Ali Squalli Houssaini

{{Short description|Moroccan writer, author of the national anthem (1932–2018)}}

Ali Squalli Houssaini (1932 in Fez – November 5, 2018) was the author of the lyrics of the national anthem of Morocco, "Hymne Chérifien", which he wrote in 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/ma.htm|title=Hymne Cherifien|accessdate=2 April 2009|work=nationalanthems.info| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090412101620/http://nationalanthems.info/ma.htm| archivedate= 12 April 2009 | url-status= live}} He was also the author of numerous books.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-05|title=Décès de Ali Squalli Houssaini, auteur de l'hymne national du Maroc|url=https://www.medias24.com/2018/11/05/deces-de-ali-squalli-houssaini-auteur-de-lhymne-national-du-maroc/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Medias24|language=fr-FR}}

A member of the Union of Moroccan Writers since 1967, Squalli received the Morocco Grand Prize in 1982 and the international prize of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia in children's literature in 1992.{{cite news|first=Tarek|last=Bazza|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/11/257002/author-moroccan-national-anthem-dies/amp/|title=Ali Squalli, Author of Moroccan National Anthem Dies at 86|work=Morocco World News|date=5 November 2018|accessdate=5 November 2018|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010520/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/11/257002/author-moroccan-national-anthem-dies/amp/|url-status=dead}}