Growing up in Molenbeek, one of the 19 municipalities in the Brussels-capital region known for crime and terrorism, Mohamed El Marcouchi worked hard to fight against prejudices. The 29-old-year Belgian-Moroccan boxer had to break up with the stereotype associated to immigrants living in Belgium being a role model and a good example for youths in Molenbeek.
Adnan has two passions in life. This Brussels-born man of Moroccan descent is indeed an aficionado of two types of art : cooking and music. The young man is proud of the contrast: «I'm a singer and a cook», he says. Portrait.
In the middle of the most popular neighborhoods in New York, Rivka a Mogador native founded with her brother, Café Mogador, a home away from home where they recreated their mother’s Moroccan recipes. The restaurant located in East Village, Manhattan is a warm place for all those who are in love with Moroccan food, culture and hospitality.
The Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir has arrived to Tangier despite the genocide charges and warrant issued against him. The latter was invited by King Salmane who is currently in a private visit to the northern city.
Islamic banks have started operating in the Kingdom marking the beginning of a new era of finance that Moroccans are unfamiliar with. How do they work and what characterizes their operations and offers is a question that needs to be answered.
Morocco is working on strengthening its military partnerships. A draft agreement to cooperate with China is waiting for approval in the House of Representatives as China is showing great interest in Africa lately through a number of projects.
Bank Al Yousr, a joint-venture of Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), a Morocco-based bank engaged in the provision of financial products and services, and the Guidance Financial Group, a global firm specialized in the creation and development of Shariah-compliant investment products for institutional investors, as well as financial products that address the needs of millions of Islamic consumers, has started operating on Thursday in Casablanca, BCP announced today. The launch of this
Morocco has scored 83 points in the 2017 Global Law and Order index conducted by Gallup research-based company. Based on four main questions about security and safety, the report interviewed 136.000 citizens from 135 countries in 2016.
The bodies of the three Moroccan peacekeepers, members of the Moroccan contingent belonging to the United Nations Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), will be repatriated on Thursday 3rd of August in Morocco, reports 2M on Wednesday. According to the same source, the remains of Chief Sergeant Mohamed Ait Said and Master Corporal Hicham Amahrit and Ziad Kabouz will be burries in Ouarzazate, Sefrou and Errachidia, respectively. The three Moroccans
Rabii Elablaq, a Hirak activist detained in late June has been on a hunger strike for more than a month. Suffering from hunger, the Hirak detainee was hospitalized on Monday in Casablanca. Trying to visit his client, Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui, was not allowed to enter the hospital where Elablaq was staying.