«The Riffian Committee» is a dream that Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi dreamed of launching via Cairo. Through the armed rebellion he wanted to voice his opposition to the Celle-Saint-Cloud agreements.
By the end of the 19th century, Spanish religious men in Morocco started to show interest in learning the Amazigh language, especially in the Rif region. The best example in this case is Pedro Hilarion Sarrionandia, a Franciscan priest who traveled to Morocco in an African mission. During his twenty-year stay in the Kingdom, he wrote a grammatical book for the Riffian language and a Spanish-Riffian dictionary.
While Madrid has never recognized its chemical bombings of the Rif, its army launched a contest to commemorate "The Melilla Campaign of 1921” and celebrate the Rif massacre.
Settled down in Spain for more than 21 years, artist Mohamed Ziani made more than ten artistic collaborations around the world performed in more than 300 concerts across Europe and Morocco and managed to create his own fusion music style.
Six Hirak detainees, including Nasser Zefzafi, announced, Friday, that they are officially asking for the removal of their Moroccan citizenship. The reasons behind their decision were addressed in a long press release.
In the 1920s, American Colonel Charles Sweeny proposed to the French to form a squadron to «support France’s war effort in Morocco». The squadron bombed Chefchaouen in a move that was condemned by the U.S. Department of State.
By the end of this morning in Rabat, thousands of protesters joined a national march hosted to support the Hirak detainees. The rally was called for by trade unionists, political parties and human rights associations.