The Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula has shaped the cultural identity of the inhabitants of that part of the world. The influence Islam had on the region led to a profound social transformation, according to several Spanish researchers.
He is a journalist, comedian, radio and TV presenter, and a painter. Mohamed Lotfi lives currently in Montreal, where he arrived in the 1980s as a student.
Better known as «Terfass», the «truffles of the desert» are victims of the mistrust of European consumers and a misunderstanding surrounding their name. Also known as «sand truffles», Moroccan «terfass» exports could reveal a lever of development for some regions' rural populations.
According to Israeli researcher Einat Levi, Morocco and Israel have a unique relationship. Israel hosts the second largest Diaspora in the world while the Kingdom maintains historical and cultural ties with Moroccan Jews living there.
Karim Duval was born in Aix-en-Provence. Son of a French-Moroccan father and a Chinese mother, he grew up in Fez, which he left when he turned 18 years old to pursue his studies in France. After an irreproachable academic career, Karim Duval, an engineer, exchanged his very technical profession to become a humorist. Portrait of a multicultural and passionate artist.
Badr Ghannam is a Moroccan national living in Japan. His love for the Asian culture enabled him to run a restaurant in one of Japan's smaller cities, introducing his culture to one of the farthest corners of the world. Portrait.
On the 17th of October 2001, King Mohammed VI shed light on the importance of recognizing an important and primordial part of the national culture and heritage. By announcing the creation of the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture (IRCAM), the sovereign gave the green light to a number of initiatives and projects that worked on putting the Amazigh language and culture on an equal footing with Arabic. 16 years later three Amazigh activists spoke to Yabiladi about the ups and downs surrounding