SIEL 2026: Activities across Rabat, UNESCO World Book Capital

In collaboration with national partners and UNESCO bodies, the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication is overseeing the implementation of a one-year program starting from April 24 of this year. As part of the initiative recognizing Rabat as the World Book Capital, activities will be intensified and expanded, taking advantage of the 2026 SIEL event, which will be held from May 1 to 10.

SIEL 2026: 890 exhibitors, 61 countries, and France as guest of honor

For its 31st edition scheduled from May 1 to 10 in Rabat, the International Publishing and Book Fair (SIEL 2026) promises extensive participation. With the unprecedented contribution of 61 countries, reading will be celebrated on a global scale in a host city named the world book capital by UNESCO.

Diaspo #74 : Mohamed Lotfi, Montreal's Moroccan journalist and educator

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.

PIRLS 2016 : Despite bettering its score, Morocco remains at the bottom of the ranking

Morocco is ranked 48th by the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) issued to assess the reading achievement of fourth graders. Although Morocco is still at the bottom of the list, it is has managed to progress compared to the previous edition published in 2011.