L'Action du Peuple (Arabic: عمل الشعب, The Work of the People) was the first francophone newspaper published by the Moroccan Nationalist Movement in the area under the control of the French Protectorate in Morocco.
[3] Muhammad Ibn al-Hassan al-Wazzaani proposed the idea of publishing this newspaper to members of az-Zawiya (الزاوية, from zawiya), the leadership of the Covert Nationalist Organization (التنظيم الوطني السري).
[1] Most members—particularly those who were associated with al-Qarawiyiin University and whom the aristocrats that funded the Moroccan Nationalist Movement held in high esteem—disagreed with the idea, objecting to the use of the French language.
[1][4] al-Wazzaani also had experience helping Shakib Arslan with the publication of La Nation Arabe, a francophone Pan-Islamist, Pan-Arabist newspaper published in Geneva.
[1] Among the journalists published in l'Action du Peuple were Ahmed Sefrioui and Omar Bin Abd al-Jaliil, the latter of whom covered the abuses of colonial agriculture.