The United States Supreme Court has ruled on Monday, 4th of December, that a ban ordered by Donald Trump on travelers from a number of Muslim countries, known as the travel ban, could be imposed, report AFP and Reuters news agencies. Signed on December 24, the ban prohibits nationals from six countries whose population is predominantly of Muslim faith from entering the United States : Chad, Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. It also bans Venezuelan government officials from
President Donald Trump retweeted on Wednesday morning three anti-Muslim videos from a British far-right account, reports CNN. The videos were originally by Jayda Fransen, a deputy leader of Britain First, a far-right and ultranationalist British political organization formed in 2011 by former members of the British National Party. The first video was captioned «Muslims migrants beating up a Dutch boy on crutches» while the second one was entitled «Muslim destroys statue of
A rally was held on Thursday, 23rd of November, in Boston, Massachusetts to demand the release of Siham Byah, a Moroccan national living in the USA since 1999, and her son detained for 10 days by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Siham, mother of an 8-year-old American citizen was put into custody at the beginning of the current month and is to be deported back to Morocco, reports BUnews service. 50 people gathered in front of the JFK Federal building for the second time after 200
As planned, the Security Council held a meeting last night in a closed session on the Western Sahara conflict. Horst Kohler, the Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Western Sahara presented during the meeting, his first remarks following his latest trip to the region in October. The briefing of the German official is «an important contribution to give a new boost, and a new spirit to advance in the political process», said Sebastiano Cardi, Permanent
President Donald Trump nominated on Tuesday, 21st of November, David T. Fischer, an American businessman, Chairman and CEO of The Suburban Collection company, to be ambassador of the U.S. in Morocco, said the White House in a statement. «Mr. Fischer provides philanthropy to many charities and has joined the boards of numerous academic, cultural, and social welfare institutions and foundations. He has been a Member of the Judicial Tenure Commission in Detroit since 2012. Mr. Fischer
A video that went viral on the internet, this week in the United States, shows a student wearing a hijab and someone taking off her scarf while exposing her hair, reports WSMV on Thursday, an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Nashville, Tennessee. The video, which was uploaded on the social media app Snapchat with the caption «pretty hear», shows other students touching the girl’s hair while she was covering her face. Another video of the same girl emerged
Affected by one of the worst attacks on the 11th of September 2001, the city of New York was again targeted by terrorism. On Tuesday, a 29-year-old Uzbekistan native rammed the crowds in south Manhattan. The alleged terrorist has «caused the death of eight people and wounded eleven others», wrote Le Figaro. The attack took place on Halloween, a «very famous» holiday massively celebrated in the United States. The alleged assailant is called Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old
In the United States, the Office of the Historians has published a number of telegrams from the period between 1977 and 1980. During those three years Rabat and Washington maintained cold and distant diplomatic relations. In fact, Jimmy Carter’s administration intentionally slowed the process of sending the Kingdom weapons to fight the Polisario at a time when Morocco was committed to face the Soviet expansion in Africa.
Once upon a time, Aneesa Waheed and her husband met in the aspiring city of Marrakech, fell in love and got married but their story did not end there. The couple now owns two Moroccan restaurants in Schenectady, New York, sharing with their community their experiences, love for the Moroccan cuisine and culture. Love Story.
While the Minurso’s mandate has not been extended to monitor human rights in Western Sahara, a number of American senators want the Trump administration to consult the United Nations mission before sending aid to the region.