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Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.
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Arabs are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Before the spread of Arabic language in the wake of the Arab conquests, "Arab" largely referred to the Semitic inhabitants—both settled and nomadic—of the Arabian Peninsula and the Syrian Desert. In modern usage, it includes people from across the Greater Middle East that share Arabic as a a native language.
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Morocco's King Mohammed VI has tasked Fatima Zahra Mansouri with forming the next government. She will be only the second woman in the Arab world to serve as prime minister, after Najla Bouden in Tunisia.
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri becomes the third woman to serve as prime minister in the Arab world.
On Tuesday, King Mohammed VI of Morocco appointed Fatima Zahra Mansouri, the Urban Planning Minister, as the country’s new prime minister. This landmark decision makes Mansouri the first woman to hold this position in the Muslim kingdom. At 50, she previously served as mayor of Marrakech and has been entrusted with…