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Militant Feminist Lalla Aisha of Morocco made her first public speech in the cause of female emancipation at the age of 17. She urged the veiled and backward women of her land "to participate ardently and usefully in the life of the nation." The speech automatically earned her the leadership of the Moroccan feminist movement (TIME cover, Nov.11, 1957) for she was a princess, the daughter of King Mohammed...
...affair. But King Hassan II departed from ancient convention: he wore a dark business suit while looking on from his pink throne. The three princesses all went through intricate prenuptial purification ceremonies, including a ritual dousing administered by female attendants. At the ceremony itself, they all wore veils. For Lalla Aisha, especially, the choice of husbands seemed felicitous. Her husband, Hassan al Yakoubi, is known as a widely traveled, fun-loving sportsman, more accustomed than most Moroccan men to the ways of emancipated women...
Engaged. Princess Lalla Aisha, 30, Morocco's great female emancipator (TIME cover, Nov. 11, 1957 ), sister of King Hassan II; and Hassan Al Yakoubi, 26, prosperous landowner; at the royal palace in Rabat, in a double ceremony that saw her sleek, similarly Westernized sister, Princess Lalla Malika, 23, betrothed to Mohammed Cherkaoui, 40, Morocco's ambassador-designate to France...
Divorced. By Sally Rand, 58, and still waving her fans after 28 years: Fred J. Lalla, 41, a Las Vegas real estate dealer and her third husband; after six years of marriage, in Las Vegas...
...brash, talkative Texan who describes Moulay Hassan as "one of the most able men alive today." As public relations officer at the U.S. naval base at Kenitra, Blair kept the prince supplied with gifts from the PX. He further endeared himself to court circles by presenting attractive Princess Lalla Aisha, 29, with a cowgirl outfit donated by Dallas' Neiman-Marcus specialty store, and by flying four prairie dogs from Texas to Morocco for the King's private...