After a two-year delay, the United States ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer has finally arrived in Morocco. On Wednesday, the newly confirmed diplomat was received by Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita to whom he presented his credentials. Ambassador David T. Fischer was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco on January 16, 2020 and he arrived in Rabat on the 21st of the same month. Nominated by President Donald Trump, in
A 40-year-old Moroccan, who has been living with his wife and three children in Terni (near Rome) for 18 years, was expelled this week from Italy. His expulsion comes following a decision issued by the Italian Interior Ministry, La Nazione said. The man was expelled, Tuesday, to Casablanca. Accused in particular of proselytizing with one of his children, the Moroccan reportedly introduced his family to ISIS’ ideology that he supported. He was also very active on the Internet and
Currently in Spain and France, a storm called «Gloria» has triggered red alerts for «extreme weather». The storm is expected to hit Morocco in the upcoming days but will likely result in fewer damage.
A commercial court in Morocco confirmed, this week, a decision that extends the liquidation of Samir oil refinery to the assets of its former managers who contributed to the deterioration of the firm that went bankrupt in August 2015. According to London-based pan-Arab media outlet Alaraby Al Jadid, the court’s ruling comes after the oil refinery’s managers were found guilty of mismanagement. The managers in question are Samir’s CEO Mohamed al Amoudi, its director
After he escaped a Belgian prison in December 2019, Moroccan-Belgian inmate Oualid Sekkaki is believed to be in Asia, Belgian newspaper De Morgan wrote on Wednesday. The news spread after Sekkaki sent a postcard, a few weeks after his prison break, to the Turnhout prison administration saying : «Greetings from Thailand». The package also included his prison badge. On December 19, Oualid Sekkaki climbed the wall of the prison alongside other inmates. While others were arrested a
In Ourika, a small town at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, the beauty section of the French luxury fashion house Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) grows the ingredients used in its skincare and fragrances lines, Marie Claire magazine wrote on Tuesday. Exploring the fields that host YSL’s plants, the magazine indicates that the brand’s new skincare line «Pure Shots» features some of Ourika’s products. «The soft pink petals of the marsh-mallow plant, traditionally
Morocco’s exporter of phosphate rock OCP will set up a regional center in Romania, local online newspaper Romania Insider reports. The new facility in Romania is in partnership with Al Dahra group, an Emirati agribusiness firm specializing in the cultivation, production and trading of animal feed and human food commodities such as rice, flour, fruits and vegetables. The same firm operates one of the largest farms in Romania, the same source added. The OCP and Al Dahra
The investigative chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal decided, Tuesday, to refer Saad Lamjarred’s case to the court of assizes for the alleged rape of a young woman at the Marriot hotel in Paris, October 26, 2016. According to Le Parisien, the court of appeal overturned the order made last April by the investigating judge who had referred the artist’s case to the criminal court. «His accuser, who had appealed, has therefore just won her case», the newspaper
Rabbi Chalom Zaoui is a Jewish saint born and buried in Rabat. His synagogue is at the heart of the city’s Jewish quarter.
On the sidelines of the Paris Fashion Week, currently held in France, the Moroccan caftan was the star of the show through the new Spring-Summer collection of Moroccan designer Fatima Zahra Filali Idrissi. The 2020 collection was part of the Oriental Fashion show, held in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, read a press release sent Tuesday to Yabiladi. On Monday, Idrissi debuted her haute-couture collection of caftans «adorned with Louis d'Or - a French gold coin that had been in
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