A local party from Ceuta submitted a request to the Spanish government to recognize the Arabic of Ceuta as an official language of the city.
Flyers distributed by a Spanish trade union to help Moroccan seasonal workers know their rights in the fields featured an indecipherable Arabic script. The initiative launched since January was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Labor.
Pressured to abandon their faith and convert to Christianity, the life of Moriscos in Spain was almost unbearable following the Expulsion decreed by King Philip III. While, everyone claims that they have surrendered to this pressure and ended up integrating into the new Christian society, new poems written in Arabic and discovered by Caren Barcelo and Ana Labarta deny this chapter of history. Details.
Karima El Fillali is a singer, poet and musician who instead of becoming part of the mainstream musical scene decided to embrace what’s classical, authentic and Moroccan. Although, she is not fluent in Classical Arabic, the Moroccan-Dutch artist residing in Amsterdam went for Oum Keltoum, the Oud and sometimes the Guenbri. Portrait.