Said Hajji

Said Hajji (in Arabic: سعيد حجي) (Salé, 29 February 1912 – 2 March 1942) was a Moroccan journalist and thinker.

Said Hajji was born on 29 February 1912, in the old town of Salé, in Morocco, one month before the signing of the Treaty of Fes, marking the start of the French Protectorate in Morocco.

In 1937, he founded the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Maghrib (المغرب Morocco), criticizing French colonialism.

[3] Said Hajji died young at the age of 30, due to a chronic condition.

[4] His legacy is still present in Morocco, especially in his hometown Salé, where a neighborhood is named after him, as well as a school and a cultural center.