The Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laabi received on the 29th of June the International award of the new golden century poetry during the inauguration of the Mexico's International Festival of Poetry, reports the Mexican news agency Notimex. Abdellatif Laabi, who writes poetry in French was born in 1942, he is one of the early instigators of the cultural revolution in the Maghreb, notably with the founding of the magazine «Souffles» in 1966. He was awarded the Goncourt Prize for poetry
The US Supreme Court handed over Donald Trump's «Muslim ban» on Monday (June 26th), pending a hearing in the fall, AFP said. The decree prohibiting the entry into the United States of the inhabitants of six predominantly Muslim countries (Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya). The court is allowing the ban to go into effect for foreign nationals who lack any «bona fide relationship with any person or entity in the United States.» This decision of the Supreme Court
Families of the Moroccan victims and survivors of the Grenfell tower fire were invited on Monday to the Moroccan Ambassador's residence in London to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr. This initiative of solidarity, which was part of the High Royal instructions, has brought comfort to the Moroccan families bereaved by this terrible fire. On this occasion, Ambassador Abdesselam Aboudrar, accompanied by the Consul General Abderrahim Beyyoudh, reiterated his condolences and sympathy to all the people
A Moroccan teenager survived a 143 mile journey from Morocco to Spain hanging underneath a bus that was heading to Seville, Mirror UK reports. The 15-year-old boy «crammed himself into a tiny cavity underneath the coach before clinging on for hours.» According to the same source, a police spokesperson told AFP that : «The bus came from Tetouan, and when it arrived in Seville, the driver was going to let the passengers out when he noticed something strange» adding that
Les familles des victimes marocaines et les rescapés de l’incendie de la tour Grenfell ont été conviés lundi à la résidence de l’ambassadeur du Maroc à Londres à l’occasion de l’Aïd Al Fitr. Cette initiative de solidarité, qui s’inscrit dans le cadre des Hautes instructions royales, a permis d’apporter réconfort aux familles marocaines endeuillées par ce terrible incendie. A
Un groupe d'individus, dont certains étaient encagoulés, ont procédé, lundi à Al Hoceima, à des actes de provocation et à des jets de pierres à l’encontre des forces de l'ordre, causant des blessures à différents degrés à 39 éléments de ces forces ayant nécessité leur transfert à l’hôpital pour recevoir des soins, apprend-on auprès des autorités
A manifestation was held on Saturday 25th of June in Brussels to support the «Hirak», according to Blad Rif online newspaper, which reports that 50 000 people took the streets in several European countries. The capital of Belgium has witnessed before that on the 28th of May a number of march that are pro-Hirak. Police says 16000 people marched in Brussels yesterday for #Rif. Organizers say 50000. Video: https://t.co/cBeTzzLXoa #Morocco #hirak — tamghribit (@HasnaAnkal)
«Around the end of this afternoon, the authorities of Laayoune sent back two American nationals to Las Palmas : a student and an architect», a source from the Sahara, who has requested anonymity, told Yabiladi. «The two men were from Casablanca. Berofe arriving to Laayoune, they had coordinated their trip with supporters of the Polisario Front», the same source added. They were also preparing to take part of a sit-in planned to be organized on Monday 26th of June by
Kharkov, the second largest city of Ukraine has witnessed last night a tragic incident. A 24-year-old student was murdered in Kharkov's city center, reports Interfax online newspaper. The same source indicates relying on a police statement that «the young man's body was found dead lacerated». According to the Facebook page of Keiv's police, the killing took place on Monday 26th of June at 2:50 am and the victim was a Moroccan university student. #Ukraine-an nazis killed a
The inaugural flight linking Porto to Casablanca was launched on Sunday during a ceremony held at Francisco Sa-Carneiro airport in Portugal's second largest city. Speaking on the occasion, the regional director of the Royal Air Maroc in Portugal, Adil Korchi, welcomed the reopening of this regular flight Porto-Casablanca, noting that this decision is the result of a strategy of diversification initiated Since two years already by the company present in the country since 1975. After the