1. Muhammad Zarqtuni was a Moroccan nationalist born in Casablanca, Morocco.
13 Facts About Muhammad Zarqtuni
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Muhammad Zarqtuni was active in the Moroccan Nationalist Movement and is considered a symbol of Moroccan resistance to French colonialism.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni was born in the Medina of Casablanca in 1927.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni's mother was Khudooj Bint Reis of Fes father was the muqqadim of the Hamdushiya Zawiya, where Muhammad Zarqtuni learned to read and write.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni soon enrolled at the Abdellaoui School, a school for learning hadith within the network of schools independent of the French system, administered by Moroccan nationalists in the early 1940s.
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Passionate about soccer, Zarqtuni played for the Mawludiat Bou Tawiil Club in 1948 and recruited the youth of the medina.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni was made the manager of a championship tournament for clubs representing different neighborhoods in Casablanca.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni became a scout and, through this, he became affiliated with the Istiqlal Party.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni worked on the party's logistics commission and commission for organizing events held by the party in Casablanca.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni organized training sessions in weapon handling and became one of the leaders of the Secret Resistance Organization, along with Abderrahmane Senhaji.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni escaped the shots fired at him after the operation, but was captured by the forces of the French Protectorate shortly thereafter.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni is widely regarded as a national hero in Morocco, and as an icon of the resistance movement.
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Muhammad Zarqtuni married Saadia Alami, a nationalist and resistance fighter.