What is Mahdi Elmandjra?
[[File:Elmandjra.jpg|thumb|Mahdi Elmandjra]] '''Mahdi Elmandjra''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: مهدي المنجرة) (13 March 1933 &ndash; 13 June 2014) was a [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Futures studies|futurist]], [[economist]], [[writer]] and [[Sociology|sociologist]]. He was best known for his leadership roles with the [[United Nations]] Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ([[UNESCO]]). Elmandjra was born in [[Rabat]]. He was educated in Morocco, the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. Elmandjra died after a long illness on 13 June 2014 in Rabat, aged 81.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lematin.ma/express/2014/deces_mahdi-elmandjra-s-est-eteint/204119.html|title=Mahdi Elmandjra s'est éteint|work=[[Le Matin]]|date=13 June 2014|accessdate=14 June 2014|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official|http://www.elmandjra.org/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Elmandjra, Mahdi}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Moroccan academics]] [[Category:Economists]] [[Category:Sociologists]] [[Category:UNESCO]] [[Category:Moroccan writers]] {{Bio-stub}}