Today is Eid Al Istiqlal, the commemoration of Morocco’s Independence Day. It also celebrates the return of the royal family from exile in 1955
Morocco freed itself from the French colonial rule on March 2, 1956, while independence was granted from Spain a month later on April 7, 1956. Although Morocco gained its independence on March 2, the North African country commemorates the anniversary of independence on November 18 instead, at the request of late King Hassan II.
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