- Driss Basri
Driss Basri is a Moroccan politician. Basri was born in Settat in 1938. He began his career as a police officer in Rabat and in 1974 he was appointed as secretary of state for interior affairs. In 1979, Driss Basri was promoted to the post of interior minister in the government of Ahmed Osman, a post he held in all successive governments until [1999]. He later held the post of minister of communication as well. He won the confidence of King Hassan II, and in his term, …
- Abdellatif Laabi
Abdellatif Laâbi was born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco. Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal "Anfas/Souffles", an important literary review in 1966. It was considered as a meeting point of some poets who felt the emergency of a poetic stand and revival, but which, very quickly, crystallized all Moroccan creative energies: painters, film-makers, men of theatre, researchers and thinkers.
- Milagros Sequera
Milagros Sequera (born September 30, 1980 in San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela) is a professional female tennis player from San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela. She joined the WTA Tour in 1999 and was ranked World No. 48 on July 10, 2007. She won her first title in Fes, Morocco, on May 20, 2007, defeating Aleksandra Wozniak in the final. Milagros' coach is Larry Willens. She was introduced to the game at the age of seven. Her favorite surface is hard.
- Ahmed Sefrioui
Ahmed Sefrioui was a Moroccan novelist and pioneer of Moroccan literature in the French language. He was born in Fes in 1915 of Berber parents. Sefrioui was founder of the Al Batha museum in Fes, a town that is present in almost all of his writings. After the Qur'an school and the schools of Fes Sefrioui has made French his own. As a young journalist for "Action du Peuple" and as writer of historical articles as a curator for the "Addoha" museum he mastered the language.
- Tarik Sektioui
Tarik Sektioui, commonly known as Tarik, is an international football player from Fès, Morocco. He currently plays for RKC Waalwijk. He has played for the Morocco national football team. He plays as a winger forward and is best known for his good control of the ball, good technique and speed. He crosses the ball with great accuracy.
- Abdellatif Filali
Dr. Abdellatif Filali was a Moroccan politician and diplomat under King Hassan II. Filali was born in Fes, Morocco. He served as Prime Minister of Morocco from 25 May 1994 to 4 February 1998. He also served as foreign minister of Morocco from 1985 to 1999. He is the father of Fouad Filali, former husband of Lalla Meryem, daughter of late Hassan II and elder sister of Mohammad VI.
- Abdelhadi Tazi
Abdelhadi Tazi was born the 15th June, 1921 in Fès (Morocco), primary and secondary studies at the same town. Since his youth he has contributed to the Nationalist Movement and thus experienced exile and prison. 1947: Obtained the High degree Diploma in Theological studies from the University of Al Karaouine with "Honores".<br /> 1948: Teacher in the same University<br /> 1953: Graduated from Moroccan Institute of High Studies.<br /> 1957: After Independence, …
- Sandy McCutcheon
Sandy McCutcheon (born 1947) is a prominent Australian author, playwright, actor, journalist and broadcaster. Sandy McCutcheon was born in Christchurch, New Zealand which, however, he did not discover until he was over fifty years old. He was adopted at a very young age and spent several years looking for traces of his family around Europe, before finding relatives living in New Zealand.
- Yves Lacoste
Yves Lacoste (born 1929) is a French geographer and geopolitician. He was born in Fes, Morocco. In 1976 he established the French geopolitical journal "Herodote". He is the author of a "Geopolitical Dictionary" (1993).
- Ibn Abi Zar
Abū al-Hassan ‘Alī ibn Abī Zar‘ al-Fāsī (d. between 1310 and 1320) is the commonly presumed original author of the popular and influential medieval history of Morocco known as "Rawd al-Qirtas", said to have been written at the instigation of Marinid Sultan Abu Said Uthman II. His full nasab is sometimes given as "ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Zar" and sometimes as "ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Abi Zar".
- Abdallah Al-Ghalib
Abdallah al-Ghalib Billah (1517-1574, reigned 1557-1574) was the second sultan of the Saadi Dynasty. He came to power to the throne as the legal heir of Mohammed ash-Sheikh. From his first wife this first Saadian sultan, Mohammed ash-Sheikh had had three sons, but the two oldest had died (in 1550 and in 1551). Abdallah, the third, was 40 years old when he became sultan and receceived the name al-Ghalib Billah.
