A social media post reported that Dutch MEP Kati Piri is visiting Al Hoceima this week to meet Moroccan politicians and human rights defenders. Some of them told Yabiladi that a Dutch delegation will indeed fly to the city but without Piri who also denied the news.
Raja Felgata is a Moroccan-Dutch media entrepreneur who is determined to change the way Moroccans and people of color are portrayed by Dutch media. Her recent project is called FATIMA, a movement to empower women of Moroccan descent in the Netherlands.
Since his arrest last week in Dubai, the extradition of alleged criminal Ridouan Taghi has opened a new chapter in the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and the Netherlands. Ties between the two countries were marked in the past by similar issues.
Trauma’s van Nora is a Facebook group created by a Dutch-Moroccan to help members of her community share their past traumas. The platform gained fame among the Moroccan community in the Netherlands.
Last week, the Dutch parliament passed a non-binding motion that contradicted a new labeling policy imposed by the European Union on goods made in Israeli settlement. The motion referred to products from Western Sahara, stressing that decision against Israel is «discriminatory».