Diaspo #91 : Loubna Ayouch, combining two passions in South Africa

In South Africa, Loubna Ayouch owns a fashion line that showcases her love for art and clothes. The painter roamed Europe and settled down in Johannesburg, where she combined two of her passions.

Western Sahara : The Polisario sends two delegations to Germany and Italy

During this week, the Polisario Front sent two of its delegations to Europe to attend a series of meetings in both Germany and Italy, the Front’s press agency reported. According to the same source, the president of «the Front’s Sahrawi National Council» Khatri Addouh headed a delegation sent to Germany to discuss «ways of strengthening solidarity on the Western Sahara conflict within the parliament». This visit was also an opportunity for the

Three Muslim women say they faced religious discrimination while working for Amazon

Three Muslim women said that they have been discriminated against while working at the warehouses of American e-commerce company Amazon in Minnesota, Business Insider reports. The Amazon workers have filed a federal complaint against the company, claiming that they feared «taking time off to pray or to go to the bathroom in case they were fired». According to the same source, the three women, of Muslim Somali descent, have their complaint backed by the American civil-rights group

Morocco : A Ramadan schedule makes blood donation a complicated mission

On Thursday, a group of blood-donors who wanted to help a person in need, were faced with a series of obstacles before being able to give blood. According to one of these donors, the Ramadan schedule had made blood donations a complicated task.

The Sudanese Rapid Forces give their version of the story on Managem’s seized gold

After Sudanese authorities announced that they have grounded a plane laden with gold belonging to Moroccan company Managem, Thursday, the army brought a different version of the story. Quoted by British news agency Reuters reported, Friday, the Sudanese Rapid Forces said that they have prevented a helicopter, laden with 241 kg of gold belonging to the Moroccan company and which landed in Khartoum from flying as part of an investigation. General Othman Mohamed told reporters that

Mainstream charities are unintentionally funding anti-Muslim groups in the US

Muslim civil rights and advocacy group the Council on American-Islamic Relations revealed in a report, published earlier in May, that mainstream charities in the United States are granting millions of dollars to anti-Muslim hate groups, NPR reported. According to the same report entitled «Hijacked by Hate», between 2014 and 2016 around 1,000 largely mainstream charities sent money to 39 anti-Muslim groups. These groups called «Islamophobia Network» by the report

Balenciaga showcases Moroccan desert for its 2019 Fall campaign

For its Fall 2019 campaign, luxury fashion house Balenciaga teamed up with photographer Jean-Pierre Attal, drawing inspiration from deserts in Morocco. Based on the artist’s sociological investigation-like series «Paysages Ethnographiques», the shooting of this Fall 2019 collection «showcased individuals you would generally find in cosmopolitan scenes, here wandering throughout cosmic deserts in Morocco and Lanzarote», High Snobiety reports. Describing its

A «masked» man fires handgun outside a mosque in London

Police in London were told, Thursday evening, that a «masked» gunman had reportedly fired handgun outside Seven Kings mosque in Ilford, a district and large town in the capital. Reports suggest that, while Muslim worshippers were performing evening prayers a «masked» man entered the Masjid. Worshippers rushed into ushering him out, then heard a gunshot, coming from outside. No injuries or damage were caused, BBC reported, adding that what happened Thursday was not

Sudanese authorities prevent a Morocco-bound plane full of gold from leaving the country

The Sudanese authorities have grounded a Morocco-bound plane laden with 84 kg of gold belonging to Moroccan company Managem, Russian news agency Sputnik reports. A source at the Sudanese ministry of Energy in Khartoum rejected the Rapid Support Forces mentioning a "hijacking". A statement from the latter explained that "the aircraft was not allowed to fly" and that under the former regime, the Department of Economic Security used to deliver the necessary authorizations to transport minerals

Moroccan cigars manufacturer Habanos to export its products to the United States

Morocco’s leading manufacturer, distributor, and exporter of premium cigars made from 100% finest Moroccan tobacco announced, Tuesday, that it is planning to expand activities to the United States. In a communiqué, published on its official website, Habanos revealed that it is, currently, trying to find distributors to help export its products to the US. «Cigars have always been a part of American life, and today’s consumers aren’t just looking for the classic