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{{Short description|Philosopher, politician and writer}}
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'''Mohammed Allal Sinaceur''' (born 1941) is a Moroccan philosopher, politician and writer. He was the Moroccan Minister of Cultural Affairs.

==Biography==
Sinaceur was born in [[Place:Oujda|Oujda]], Morocco in 1941.<ref>Librairie dialogues.fr, Mohammed Allal Sinaceur [http://www.librairiedialogues.fr/personne/mohammed-allal-sinaceur/86037/] (retrieved 2012)</ref> He is a member of a well connected Moroccan family. His brother Mohamed Habib Sinaceur, a politician, died in 2000. One of his brothers is a General and another, Jamal Eddine Sinaceur, is a diplomat. He was the Moroccan Minister for Cultural Affairs in 1994.<ref>[http://www.maghress.com/fr/leconomiste/7185 Interview with Mr [[Biography:Mohammed Allal Sinaceur|Mohammed Allal Sinaceur]], Minister of Cultural Affairs: M Sinaceur: "We lack creators"], L'Economiste, In French, 17 November 1994</ref>

He writes on philosophy and Islamic issues for [[Organization:UNESCO|UNESCO]] and some of his works have been translated into over 30 languages. He is called to expert meetings on Education.<ref>[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0004/000423/042389eb.pdf The Philosophical dimension of current problems in regard to science and technology], Meeting of Experts on Philosophical Investigation of the Conditions for Endogenous Development of Science and Technology; Kathmandu; 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD); Vienna; November 1979</ref>

==Works==
He has been writing since at least 1977.<ref>[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/Ulis/cgi-bin/ulis.pl?database=&lin=1&ll=1&gp=1&look=default&sc1=1&sc2=1&nl=1&req=2&au=Sinaceur,%20Mohammad%20Allal Mohanned Allal Sinaceur], UNESDOC, UNESCO, accessed October 28, 2012</ref>

His works include<ref>[http://rdap02pxdu.dev.oclc.org:6251/identities/lccn-nr91-1323 Sinaceur, Allal]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, WorldCat, accessed 28 October 2012</ref>
* Aristote aujourd'hui : études réunies ... à l'occasion du 2300e anniversaire de la mort du philosophe, 1988 in French
* Cours de philosophie positive, with Auguste Comte, Ed, 1998 in French
* The Hassan II mosque, with Philippe Ploqui

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