London, October 12, 1929
Dear comrades,
Forwards and onwards towards the peaks of glory, sons of a fatherland worthy of all sacrifice!
Rise up and seize with both hands your courage to garner victory for your noble cause and just ideals. It is time to welcome a new era of progress and leave behind the indolence and paralysis we were used to. Yes, let us rise up now and start working today. We're tired of the situation we find ourselves in. Let us sharpen the blade of our sword for action. Redouble our efforts. Let us sail with a prayer to the Lord to carry us to safe harbor. Let us make haste to the peaks of glory. Let us hold with an iron fist our religious and national unity. Let us be of one soul in different bodies. This will hardly be difficult to do if we remove vice from our breasts and wear a suit of virtue and dignity. Do we not have the same motto and objectives? We are all concerned to uphold the prestige of our country, one which is worthy of all sacrifice. The only difference which distinguishes us from each other is that we use diverse and disparate means (to our common end). Each of us may see what another may not to reach our same fixed common goal. And yet the reason which governs our unbreakable unity is that we all seek to revive our nation's former prestige and to rebuild the foundations of our most beloved fatherland. Therefore .... what is there to do? What means should be used to attain our noble objective and this supreme goal? The best way to attain our objective is to unite, to firmly close ranks and to distance ourselves from partisan conflicts. Let us leave sectarian conflicts behind us and support the individual who will loyally and honestly administer our affairs; one whose only concern is to be selflessly in the service for our common good and fulfill with goodwill his mission despite its heavy burden. Let us distance ourselves from opinionated quarrels and divergence of principles that drive some of us. What is essential is that our unified goal creates a self determined solidarity amongst all of us that incites the defense of just ideals and enlightened viewpoints. None can doubt that if we take into consideration this advice, if we march side by side and if we engage with the same fervor in well thought out and unanimous actions, success will undeniably be ours. Progress will smile at us in all our endeavors and we will be in position to take a giant leap forwards in record time.
Dear comrades,
The patience we have shown in the face of all ordeals is what refreshes the heart and fills it with pleasure, with joy, and the power of our will that has driven us so far. We have demonstrated the tenacity and endurance to honor our literary club. Was our tenacity and patience to have waited more than two years for government approval not a demonstration of dignified attitude blessed by the Lord who allowed us to achieve our goal? Our patience was not in vain and our tenacity brought us enormous benefits with the approval bestowed on our Literary Club. Its existence from now on is official. We must redouble our efforts working day and night to endow it with a new lease on life. We must support it to achieve the highest degrees of our aspirations and expectations because it is true that one who works despite all troubles is compelled to succeed. The Club's business is now in our hands. We are entirely responsible for it. If the club moves forward carving its part of progress, then those who tend to its business are to be congratulated even though they have simply accomplished a duty. But, Lord forbid, if we surrender to laziness the responsibility for failure will fall upon us and we will have to bear the consequences. Two years have passed since the Literary Club was created. It has gone through its phase of childhood and (early) growth. And, as in all proper growth and ascent, the road was littered with difficulties; it was forced to overcome many obstacles. However, despite this, we welcomed this phase with open hearts. Who can forget or wishes to forget the quasi-insurmountable crises and the often insolvable problems our Literary Club faced ever since we created it? Such is the case for all activities, be they large or small, that are still in their early stages.
To our dear comrades, we extend our warm congratulations or carrying the day and accomplishing what we have yearned for so long. We thank those who provided support as needed to our club allowing it to succeed in its mission. In particular, we thank President Abou Bakr Sbihi for all his efforts in the service of our young institution. May he find here the expression of our warmest gratitude. Finally we congratulate all our comrades for the magnificent and huge stunning success of their performance of the play "In The Service of the Crown." We wished so much to be with you during the performance of this playl May our Literary Club be the ideal forum where the bonds of friendship and brotherhood between young Moroccans are tied.
Members of the Advisory Council of the Literary Club of Salé. One recognizes those standing starting from the left: Abderrahman Aouad, Mekki Aouad, Abdelkrim Bouâllou (who will be called on to succeed the current President), Mohammed Zemzami Jaïdi, Ahmed Hassar, and Mohammed Chemao. Seated in the middle: President of the Club Abou Bakr Sbihi. To his right Driss Aouad and to his left Omar Aouad. Photograph taken in 1927.
Among the active Literary Club of Salé members from left to right: Mohammed Hassar, Omar Aouad (seated), Abdelkrim Hajji.
