Morocco was one of the eight Arab countries that participated to the Yom Kippur war, fought between from the 6th to teh 25th of October 1973. King Hassan II ordered Moroccan soldiers to take part of one of the deadliest Arab-Israeli wars in the history of the Middle East. Flashback.
Morocco's Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, met with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdel Ati, in Cairo to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and addressing regional issues like the Libyan crisis and Nile water dispute. Egypt expressed concerns over Morocco's growing ties with Ethiopia, especially following the visit of Ethiopia's military chief to Morocco.
Morocco's U-23 football team wins Olympic bronze after defeating Egypt 6-0. With this win, Morocco secures its second Paris Olympics medal and becomes the first Arab country to win a medal in football.
«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.
The management of the Cairo International Book Fair has prohibited the sale and distribution of the Arabic translation of «The Political Harem - the Prophet and the Women» by Moroccan sociologist Fatema Mernissi. This decision, announced on Wednesday, drew criticism from Editions Le Fennec, the publisher of the book, who noted a similar ban in Saudi Arabia.