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Benjelloun (Arabic: بنجلون‎‎) is a prominent Surname among the powerful "Fassi" elite of Fez, Morocco. The Benjelloun family migrated to Morocco as late as 1666 from Andalusia, Spain, around the time of the Spanish Inquisition.

It may refer to:

  • Othman Benjelloun (Arabic: عثمان بن جلون; born 1931 in Fes, Morocco) businessman worth $2.2 billion as of October 2015
  • Abdelmajid Benjelloun, a French-speaking writer, poet and historian, specialist in the history of northern Morocco.
  • Abdelmajid Benjelloun a novelist, journalist and ambassador.
  • Abdessalam Benjelloun, a footballer.
  • Omar Benjelloun, a politician, leader of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces
  • Tahar Ben Jelloun, a French-speaking writer and poet.
  • References

    Benjelloun Wikipedia