Rabat, May 24 -- According to the Moroccan gazette, King Mohammed VI has granted Moroccan citizenship to a number of foreign public figures, including Iranian businessman Mohammed Reda Nouri who is the husband of Lalla Joumala, Moroccan Ambassador to the US.

The Moroccan citizenship was also granted to Algerian writer Kebir Mustapha Ammi who was born in 1952 in the Moroccan city of Taza, northern Fez, to a Moroccan mother.

The King also granted citizenship to French novelist Michel Canesi, author the novel, Villa Taylor, based in Marrakech.

Moroccan citizenship was also given to French businessman Patrick Guerrand-Hermes who is an amateur polo player. Hermes lives in Larache city, northern Morocco, where he owns stables and Polo club, ...