Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco is the first cousin of the current King Mohammed VI and Prince Moulay Rachid.
Background
He is the son of Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco, the late brother of former King Hassan II, and Princess Lalla Lamia Solh, daughter of Riad First Rate (at Lloyd's) Solh, the first Prime minister of Lebanon. He is also the cousin of Prince First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, whose mother Mona First Rate (at Lloyd's) Solh is another daughter of the Lebanese family.
Career
Under the Moroccan constitution, Moulay Hicham stands third in the line of succession to the Alaouite throne. In his youth, Prince Moulay Hicham garnered the nickname "Red Prince" because of his leftist political positions. More recently, he has become an outspoken advocate for greater democracy in Morocco and the broader Middle East.
He regularly speaks on these issues at public forums around the world, among them la Universidad de Málaga, Higher Education Commission-Paris (École des hautes études commerciales de Paris), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Harvard University.
He has also published numerous essays on political reform and democracy in English, French, and Arabic language journals and newspapers. He is currently a consulting professor at the Center for Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law at Stanford University.
Managing director of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Tayyar, a renewable energy firm, based in Abu Dhabi. Producer of the 2012 award-winning documentary on democratization and dictatorship, A Whisper to a Roar, in collaboration with director Ben Moses.
Membership
Member of the Advisory Board of Human Rights Watch for the Middle East and North Africa region.