When he arrived in the Netherlands in the 1990s, Ahmed Larouz had no idea about who he would become. Several years later, the Moroccan man became a role model for the Moroccan community setteld down in the European country. Born on October the 1st, 1971, in Guelmima (Errachidia region), Larouz worked on how to change the way Moroccan nationals living in the Netherlands were perceived. He was 18 years old when he arrived in the country, joining his family. «I was the first to come
On Friday, 19th of October, Baleka Mbete Speaker of South Africa's National Assembly, which is the lower house of the Parliament in Cape Town, arrived in Rabat to meet her Moroccan counterpart, Habib El Malki. Mbete is a powerful politician who held several senior positions in her country. Between September 2008 and May 2009, she was Deputy President of South Africa. She is also an influential member at the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party in South Africa. The second visit of
The truce between King Hassan II and Muammar Gaddafi did not last for more than four years. In 1984, Libya offered to establish political unity with Morocco and in August of the same year the two leaders gathered to sign the Oujda Treaty. The latter formed the Arab African Union, an organization aimed at bringing together the two nations and conflicted leaders. However, the short-lived union was abolished by King Hassan II in August 1986 due to Morocco’s friendly relations with Israel
Before becoming one of the biggest cities in the Kingdom of Morocco, Casablanca has been through a series of ups and downs throughout history. The city was called Anfa, an ancient Berber town that was founded in the 10th century B.C. Anfa is a Berber appellation that means «little hill» as described by the «Africa Ethnonyms and Toponyms», a book issued by the UNESCO. The ancient Casablanca has witnessed the different changes that occurred throughout the
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