After spending eight years in prison following the 1981 bread riots in Casablanca, Mustapha Benhassioua decided to immigrate to Switzerland and apply for political asylum. His plans, however, were foiled when he was jailed for hijacking.
British far-right activists exploit concerns about the safety of women and children to target Muslims and ethnic minorities, a new report finds. Conducted by the Commission for Countering Extremism, the new report reveals that some groups «deliberately distort the truth to persuade their audience to adopt discriminatory and hateful attitudes». The findings of this report show that a «series of protests sparked after a woman claimed she was gang raped by Middle Eastern
Spanish painter Antonio Montiel is about to add a big name to the list of portraits he painted for royalties and celebrities from around the world. Indeed, the Malaga-born artist is expected to paint a portrait of King Mohammed VI, Spanish online newspaper Elespanol reports. «I am very excited and proud of the opportunity the Royal Moroccan House has granted me», Montiel said. «I made portrays of many important people, from Fidel Castro, Carmen Cervera, Marisol to Isabel
The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs is expected to hold hearings on the nomination of ambassadors proposed by President Donald Trump. The upcoming hearing will feature Carmen G. Cantor, Michael George De Sombre and Sung Y. Kim, respectively named as ambassadors in Micronesian, Thailand and Indonesia. Surprisingly, the American president recently nominated the three senior officials. Their nomination was announced by the White House in a statement that dates back to July 15,
On October 4, 2019, American financial rating agency Standard & Poor’s affirmed its rating for Morocco BBB- / A-3. In a notice, published Friday, the agency stated that Morocco’s outlook is «stable, balancing our expectation of further fiscal consolidation and gradual improvement in the current account position over the next two years against risks to economic growth from domestic structural shortcomings or external shocks, for example, due to a slowdown in world
When he made it to the scene in the 2000s, he did not imagine that it was the debut of his career as a Moroccan-Belgian comedian. Youssef El Mousaoui is a stand-up comedian and a talented humorist who finds time in his busy schedule for charity work.
On Friday, October 4, Lesotho, a landlocked kingdom encircled by South Africa, froze its recognition of «the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)», The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Maseru «supports the UN-led political process» and prefers to observe «positive neutrality» when it comes to regional and international meetings. The decision of Lesotho comes after Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita phoned his Lesotho counterpart
During World War II, French authorities, which sent Moroccan soldiers to fight in Italy, decided to allow these tribesmen to bring their women to the battlefield. The policy was meant to help quell rape and pillage cause by the Goumiers.
Moroccan-Canadian professor Mustapha Fahmi won the 2019 Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Book Fair prize for his work «The Lesson of Rosalind» (La leçon de Rosalinde). The award was presented to him last weekend during a ceremony held in his honor. His book links between literature, philosophy and life. Just like his other contributions as an English literature professor, Fahmi spent 23 years studying the works of William Shakespeare and published several articles and essays in
Maryam Rouass, an Italian hairdresser of Moroccan origins, impressed the jury of Italy’s X Factor, a television music competition franchise. The 18-year-old singer succeeded in attracting the attention of the judges, who loved her audition and sent her to the next step of the competition. Rouass is expected to compete for the title, moving to the X Factor’s boot camps and trying to make it to the live show part of the musical context, opened in September. According to Italian
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