Karim Akalay Bensellam, 36, is a Moroccan major in the Italian army, who decided to speak about discrimination within the military forces, starting with his own struggles. According to Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, Bensellam lodged a complaint against a sergeant for «racism». The soldier is accused of allegedly insulting and discriminating against Karim Akalay Bensellam before many soldiers, wrote the judge. The Moroccan-Italian major alleges that said sergeant used to
After the Moroccan Foreign Ministry announced, last week, that Lesotho has «frozen recognition of SADR», the landlocked Kingdom made a U-turn on its decision. It’s recent position was voiced, Wednesday, one day after sending a reassuring letter to the Polisario Front.
King Mohammed VI received on Wednesday, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, the head of government Saadeddine El Othmani and the new members of the government. The newly appointed members are Mustapha Ramid, Minister of State for Human Rights and Relations with the Parliament, Interior Abdelouafi Laftit, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, Justice Minister Mohamed Benabdelkader, Ahmed Taoufik, Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs and Mohamed El Hajjoui, Secretary General of the Government. The list
Morocco’s business competitiveness is ranked third in Africa, according to the World Economic Forum’s recent edition of the Global Competitiveness Index. Morocco maintains the same performance as last year in a ranking that covers 141 economies.
«De Belofte van Pisa», a Dutch movie directed by Norbert ter Hall and based on the novel of Moroccan-Dutch writer Mano Bouzamour is to premier, Thursday, in the Netherlands, NRC reports. The movie tells the story a Moroccan-Dutch young man and the «barriers that he has to overcome to be the first member of his family to obtain a degree from a prestigious high school in Amsterdam», wrote the Dutch newspaper. The new movie also highlights others problems that
Earlier this week, Spanish newspaper El Espanol reported that Malaga-based painter Antonio Montiel is going to paint a portrait of King Mohammed VI. The newspaper wrote that the Spanish artist was expected to reportedly «meet King Mohammed VI in November» to discuss the project. The announcement, relayed by El Espanol on Monday, was then quoted by several Moroccan news platform, including Yabiladi. However, it turned out that the artist was misunderstood. On Twitter, Spanish
Two weeks after an informal «peace breakfast» in Washington, attended by Jared Kushner and a Moroccan publisher, the Israeli Foreign Ministry praised in a Facebook post historic ties between Israelis and Moroccans.
Over fifty female international journalists have launched a campaign to call for the release of Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni, who was sentenced to one year in prison for «undergoing an abortion and having sex outside marriage». The women supporting this campaign «believe that the arrest of Hajar Raissouni was to silence her as she was a critical journalist who continuously wrote pieces criticizing the state’s policy and supporting social movements». In a
Moroccan poet Ismail El Alaoui published a new collection of poems in five languages. «Although languages are different, love is a unique and universal feeling», he said, talking about his collection of poems he entitled «peace». With these «pure and spontaneous» poems, the poet aims at «unifying the world», Mundiario reports. «We all can hate, but we have to control this hatred and refrain from translating it into actions», the
The Ben Zmirou brothers belong to a family that moved from Spain to Portugal and Morocco. They lived in Safi and gained the respect of both the Jewish and Muslim community, but their demise was mysterious.
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