Journalist
"Women's press is not
only a mirror held out to women, it must also defend their rights, change attitudes, fight discrimination, advocate for equality, and shows the path of modernity", says Aïcha Zaimi who occupies a prominent place in
the world of women's magazines. Aïcha spent many years at the head of one of the first iconic supports of the feminist cause and
of which she is the co-founder, namely “Femmes du Maroc” (Women of Morocco). After attending school in a French junior high
school in Rabat, she left the city of Rabat to study at the Higher Institute
for Trade and Business Administration: "It is at that time that I discovered
the Moroccan society, its complexity, its various components but also its
limits", recalls this resolute woman who often was a group leader:
"There was a swimming pool at the Institute where I studied but no girl
dared to bathe there. I put on
my swimsuit and dipped. Others
followed suit”, she says. Aïcha became aware of the situation of women and nourished
her thinking on the subject. In 1993, she became a journalist for the Téléplus magazine. From 1995 to 2010, she led the FDM magazine
which dares to address the taboos of sexuality in its famous black pages, then
became director of the female cluster of the group. She successfully initiated, from 1996, the
annual "Caftan" parade in Marrakesh, Casablanca and Paris. After her departure, she created the “Illi” magazine,
which she led from 2010 to 2016: "This newspaper was a bridge between my
generation (that of the feminist press that experienced the reforms of the
Family Code and of the Nationality code, the debate about abortion debate ) and
the new generation, that of the Arab Spring’. Though Aïcha regrets today regrets,
but without bitterness, the disappearance of many women's magazines, she
remains positive. Passionate
about running, this optimistic woman has proved that she is fond of marathon
races.