August 29, 2007

Moroccan Jewish woman runs for parliament

Filed under: Politics, Women, Judaism — taamarbuuta @ 2:58 am

A Moroccan Jewish woman, Maggie Cacoun, is to “head the women’s list of the Al-Wast Al-Aghtama’i party,” according to The Memri Blog.  Cacoun calls herself a “nationalist Moroccan” and states that she doesn’t want her religion to play a role in her candidacy.