Anwar's musical journey began in Tetouan, Morocco, but now he's carving his own path on the international music scene from his base in Brussels. This son of Moroccan immigrants blends folk, blues, and pop influences to create music that transcends borders, as his upcoming album (due March 2024) promises to showcase.
Moroccan immigrant in France, Fatima Zahra El Mhijar, shattered traditional expectations for women's work when she got behind the wheel of a large truck in early 2023. Now, after conquering French roads, she sets her sights on the wider world. This year, Fatima Zahra aims to join the ranks of international transportation, crossing bridges both literal and metaphorical as she drives between Morocco and France.
After two decades nurturing young minds as a teacher, French-Moroccan artist Amal Houdaf traded textbooks for brushes and embraced a vibrant journey of artistic discovery. Abstract art, with its evocative dance of colors and shapes, particularly resonated with her, offering a gateway to spiritual expression and, most importantly, reconnection with her Moroccan roots.
Mehdi Bennani is helping build and design sets for movies and commercials in Hollywood. The Casablanca-native wants to help make Moroccans, Muslims and Arabs feel represented in films through his passion, production design.
Born in Casablanca to a family from Tangier, filmmaker Leila Kilani studied history and economics in Paris before embarking on a career in film. A graduate of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHSS), she discovered her cinematic calling through the need to question her society, beyond the foreign-grafted media discourse.
Through politics and community work, Moroccan academic Jamal Boussif, who lives in Strasbourg, campaigns for the rights of migrants in general and Moroccans in particular. He also works to defend his homeland and its national cause.
As an academic at the University of Zaporizhia in Ukraine, Karim Kassab has several certifications to his credit, thanks to his central role in the integration of foreign students into the university environment. Due to the war with Russia a lot has changed and he is now among many Moroccans with Ukrainian citizenship who are no longer allowed to leave the country.
Rachid Bendriss is a Moroccan professor and an Associate Dean for Foundation, Student Outreach, and Educational Development Programs at Cornell University in Qatar. The El Jadida-native oversees a foundation program that gives a second chance to students who were not able to get into medical programs.
While nothing destined him to the film industry, Mohamed Khouna has become, over the last twenty years, the designated service provider for the giants of the seventh art as well as independent creators, distributing their films to movie theaters throughout France. Since 2019, he has brought expertise to Morocco, where he is keen to pass on his skills, with the ambition of helping boost the sector.
From sheep breeder in a village near Khenifra to restaurateur in a town in the Canary Island. This is the story of Ismael Bouattou who, during the summer of 2006, when he was a minor, decided to board a makeshift boat from the coast of Dakhla towards the unknown.
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