Canada to introduce a new immigration program allowing communities to pick newcomers

The Canadian government is planning to implement a new immigration program, allowing cities and towns to select immigrants based on local labor needs, wrote CBC on Thursday. The program promised by the Liberal Party of Canada is entrusted to the new Immigration minister Marco Mendicino. It mainly consists of helping local communities, chambers of commerce and labor councils decide on the immigrants wanting to settle down in their areas based on the needs of their communities. The new program

Jordan's King Abdullah II discusses ties in phone call with King Mohammed VI

In a phone call, King Abdullah II of Jordan discussed, Thursday, with King Mohammed VI «means to bolster Jordanian-Moroccan relations in various issues», Jordanian press agency Ammon News reports. The two kings also talked about the developments on the region and the «importance of maintaining consultation and coordination in service of the two countries’ best interest», the news agency added. In March 2019, the two sovereigns decided to implement concrete

French-Moroccan actor Assaad Bouab plays the role of a CIA agent in «Messiah»

On January 1, the first episode of the American series «Messiah» was broadcast on media-services provider Netflix. French-Moroccan actor Assaad Bouab is part of the series’ crew. He plays the role of a CIA agent called Qamar alongside Michelle Monaghan, Mehdi Dehbi and Stomer Sisley, the main characters in the series created by Australian film writer Michael Petroni. Bouab, aka agent Q, helps his colleague Eva Geller investigate the «Messiah», a charismatic figure

Joseph Sumbal, this Moroccan Jew who claimed a new world religion in Denmark

In the 18th century, Moroccan Jew Joseph Sumbal claimed a new world religion in Denmark. In Europe he led an adventurous life, was jailed in London and eventually married a British actress.

A Moroccan woman sexually harassed by a group of men in Egypt

A group of men sexually harassed a Moroccan woman during the New Year’s celebrations in the Egyptian city of Mansoura, Egyptian media reports said. The woman appeared in a video that went viral on social media right after New Year's Eve. She was screaming while sandwiched by a group of men who sexually harassed her. Passersby intervened by helping the woman escape the crowd and get into a car.   A source within the Mansouria police told local online newspaper Cairo24 that the woman

Morocco : Omar Radi’s second hearing rescheduled for March

The second hearing of Omar Radi's trial was rescheduled for 5 March, his lawyer told Yabiladi on Thursday. «The hearing was postponed at the request of the journalist's new defense lawyers», lawyer Omar Benjelloun said. «The request was submitted to help the new lawyers prepare their defense», he added. The second hearing, scheduled last week for January 2, came after Omar Radi was brought before the Casablanca’s First Instance court because of a tweet

A Moroccan cancer patient films her irregular journey to the Canary Islands

In an attempt to start a new life, a young Moroccan woman named Fatima Aboudrar, who suffers from cancer, has decided to leave Morocco for the Canary Islands in a boat with other irregular migrants. Laayoune-native posted a video on her Facebook account documenting her dangerous trip. She posted a message explaining why she took the decision. «I had no other solution but to risk my life», she wrote, adding that she decided to migrate to get better chances of being cured. She

Muslims clean the streets of the UK after the New Year’s Eve celebrations

Young Muslims from across the UK decided on Wednesday January 1 to clean up the streets after New Year’s Eve celebrations, the Daily Mail reported. More than 1,500 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) took to the streets to clean the mess caused by celebrations. Divided between London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Walsall, they collected several hundred bags of garbage. «Many people will be out on the night of new year’s eve celebrating the

Morocco’s economy to witness a modest decline over the next fifteen years, forecasters say

The Moroccan economy is expected to see a modest decline over the next fifteen years, the Center for Economics and Business Research said in a new report. 

Belgium strips six Moroccan jihadists of their citizenship

Six jihadists of Moroccan descent, who left for Syria to fight for ISIS, were stripped of their Belgian citizenship, Belgian news agency Belga wrote on Thursday. A Belgian Appeal Court took the decision after the six men in question were convicted in absentia in 2015 for terrorism. The six jihadists are «brothers Ali and Said El Morabit, Ilyass Boughalab, Bilal Elhamdaoui, Azdine Tahiri and Fouad Akrich. Some of them are believed to have died in Syria, but the fate of others remains