Lecturer and researcher at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla in Mexico, Mohammed Badine El Yattioui also chairs a think tank destined to Morocco. Living and studying in France, the Moroccan professor creates a bridge linking his mother land to Mexico.
BCIJ’s director Abdelhak Khiam doesn’t understand why the French authorities did not alert Morocco about the extremist behavior of the French-Moroccan gunman.
The 2nd of March 1956 was officially the day when Morocco was able to gain independence from the French protectorate. During the reign of Mohammed V, the Independence Day was celebrated on that date but when Hassan II ascended the throne this has changed.
Traveling across Europe and the MENA region with her family and a camera in her hand, Melinda Mrini has never considered moving to a specific country. Yet her passion for journalism led her to settle down in Morocco for almost ten years ago. Today, this adventurous reporter is a successful role model for all women and girls out there.
Ali Nadi, the last Moroccan goumier passed away a few days ago in his small village in the Atlas Mountains. Father of four children, Ali was one of the Moroccan soldiers who fought to liberate Corsica in 1943. He was decorated with the Legion of Honor and later elevated to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honor by Francois Hollande, the former French President in 2013.