Zahra* recently completed her MBA in France, where she has lived since 2018. Just when she thought she was finally settled in her host country, everything changed upon returning from a vacation in Morocco. Held at the airport, she was shocked to learn she was subject to an «Obligation to Leave French Territory» (OQTF) and a 40-year re-entry ban. After six harrowing days confined in a holding area, she shared her story with Yabiladi—an account her lawyer describes as
Born in 1976 in Nador, Khalid Maadour is a film enthusiast. Since the 1990s, he led a successful career in France and in Morocco as an actor, especially after starring in 2004 in Marock, a movie directed by Laïla Marrakchi.