List of Famous people born in Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Patrick Drahi

First Name Patrick

Last Name Drahi

Born on August 20, 1963 (age 62)

Born in Morocco, Drâa-Tafilalet

Net Worth $11.8B

Billionaire

Patrick Drahi is a French-Israeli billionaire businessman with French, Moroccan, Portuguese, and Israeli citizenship, living in Switzerland since 1999. He is the founder and controlling shareholder of the European based telecom group Altice, listed on the European Euronext Stock Exchange.

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Hassan Aourid

First Name Hassan

Last Name Aourid

Born on December 24, 1962 (age 62)

Born in Morocco, Drâa-Tafilalet

Hassan Aourid is a Moroccan writer. He was born in Errachidia. He has a PhD in political science and teaches at the Mohammed V University. He has published widely in both Arabic and French. He has written half a dozen novels:

Wistful Conversation (2015)
Morisco
Biography of a Donkey (2014)
Sintra (2017)
Cordoba Spring (2017)
Mutanabbi's Rabat (2018)

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Khalid Skah

First Name Khalid

Last Name Skah

Born on January 29, 1967 (age 58)

Born in Morocco, Drâa-Tafilalet

Height 170 cm | 5'7

Khalid Skah is a Moroccan track and field athlete, winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Abdalaati Iguider

First Name Abdalaati

Born on March 25, 1987 (age 38)

Born in Morocco, Drâa-Tafilalet

Height 173 cm | 5'8

Reda Abdalaati Iguider is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Over 1500 metres, he is the bronze medalist from the London Olympic Games and the 2012 World Indoor Champion. His personal best of 3:28:79 over 1500 metres, run in Monaco during the Herculis Diamond League Meeting on July 17, 2015 makes him the eighth fastest man ever over that distance.

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