Rabbi Mordekhay Bengio, buried in the Jewish cemetery of Tangier, is the descendant of two distinguished Jewish families: the Bengios and the Toledanos. He spent sixty years of his life as the chief rabbi of Tangier.
The body of a 32-year-old Moroccan national was found, Monday, in the Piave River in northern Italy, Corriere del Veneto reports. Firefighters and the police recovered the body of the deceased after a man who saw the body floating in water alerted them. According to the Italian newspaper, the man is known to the police for offences related to alleged drug dealing and irregular stay. The circumstances of this incident are still unknown, the newspaper wrote, adding that investigations are
Moroccan singer, songwriter and composer Najat Aatabou to host a new show on MBC 5, a new Maghreb dedicated satellite channel launched by the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC Group). The show is called «Jalassat maa Najat» and it listed as an entertainment program, a statement issued by the MBC said. It is one of the programs the new channel, which will be launched on September 21, will present to its fans in the Maghreb region. «The project will provide a platform to
Berber mythology ruled the lives of Moroccans and neighboring Amazighs that inhabited North Africa. They had their heroes, gods and demigods that they worshipped and cherished. Three of these figures made it to history books and their myths and legends can still be heard of.
A 25-year-old Moroccan assaulted, Sunday, two Carabinieri officers who tried to arrest him in Airuno, a commune in Italy. According to Il Giorno, the two police officers asked the Moroccan man who was driving a motorcycle to pull over. The same source reveals that the man was waiting for a client who reportedly wanted to purchase drugs from him. Resisting the arrest, the Moroccan attacked the two men, punching, picking and even biting them. The man ended up escaping. The two officers spent
A scene from Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Netflix series went viral because of a small mistake that did not go unnoticed. The series entitled «The Spy», which was shot in several Moroccan cities, included a scene that showed Morocco money transfer agency Wafacash, Western Union and MoneyGram. Shared on social media, the scene is from the sixth episode of the series that takes place in Syria during the 1960s. In the same shot, one can easily recognize the logo of Moroccan bank
Morocco is extending a helping hand to West Africa to fight against terrorism. During an ECOWAS extraordinary summit, the Kingdom urged the regional grouping to rethink its counterterrorism approach.
Italian actress Gloria Cuminetti was attacked, Saturday, by a Moroccan national in one of Turin’s busiest streets, Italian newspaper Il Giornale reports. The famous actress was punched «for no reason» by the man, identified as a 34-year-old irregular migrant. The same source revealed that H. B. was under the influence of drugs when he assaulted Cuminetti. Passersby who witnessed the attack informed the police, who succeeded in arresting the Moroccan national. Police used a
A former US chaplain and Roman Catholic priest, who fled the United States and hid in Morocco for 20 years, was sentenced, Friday, to 30 years in prison after an American court found him guilty of «sexually abusing an altar boy», American news agency Associated Press reports. The case of Arthur Perrault, who was sentenced by a New Mexico court, was described as the «worst case of child sex abuse» U.S. District Judge Martha Vazquez has «handled over the course of
Moroccan travelers will no longer have to fill forms presented by the police in the Kingdom’s airports on their arrival and departure. Starting from Monday, the measure will be erased; sources from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) told Moroccan French-languge newspaper Medias24. «This decision will make passport checkpoints smooth and easy», the same sources said. The decision will be applied also in land borders’ checkpoints in Ceuta and
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