- Abdalqadir As-Sufi
Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi, (b 1930, Ayr, Scotland) family name Ian Dallas, is a Shaykh of Tarbiyah (Instruction), leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement and author of numerous books on Islam, Sufism (Tasawwuf) and political theory. Born in Scotland, he was a playwright and actor before he accepted Islam in 1963 with the Imam of the masjid at the Masjid al-Qarawiyyin (Qarawiyyin Mosque) in Fes, Morocco.
- Ali Ibn Umar
Ali ibn Umar was the seventh Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco. He took over after the death of Yahya II in 874. During his rule, Idrisid lost their capital, Fes. He died in 883.
- Muhammad Ibn Al-Habib
Muhammad ibn al-Habib's ancestors were based in Marrakech, Morocco and he is related to Moulay 'Abdullah Amghar, a descendant of a "Sayyid" line which goes back to Ali ibn Abi Talib (d.660) and Husayn ibn Ali (d.680). This branch of the family immigrated to Tafilalat and settled there. His father immigrated to Fes, where his descendants still live.
- Mohammed Ash-Sheikh
Mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh ash Sharif al-Hassani al-Drawi at-Tagmadert (died 1557) was the first sultan of the Saadi dynasty ruling over Morocco (1544-1557). After the death of his father Abu Abdallah al-Qaim (in 1517) Mohammed ash-Sheikh (together with his brother Ahmad al-Araj) took command of the war of the Saadi against the Portuguese. Their first success was against the Wattasids with the conquest of Marrakesh (in 1524).
- Ahmed Yacoubi
Ahmed Yacoubi (1931 - 1985) was born in Fes, Morocco in 1931 and was a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed on both his mother and father's sides. The expatriate writer and composer Paul Bowles met the young Ahmed ben Driss el-Yacoubi in the autumn of 1947 in Fez, and encouraged him to continue drawing and painting the highly imaginative characters in Yacoubi's tales. Bowles took Ahmed to England, Spain, Italy, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan.
- Ahmad Ibn 'Ajiba
Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (1747 - 1809) was an 18th-century Moroccan saint in the Darqawa Sufi Islamic lineage. He was born of a Hasani sharif family in the Anjra tribe that ranges from Tangiers to Tetuan along the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. As a child he developed a love of knowledge, memorizing the Qur'an and studying subjects ranging from Classical Arabic grammar, religious ethics, poetry, Qur'anic recitation and tafsir.
- Fernando, The Saint Prince
Fernando of Portugal, the Saint Prince - (September 29 1402-June 5 1443) was a Prince of Portugal of the House of Aviz. Fernando was the sixth son of King John I of Portugal and his wife Philippa of Lancaster. Fernando soon became interested in religious questions and, still young, he was ordered Grand Master of the Order of Aviz by his father. In 1437 he participated in a military expedition in North Africa, along with his older brothers.
- Mohammed Esh Sheikh el Mamun
Mohammed esh Sheikh el Mamun was a Sultan from 1603 to 1608, based in Fes with only local power. He was a member of the Saadi Dynasty and came from the Saguia el-Hamra region in Western Sahara.He was a son of Ahmad I al-Mansur and brother of Zidan Abu Maali (his adversary) and Abou Fares Abdallah (his ally). He was succeeded in Fes by his sons Abdallah II (r.1613-1623) and after that his son Abd el Malek (r.1623-1627).
- Rachid Azzouzi
Rachid Azzouzi (born 10 January, 1971 in Fés) is a Moroccan football player. He played for several clubs, including MSV Duisburg, Fortuna Köln and Greuther Fürth, all in Germany. He played for the Morocco national football team and was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1994 FIFA World Cup and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
- Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi
Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi (born on December 25, 1922, Fes, died on August 23, 1993, Rabat) is a Moroccan philosopher, novelist and poet writing in Arabic and French. Some of his books were translated into more than 30 languages. Lahbabi studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and received a doctorate of philosophy. He was professor of philosophy and dean of the faculty of letters at the Mohammed V University in Rabat.
- Al-Rashid Of Morocco
Moulay al-Rashid was Sultan of Morocco from 1666 to 1672. Mawlaay "or Moulay" al-Rashid is called the founder of the Alaouite Dynasty. It was his father Moulay Ali Cherif who took power in Tafilalt around 1630. In 1635 al-Rashid's brother Moulay Mohammed ould Moulay Cherif succeeded their still living father. After the death of their father, Moulay Mohammed brought Tafilalt, the Draa River valley and the Sahara region under Alouite power.
