The choice for a suitable framework for the start of the school year scheduled for September 7 continues to divide in Morocco. While it created confusion among the parents of students, trade unions and parents associations have called for alternatives.
The coronavirus health crisis has left several parents stranded with their very young children and sometimes heavily pregnant women. Three of them shared with Yabiladi their double struggle.
While stranded abroad, several parents have left their children behind in Morocco without knowing when and how they will be home again. Seperated, hurt and shaken by the situation, some of them shared their struggle with Yabiladi.
As a child, Abdellah Mehraz was left behind by his father in Morocco to get a better education. Years later, the man set up a consultancy in the Netherlands to prevent migrant fathers from repeating his parents’ mistakes.
This Tangier-native has always been involved in social work in Brussels, helping in particular young people with an immigrant background. In his book «Tangellois, non peut-être», Amidou Si M'Hammed recalls the experience of his immigrant parents. Portrait.