Composed of three segments, a Dutch documentary entitled «Familie, geloof en hoop» (Family, faith and hope) contained declarations by 4 Moroccan gay men. Faced with shame and pressured by his family, Nassiri, one of the 4 participants who came out about being gay spoke to Gay.nl, a Dutch website, about «the pain he went through during 25 years before being able to reveal his sexual identity». Spending years «of loneliness and depression», he stated,
Two Moroccan sisters from the Netherlands use social media to help people live a healthy life. Najima and Rachida will soon release their first book Healthy Sisters, a guideline for all those who are struggling with weight loss.
The court of Roermond, located in the southeastern part of the Netherlands has sentenced a Moroccan who applied for asylum in the Dutch country for 4 years of prison after being convicted of terrorism. The Post Online reports that the defendent was accused of recruiting militants for ISIS. The 28-year-old man, who is identified as Mohamed A, used to live in a refugee center in the city of Echt. He used the internet to spread extremist ideology through publishing videos of
Mounir Toub, a Dutchman of Moroccan descent who is determined to exhibit the Moroccan cuisine through a new TV show. The Chef will make the audience of 24Kitchen, a Dutch TV channel, discover the authenticity of Moroccan food.
Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch political party PVV, is supposed to set in October for an appeal trial on his hate-speech case. The anti-Muslim politician will have to stand in court on the 24th and 26th of October to attend the hearings. The court in The Hague will subsequently make a decision on the case on the 9th of November as reported by online newspaper NLTIMES. Wilders' hate-speech crime took place in March 2014 when he made discriminating comments on Moroccans
The Moroccan-Dutch Politician of the Labour Party, Khadija Arib, was named yesterday Wednesday 29th of March president of the lower house of the Dutch parliament. According to Netherlands times newspaper, Arib was appointed president of the lower chamber for the second time in a row, «Parliamentarians could present themselves as candidate for the presidency ; Arib was the only one to do so». The Moroccan politician has been a member of the Dutch parliament since May 1998.
The center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte gained 32 seats in yesterday’s parliamentary elections. The Dutch VVD leader’s victory offered a huge relief to Muslims resident in the Netherlands whilst the far-right candidate Geert wilders contented himself with 19 seats only. Founder and leader of the Party for Freedom, Geert Wilders, was known for his anti-Muslim opinions and the criticism his campaign held against Moroccans and immigrants. Chasing Moroccans and calling some of them