Abdel Hamid Gharbaoui, commonly known as Benny B, is the first dancer and rapper to introduce the boy band style to the French scene in the mid-1980s. Quickly becoming the darling of talk shows, in Belgium and France, he is proud to defend the fact that «the first French rap is Moroccan».
This 46-year-old French-Moroccan actor shot for Steven Spielberg and Abdellatif Kechiche. In Morocco, he also shot about forty Italian, Moroccan and German films. Speaking to Yabiladi, he recalls his debut and the turning points of his career.
In 1977, France became the first and only country to lead a third-party military intervention into the Western Sahara conflict. The military operation was conducted on behalf of Mauritania, which was targeted by the Front’s guerilla forces.
Computer engineer, Hicham Sabil wants to create bridges between France and Morocco through his company. It aims to help young Moroccans who have dropped out of school by launching a dedicated program.
In 1881, Sultan Moulay El Hassan introduced the «Hassani rial» as a modern coinage for Moroccans. When French took control of Morocco «franc» replaced «rial». The latter was also replaced by «Moroccan dirham» when the Kingdom broke free from the French.