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convictions. One of them, Badr al-din al-Badrawi, from Fez, published anevvspaper titled al-Akhbar al-Maghribiya (Moroccan News, March1921) in which he manifested a clear eagerness to propagate informationabout the developments of Mustafa Kemal's resistance and reforms. 10 Despitethe French agreement with the Turkish nationalist authorities aboutCilicia, the yougn Moroccan interest in these developments was not withoutcausing serious concern to the French Resident general who soonerthan later banned Badravvi's newspaper.In this context, It should not come as a surprise if a poet likeal-Jazuli, whose extant poetry about Kemal's early achievements is todate, to my knowledge, the most substantial in Morocco, was harrassedfor his ideas and opinions. Although he does not allovv for specificson the subject, probably by caution, he nevertheless clearly statesthat he was dismised from his position." Leaving government office, heworked for his own in the private sector, as a farmer fırst, then as a promoter.He benefited from the prosperity that preceded the 1929 crisiswhich hit him badly. After ups and downs, during which he put asidehis creative activity, he decided to publish his youthful poetry at theage of 70.Poems dealing with the Kemalist action constitute an independentunit in the vvhole volume, and were given the telling general title: "Praiseof the Turkish struggle for existence and freedom". Each one of the fourpoems of the unit, celebrates one of the majör steps of the Turkish war ofliberation against the Greeks.The fırst poem fulminates against the Greek occupation of izmir in1919, considering it as a British not a Greek occupation. The title: "Englandand islam" reveals the broad picture into which he puts the struggle:after mentioning the British manipulation and stirring of the ethnic andreligious issues in the Ottoman empire to the effect of dismembering it,he goes on to point to the real intentions of the British, and state that theyare the real invaders, the Greeks being the obedient instrument for Britishpolicies.Enough, enough, sons of the Thames,you exagerated in falshood and accusationsAli your covered policies came to light...Be then frank whith the people of islam10. Baida, Jama "al-Badrawi, Badr al-Din bin al-Fatimi", in Ma'lamat al-Maghrib alaqsa(Encyclopedia of Morocco), Sale: Matabi' Sala, 1991, vol. 4, P. 1108 a.11. al-Jazuli, op. cit., p. 76. His prefacer explains though: "He held bold liberal opinionswhich testifıed to his genius and open mindedness. Despite the harrasment he constentlysuffered for his opinions, he met the situation with patient endurance until hecould not bear it..." p. 1.644