The Faculty of Sciences Semlalia of Marrakech pays tribute to its founder, Professor Mohamed Knidiri, member of the "United States of the World"
On Monday 21 November 2022, a ceremony was held at the Faculty of Semlalia Sciences in Marrakech (FSSM) to pay tribute to an exceptional person, Professor Mohamed Knidiri, in the presence of Professor Moulay Lhassan Hbid, President of Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) and Professor El Hassan El Mouden, Dean of the Faculty of Semlalia Sciences (FSSM) in Marrakech.
At the initiative of the Faculty of Semlalia Sciences of Marrakech, an eloquent speech was delivered to honour the career of Professor Mohamed Knidiri, founder of the Faculty (FSSM) and of the 'United States of the World', former Founding Rector of the UCA and Minister of National Education, President of Le Grand Atlas Association (AGA) - a member of the 'United States of the World' - and Academic President of the Private University of Marrakech (UPM).
During this ceremony attended by numerous notables of the ochre city and academics, a true celebration for science and for the founding man who represents Cadi Ayyad University, many of his collaborators testified in favour of the man who has long inspired and followed them within the Faculty of Sciences Semlalia in particular and Cadi Ayyad University in general.
There were also moving testimonies of gratitude from his former students and collaborators for the quality of his teaching and pedagogy, for his generosity and for the example he continues to set for those passionate about research and science, culture and sport.
This ceremony was also an opportunity to recall his exceptional, fruitful and outstanding career, during which he received, as a result of his remarkable scientific work, the most extensive international recognition and consecration that a renowned chemist can dream of. Both in Morocco and abroad.
Conciliatory and courteous in his friendly and professional relations, while remaining faithful to a generous but unbending line of conduct, Professor Knidiri is a great militant in associative life, in favour of the underprivileged, as president of the Le Grand Atlas Association (AGA) which organises the Marrakech Festival of Popular Arts (FNAP) and the Marrakech International Marathon (MIM). Professor Mohamed Knidiri is committed body and soul to revitalising the socio-economic, tourism and cultural sector of the city of Marrakech and its various regions in particular and the Kingdom in general.
