RAM offers 5000-dirham flights to attend the 2018 World Cup

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is offering 5,000-dirham round trip flights for St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kaliningrad, the cities where the Atlas Lions will play during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, says the Moroccan national carrier in a communiqué sent Monday to Yabiladi. The flights will link Casablanca, Tangier, Oujda and Marrakech to the three above-mentioned Russian cities. The initiative is a partnership bringing together the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation

Egypt blocks Youtube because of an anti-Islam video

Egypt announced on Monday, 28 May, that it is banning Youtube for a month because of a video, denigrating Prophet Mohammed, says Numerama. The decision was made after the Egypt’s top administrative court ended on Saturday an appeal over a 2012 amateurish film entitled Innocence of Muslims and «which depicts the prophet Mohammed as a buffoon and a pedophile», wrote the Guardian. The video has been banned in several Muslim countries, such as Libya, Afghanistan, Egypt and even

Germany : An employee at the Moroccan consulate receives a poisoned letter

On Monday morning, May 28, an employee at the Moroccan Consulate in Düsseldorf, Germany, received a letter that contained suspicious powder. The latter gave the employee an unpleasant-looking rash, reports German online newspaper Westdeutsche Zeitung. According to the same source, the police went to the consulate to «determine the nature of the powder». Moreover, WDR rejects the hypothesis, suggesting that the powder was poisonous, indicating that

Maroc : 14 tonnes de carburant de contrebande saisies à Tiznit

Les éléments de la brigade mobile relevant de la direction régionale des douanes d’Agadir ont intercepté et saisi, dimanche à Tiznit, un camion citerne transportant 14 tonnes de carburant de contrebande. Le conducteur du camion, intercepté au niveau de la commune de Bounaamane, a été placé en garde à vue pour les besoins de l’enquête, menée sous la supervision du parquet, apprend-on lundi

Journalist Souad Mekhennet receives the 2018 Ludwig Börne Prize

Journalist Souad Mekhennet, a German national of Moroccan origin, received on Sunday in Frankfurt the 2018 Ludwig Börne Prize, one of the most esteemed literary prizes across German-speaking countries. The Washington Post National Security Reporter becomes the first Arab and Muslim journalist to win the award. Mekhennet won in 2017 the Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in journalism. The Ludwig Börne Foundation honors outstanding achievements in essay, criticism and

France : Arrested in Morocco, a former Salafist shares his story

Julien (a nickname), a French former Salafist, has recently shared his story with Le Parisien, recalling his radicalized past. It all started for him in 2010, when he was only 18 years old. Julien found answers to his «existential questions» in Salafist Islam. «It was the new black, Salafist literature was the best and the most widespread out there», he told the French daily newspaper. «When you are part of the doctrine, you think that you are with the

Libya : Moroccan migrants start a hunger strike to protest against their delayed repatriation

Dozens of illegal Moroccan migrants in Libya started on Sunday, 27th of May, an open hunger strike, protesting against their delayed repatriation, a local official told Xinhua. According to the same source, a delegation from the Moroccan embassy visited the migrants in April, and «collected their information for temporary travel documents» to send them back to Morocco, head of the information office of Tripoli’s anti-illegal immigration department Husni Abu-Ayana told Xinhua

Le prix Ludwig Borne décerné à la journaliste et écrivaine d’origine marocaine Souad Mekhennet

La journaliste et écrivaine d’origine marocaine, Souad Mekhennet, a reçu, dimanche à Francfort, le prix littéraire de la Fondation Ludwig Borne. Correspondante internationale et membre de l’équipe du «desk sécurité nationale» du Washington post, entre autres, elle est ainsi la première personnalité arabe et musulmane à recevoir cette distinction littéraire, qui est à sa 25e

Gaza : Le Maroc va déployer un hôpital de campagne médico-chirurgical des FAR

Le roi Mohammed VI a ordonné le déploiement d’un hôpital de campagne médico-chirurgical des Forces Armées Royales à Gaza, en territoire palestinien, indique dimanche soir un communiqué du ministère des affaires étrangères et de la coopération internationale (MAECI). Cette sollicitude royale vise à prodiguer les soins nécessaires aux blessés et victimes civiles des événements

Morocco’s army to set up field hospital in Gaza

King Mohammed VI gave his instructions to set up a medical-surgical field hospital of the royal armed forces (FAR) in Gaza, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in a statement issued Sunday evening. The hospital aims to provide civilians in the Gaza strip with the necessary assistance, added the same statement. The Moroccan Monarch’s initiative in this holy month of Ramadan is in line with his unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause and shows his