Former Moroccan footballer Adil Glia has worked at the foundation of the English West Ham United football team for two years, after a long journey that began with the Salé Association team.
Didi Alaoui is a Moroccan parkour freerunning athlete. In 2019, he was crowned world champion at the Red Bull Art of Motion. The Oujda-native is currently based in Los Angeles, where he coaches parkour and prepares for future competitions.
Movie director, producer, theater actor, but also social educator, Reda Chebchoubi has more than one string to his bow. His area of predilection is to create a bridge between young people, migratory history in Europe and multiple identities.
After having succeeded in life thanks to boxing, French-Moroccan Mohamed Jamai created an association which oversees the second best club in France. Today, this father and former sportsman is preparing to publish a book on his life journey.
After immigrating irregularly to Spain at the age of eleven, Karim El Hayani, who is currently residing in Canada, succeeded in making himself a name among Spanish runners. He is known for running marathons in sandals or barefooted. In March, he broke a world record, running barefooted in the snow.
Youssef Zaitra was a member of the FAR handball team before he decided to immigrate to Finland in 1999. There, he decided to study football training, and now he works at the Helsinki Football Club Academy, the best of its kind in the country.
Khaled Naitzehou’s relationship with the shoe repair and manufacturing profession began from an early age in Taroudant, and after a long migration path, he settled down in Los Angeles, where he practices «Takherazt» (Moroccan art of shoemaking).
During her childhood, Asma Boujtat did not imagine that the field of science would be accessible to her. After taking up the challenge against this preconceived idea, she aims to transmit her passion to little girls, thanks to a fun and educational program in Belgian schools.
French-Moroccan, city councilor, coach and trainer, Bouchra Sirsalane has always wanted to do «politics differently». This mother of two boys is at the head of a campaign, which this time aims at warning against the dangers of pollution from protective masks against the coronavirus.
Moroccan artist Chama Mechtaly, born to a Muslim family with a Judeo-Amazigh heritage, tries through her paintings, her brand «Moors & Saints» and other projects to promote multiculturalism, pluralism, peace and coexistence. In this sense, she is preparing a collective exhibition of artists which will be presented at the Jerusalem Biennale next fall.