Rabbi Mordekhay Bengio, buried in the Jewish cemetery of Tangier, is the descendant of two distinguished Jewish families: the Bengios and the Toledanos. He spent sixty years of his life as the chief rabbi of Tangier.
Berber mythology ruled the lives of Moroccans and neighboring Amazighs that inhabited North Africa. They had their heroes, gods and demigods that they worshipped and cherished. Three of these figures made it to history books and their myths and legends can still be heard of.
Morocco is extending a helping hand to West Africa to fight against terrorism. During an ECOWAS extraordinary summit, the Kingdom urged the regional grouping to rethink its counterterrorism approach.