a Moroccan industrial port complex, located 45 km northeast of Tanger and opposite of Tarifa, Spain on the Strait of Gibraltar, with handling capacities of 9 million containers, one of the largest industrial ports in the world, and the largest port in Africa. 7 million passengers, 700,000 trucks and the export of 1 million vehicles.
The Grand Mosque of Tangier is the historic main mosque of Tangier, Morocco, located in the city's old medina. While the design of the current mosque dates from the early 19th century during the Alaouite period, the same site has been occupied by a succession of religious buildings since Antiquity.
Sidi Bou Abid Mosque is a mosque overlooking the Grand Socco medina area of central Tangier, Morocco from the southwest. It was built in 1917 and is decorated in polychrome tiles. Near Bab Fahs, a double gateway leading into the medina are the Mendoubia Gardens.
Somaca is a Moroccan car manufacturer founded in 1959 by Fiat company Simca and currently owned by the French company Renault.
Princess Lalla Malika was a sister of the late King Hassan II of Morocco, and daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco and his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar. She was the chairwoman of the Moroccan Red Crescent from 1967 until her death.
Lalla, Řalla or Řadja, is an Amazigh word and title meaning "Lady", "My lady", "Miss." or "Mrs.".
Mohammed El Alaoui is the current Chamberlain (حاجب) of king Mohammed VI of Morocco. He is reportedly a very close friend of the monarch, in addition to being his distant Alaouite cousin.
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima is the northernmost of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers an area of 15,090 km² and recorded a population of 3,556,729 in the 2014 Moroccan census. The capital of the region is Tangier.
The Marshan Palace is a palace of the King of Morocco in the Marshan neighborhood of Tangier, Morocco.
Renault Tanger Méditerranée is an industrial site of the Renault Group, located in the town of Malloussa near Tangier.
The Mohammed V Mosque is a large mosque in Tangier, Morocco, completed in 1983.
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