Jackie Spinner, an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago and former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, directed a documentary in which she tells the story of Moroccan parents and children with autism, Chicago Parent said. The documentary, titled «Don’t Forget Me», was co-directed by Moroccan filmmaker Rajae Bouardi. It draws inspiration from the story of Jackie Spinner’s two sons, two Moroccan boys with autism that she adopted. She returned to
A 20-year-old Moroccan man was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for spreading ISIS propaganda in Italy, Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported The sentence was however suspended as the young man was expelled from the Italian territory in April. The man was arrested in 2018 in the town of Fossano (Cuneo province, north), where he lived with his mother. On January 10, prosecutor Manuela Pedrotta had requested a two-year prison sentence. The following day, the court ordered
Tunisian Prime Minister commented on the «arbitration scandal» that took place during the Esperance and Wydad Casablanca game. Youssef Chahed sought the opportunity to boost his popularity ahead of elections in Tunisia.
Forty Hirak detainees, including their main leaders, are still serving prison sentences, even after a third royal grant covered some prisoners who were convicted for participating to protests in the Rif region, their families told EFE. While 60 Hirak detainees were granted a pardon by King Mohammed VI, Tuesday, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, sources from the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and Tafra association, created by Hirak detainees’ families, told EFE that at least twenty
Spanish police arrested, in the city of Santa Coloma de Gramanet (Barcelona province), an alleged jihadist who fled Morocco last September after the dismantling of a terrorist cell he joined in Tangier, EFE said. The 30-year-old man is a Moroccan national who is the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by Morocco for his alleged involvement in crimes related to terrorism and drug trafficking. He fled the kingdom in September 2018 after the Moroccan authorities arrested members of
Al Hoceima's first-instance court sentenced two young people to jail for breaking the fast during the day in Ramadan, court sources told EFE. One of the two men was sentenced Tuesday, June 4, to two months in prison and was fined 500 dirhams for smoking a cigarette during the day. The other man was fined the same amount of money and was exempted from prison. The two young men were found in a neighborhood in Al Hoceima carrying food and water. They were charged with breaking the fast
The Western Sahara issue did not make it to the United Nation Security Council’s June program, as the body is presided this month by Kuwait. The Provisional Program of Work of the Security Council is not discussing the territorial dispute, which was marked by the resignation of the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy to Western Sahara Horst Kohler in May 22. Not being featured in the program of work of the Security Council does not exclude the ability of addressing the issue
Moroccans to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Wednesday, June 5, the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry said that the crescent moon was sighted after Tuesday’s Maghrib prayer in the kingdom, marking the beginning of Shawwal, 1440. Yabiladi wishes you a very happy Eid al-Fitr.
In the Netherlands, more than 16,000 asylum seeker children disappeared in the last five years, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) revealed based on data compiled by the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) and Nidos, a body that regulates guardianship for asylum seekers under 18. According to the two organizations, quoted by Dutch newspaper NL Times, some of the missing children left asylum centers in the Netherlands to join their families or friends in Germany,
Muslims in New Zealand will be fasting Wednesday after an official letter was leaked to social media, proclaiming the end of Ramadan, New Zealand newspaper online newspaper Stuff reported Tuesday. The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) which is expected to announce the end of the holy month in New Zealand, said that two draft letters it wrote beforehand to publish once the end of Ramadan is confirmed, were hacked and published to the internet. The body’s
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