Amina Belkhayat, a 22-year-old mechanical engineering student from Casablanca, is competing for a seat on Blue Origin’s New Shepard through the SERA program, aiming to become the first Moroccan in space. Alongside her studies and outreach platform Space Darija, she researches space food security using medicinal plants and advocates for the creation of a Moroccan space agency.
In Spain, this year’s back-to-school season has been marked by the rollback of the Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture Teaching Program (PLACM) in two regions. Under pressure from the People's Party (PP) and the far-right Vox, Madrid—followed by Murcia—has announced the removal of this program from local schools.