Liberated by Moroccan Goumiers, 10 years later, Corsica serves as King Mohammed V’s exile  

Today, France celebrates the anniversary of Corsica’s liberation from the German occupation. In 2013, President Francois Hollande and Prince Moulay Rachid paid homage to the Moroccan soldiers who fought against the German. Corsica, however, marked the history of Morocco in a different way, serving for a few months as an exile of Sultan Mohammed V.

History : When Morocco modeled a Palestine’s airport after Mohammed V International Airport

After the signing of the Oslo II Agreement, an airport was built in Gaza. Modeled after Mohammed V International Airport, the facility, which ceased operation in 2001, was designed and constructed by Moroccan architects and engineers funded by King Hassan II.

The Tangiers treaty, when the invasion of Algeria became a question between Morocco and France

On the 10th of September, 1844 Morocco was forced to recognize Algeria as part of the French empire through the signing of the Tangiers treaty. The latter emerged after the Kingdom was defeated in its first Franco-Moroccan war.

Ahmed Boukmakh, the teacher behind Morocco’s first Arabic-language textbooks

After Morocco broke free from the French, Ahmed Boukmakh created a textbook series he dubbed «Iqrae». The latter was meant to revive the Arabic language in the kingdom after independence.

Nova Mazagao, a Brazilian city built by the Portuguese inhabitants of El Jadida

In 1769, the Portuguese abandoned their Moroccan colony, Mazagao. Years later the inhabitants of the city were sent to Brazil to build their own new Mazagao.

Kate Hosali, «Al Toubiba» who left London in the 20s to help working animals in North Africa

In 1923, British national Kate Hosali and her daughter Nina founded the Society for the Protection of Animals in North Africa. They both helped working animals in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

In 1909, Madrid violently repressed Catalans who refused to participate in the Rif War

On Sunday 1st of October, Spain tried hard to ban the Catalan independence referendum led by the Generalitat de Catalunya and approved by the parliament of Catalonia. The referendum was deemed illegal by the constitutional court of Spain and voters were met by the chillingly brutal police action. History is repeating itself as in 1909, Madrid violently repressed Catalans, who refused to be sent as reinforcements when Spain renewed military-colonial activity in Morocco on 9 July, in what is

History : Tangier, North Africa’s safest ground for international spies

For decades, Tangier has served as a safe ground for international spies. The city inspired later spy fiction writers and movie directors.

World War II : When the Nazis eyed Moroccan phosphate

Documents made public this week by Spanish newspaper ABC reveal Franco and Hitler’s interests in Morocco during the Second World War. Negotiations, however, failed to help the two leaders lay a foot in the Kingdom.

The American Fondouk, Morocco’s first charitable veterinary hospital

The American Fondouk is a hospital for sick animals in Fez. It was built in 1929 by American travelers who visited the Kingdom and noticed how animals were treated at the time.