Drivers participating to the 12th edition of the Africa Eco Race were able, Monday, to cross Guerguerat safely, organizers told Yabiladi. The crossing comes after the Polisario threatened to block the Guerguerat stage of the annual race.
Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali has been chosen to receive the Golden goose quill, a Dutch cultural award initiated in 1955 and granted to a person or organization of great significance to the written and printed word. The Beni Chikar-native was awarded as an ambassador of the Dutch language because «he knows how to reach young people» and builds «bridges» between the Dutch and Moroccan cultures, wrote Dutch newspaper AD. The 44-year-old writer and
A Belgian-Moroccan who was accused of defrauding charities and law offices in the United State of millions of dollars has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to repay $1.6 million to his victims, The Brussels Times reported on Sunday. Aref Zokita Said was involved in a scam which consisted of sending a cheque to charities as a donation and then «calling to tell them the sum involved was a mistake and ask them to repay a portion», the same source recalls. The cheque,
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said received Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, who flew to Oman to offer condolences, Monday, the Oman News Agency (ONA) said. Moulay Rachid was received «at the Al Alam palace as an envoy of His Majesty King Mohammed VI bin Hassan king to offer condolences on the death of the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said», ONA wrote. «Prince Moulay Rachid, expressed his sincere condolences and His Majesty the Sultan expressed his sincere thanks to His Highness and
Settled down in Spain for more than 21 years, artist Mohamed Ziani made more than ten artistic collaborations around the world performed in more than 300 concerts across Europe and Morocco and managed to create his own fusion music style.
The International Police Cooperation Service (SCIP) has released a 47-year-old Italian national kidnapped in Morocco, Corriere della Sera said. The woman had come to Morocco from Italy in November to have a paper marriage with a Moroccan so that the latter could obtain a residence permit. She then planned to return to Italy, but she was allegedly kidnapped by his family. The Italian national had been persuaded by a Moroccan friend to accept a marriage of convenience with her nephew, a
Months after she visited Morocco to support female landowners, Donald Trump’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to congratulate the Kingdom. Trump wrote, Friday, on her Twitter account that «Morocco committed to changing laws to advance land rights for women and have now legally formalized these major reforms». Ivanka Trump was referring to the draft decree approved in December by the head of the government Saadeddine El Othmani regarding the laws
Some Moroccan YouTubers have turned to talismans, magic spells and recipes to attract subscribers and viewers, especially those who still believe in witchcraft. To several experts, the phenomenon shows how the internet can reflect the beliefs and practices of our society.
Amid the current crisis in the Middle East, mainly in Iraq and Syria, Morocco has announced the creation of a cell to assist Moroccans living in these countries. According to Alyaoum24, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad created assistance hotlines to help nationals living in Syria, Iraq and Jordan. The crisis in Syria and Iraq emerged after the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. Iran responded by bombing American
A court in Catalonia, Spain, has sentenced a Moroccan man to twelve years in prison for assaulting a young homosexual in Sitges, a coastal town in Spain's Catalonia region, southwest of Barcelona, Spanish news agencies said. The homophobic attack took place on October 2, 2016, when the Moroccan, who was accompanied by a minor, threw a rock on a man who was kissing another man in a gay bar. The Moroccan man grabbed a large stone and struck the victim on the head. He fell to the ground and
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