Emily Keene
British expatriate, adventurer and memoir writer · Writers · Lived 1849 to 1941 · aged 92
Emily Keene, Cherifa of Wazan or Ouzzane of Morocco (1849-1944) was a British expatriate, adventurer, and travel writer. She went to Morocco in 1871 as a governess and fell in love with the Sharif of Ouzzane, a powerful regional governor in Morocco.
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She married the Sharif of Ouzzane in 1873 even though there was strong opposition from both families. This was one of the first widely known cases of interracial marriage between a British expatriate and a Moroccan. She is known for bringing vaccination to the region.
