Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui (born 1962, as Sharifa only) is a Moroccan diplomat who served as the country's Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2016 and to the United States from 2016 to 2023.
Early life Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui was educated at the Mission laïque française of Rabat then at the University of Oxford Faculty of Oriental Studies, where she graduated with a Bachelor in law. After, she settled in Casablanca, where she became active in some of the city's NGOs.
For a brief period in 1999–2000, she was diplomatic attaché at the Moroccan Embassy to United Nations.
She is the President of the Moroccan-British Society.
Honours Awards
Honored Citizen of Dallas (15 November 2017).Ambassador Lalla Joumala Alaoui Named Honorary Citizen of Dallas Ambassador of the year 2023 by the National U.S.–Arab Chamber of Commerce [NUSACC] (11 December 2023).Map News2023 Ambassador of the Year: H.H. Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui of Morocco
She is a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington DC, and a member of the Cosmos Club.
See also Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco (her aunt), also Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the 1960s.
References
External links Embassy of Morocco to The Court of Saint James’s