The Jewish cemetery of Errachidia is home to three Jewish saints, namely Rabbi Yahia Lahlou, Rabbi Moul Tria and Rabbi Moul Sedra. Each one of them has a story to tell.
In London, the first ballet school for Muslim kids has opened earlier this year, welcoming Muslim girls who dream of becoming ballerinas. The school is the first of its kind, according to Metro, as it «offers a unique poetry syllabus instead of music to be more inclusive as some followers of the Islamic faith don’t listen to music». Opened by British dancer Maisie Alexandra Byers and Sajedah Shubib, Grace and Poise Academy was created to tackle the fact that the
Spanish police arrested three Moroccan women who were trying to smuggle a newborn into Almeria through the port of Melilla. According to El Espanol, one of the three women said that she was the mother of the baby, but without providing documents proving her claims. Quoting the Spanish police, the newspaper explains that the documents she presented belonged to a three-year-old child that was not accompanying her at the moment of her arrest. The two other women told police that the
A recent study has revealed that all modern humans originated from Botswana. The findings come as Morocco was referred to as the cradle of humanity in 2017, being home to the oldest Homo sapiens fossils.
Former UN envoy to Western Sahara Christopher Ross is on a three-day visit to the Tindouf camps. Ross is part of a delegation from the New Jersey’s Princeton University that would stay in the camps until 30 October. «Officially, the mission is expected to report on the living conditions of Saharawis in the camps», a well-informed source told Yabiladi. «Students from the same university will, meanwhile, be visiting Laayoune for the same purpose (…) Ross decided to
International NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that «is stunned by the Moroccan judicial system’s determination to persecute newspaper owner and editorialist Taoufik Bouachrine», who saw his jail sentence increased from 12 to 15 years on appeal. In a statement published, Monday, the head of RSF’s North Africa bureau Souhaib Khayati said that the «judicial persecution of Taoufik Bouachrine is incomprehensible». «We call on Morocco’s
In 1881, Sultan Moulay El Hassan introduced the «Hassani rial» as a modern coinage for Moroccans. When French took control of Morocco «franc» replaced «rial». The latter was also replaced by «Moroccan dirham» when the Kingdom broke free from the French.
A Syrian national is reportedly linked to the seven-membered terrorist cell dismantled, Friday, in Casablanca, Ouezzane and Chefchaouen, the head of Morocco's BCIJ security agency Abdelhak Khiam said Monday in Salé. The man in question is an emissary sent by the terrorist group «Islamic State» to the leader of the cell, said Khiam in a press briefing on the cell recently dismantled. He added that the authorities are currently making a facial composite of
Alber Elbaz, a Moroccan-born fashion designer and former creative director of French multinational high fashion house Lanvin, is launching his new brand AZfashion, Arab News reports. Born in Casablanca to a Jewish family, Elbaz had an iconic career in the fashion industry, working for Lanvin for 14 years and partnering with big fashions houses, including Richemont, Yoox Net-a-Porter group, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. His new brand is an «innovative and dynamic startup, meant to
The Ministry of Industry and Trade launched on Friday, October 25, an investigation to review the anti-dumping measures applied on imports of insulin from Denmark. According to Arabic-language newspaper Al Akhbar, the ministry has at the same time decided to maintain anti-dumping duties on the products, through the period of the investigation. This investigation was launched following the request of a Moroccan laboratory that produces insulin, the same newspaper wrote. It indicates that the
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