- Abu-L-Hassan Ash-Shadhili
Shaykh Abu’l-Hassan ash-Shadhili was born in the north of Morocco in 1175 into a family of peasant labourers. For his education he went to the Qarawiyyin University in Fes, where he met some scholars who introduced him to the sciences of Islamic Law. He traveled to many countries. In Iraq he met a great Sufi called Wasiti who told him to return to his country where he could find Moulay Abdas-Salam ibn Mashish, the great Moroccan spiritual master.
- Al-Hajjam Al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad Ibn Al-Qassim
Al-Hajjam al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qassim (or Hassan I al-Hajam) was the tenth Idrisid ruler and sultan of Morocco. He took over after a short Fatimid overlordship by Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah in 925 and was overthrowned in 927. He died in 944. Al Hajjam (meaning "the barber" in Arabic) was the last Idrisid ruler to stay in the capital Fes.
- Sidi Ahmed Al-Tidjani
Sidi Ahmed al-Tidjani (1737-1815), in Arabic , founded the Tijānī Sūfī order (tarīqah) in the late eighteenth century in Fes, Morocco. The order he founded is called in Arabic the "Tijāniyya". Born in `Ayn Mādī, Algeria, Ahmed al-Tijani felt the call of Sufi life when he was twenty-one years old. By this time he already had a firm foundation of Islamic learning. He travelled to Fes seeking to meet Sufi sheikhs, …
- Muhammad Al-Muqri
Muhammad al-Muqri (1844? - September 9, 1957) was an adviser and grand vizier to several sultans of Morocco while that country was still under French colonial domination. Born in the city of Fes, he began his career in government during the reign of Sultan Hassan I. Under the next sultan, Abd al-Aziz, he was the country's representative to the 1906 Algeciras Conference at which Germany's demand for a say in Moroccan affairs was rejected in favor of France and Spain.
- Ahmad I Al-Mansur Saadi
Ahmad I al-Mansur (also Ahmed el-Mansour and El-Mansour Eddahbi) was Sultan of Saadi dynasty from 1578 to his death in 1603, the sixth and most famous of all rulers of the Saadis. He was the third son of Mohammed ash-Sheikh who became sultan of Morocco. In 1578, Ahmad's brother, Sultan Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, died in battle against the Portuguese army at Ksar el Kebir.
- Spenser St. John
Spenser St. John, FRGS, FES, was British Consul in Brunei in the mid 19th century. In 1858, St. John made two ascents of the famous Mount Kinabalu with Hugh Low. One of the peaks of Mount Kinabalu, St. John's Peak (4,091 m - 4 metres shorter than the summit of Low's Peak), is named in his honour. In 1884, he published a memoir of his experiences as British consul to Haiti, entitled "Hayti or the Black Republic".
- Joe Fes!
That's right... Go Browns.
- German Fes
I spent 2003-2004 in Phoenix, AZ as an exchange student and went to Camelback High School for senior year until I graduated in June 2004. I was born in Germany and grew up in the city of Berlin.
- Eve Aka The Fes
Depends on what you want to know... I live in Graz (thats in the south-east of Austria. Not Australia and NOT Germany!!!) and I recently moved out on my own. I graduated last year and Im studying law and business at Karl-Franzens-University in Graz. I love shopping, eating (delicious food makes me happy at any time), clubbing, traveling, relaxing at the spa, spending time with my friends and family, my boyfriend and my independence. And sleeping.
- Jessica "Fes"
Hi I'm Jess, better known as Swedish girl. I'm not really fond of myspace and stuff but I thought that this would be a nice way to keep in touch with all of you americans!!
- Marcelo A.K.A Fes
- Pawel Fes
- Grace Fes
- Allison Kee
Art education major. Printmaker. I was once a musician, but school and work wiped that out right away (too bad... I miss playing bass...).
- Kok Wan Mah
Stuck in the 80's.
- Fes Naqvi
its all about the cheese...
- Toni
Which Trainspotting Character Are You?
- Ruben
My name is Robin. I am an exchange student. I hate running. I'm doing track. I'm from Germany. But I consider myself Irish. Normally I am a happy person. I love soccer and music. I love hanging out with my friends and playing guitar.