The Moroccan Embassy in Azerbaijan hosted, Sunday in Baku, a Moroccan fashion show, highlighting the designs of Moroccan female fashion designers Fatima Zahra Idrissi and Hind Morad Belghiti. «Fatima Zahra Idrissi opened a workshop dedicated to Morocco’s traditional dresses», the embassy said in a communiqué sent Sunday to Yabiladi. The «unique designs combine between what is traditional and modern, giving an original touch to the Moroccan style», the same
Prosecuted in connection with the trial against Israel's false naturalization network, one of the defendants confessed by explaining to the Casablanca Court of Appeal that he had sold his Moroccan passport and identity card for thousands of dollars. In this weekend’s edition, Arabic-language daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia indicates that the man «handed over $7,500 to Ali M.», to obtain these false documents. Quoted by Le360, the newspaper indicates that the defendants
In the near future, the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie is to receive five EC145 helicopters from the Swiss Air Rescue Service (REGA). The delivery is indeed planned for the weekend, according to forum FAR Morocco which published a video of the departure of the vehicles. The aircraft already carry Moroccan registrations, Medias24 said, noting that «after their reception, they will be repainted with the colors of the Royal Gendarmerie» to «strengthen the UAS system». The
Mohamed Koraichi left Lecco (Italy) with his family four years ago to join Daesh in Syria. But he is now calling for his own extradition. Through Italian media Il Giornale, he expressed this Saturday his conditions to engage and cooperate with the police. Having received Italian citizenship in 2013, he expresses his «disillusion» from the Kurdish prison of Al Hassaka. «At first we were treated well. But after the bombings [against Daesh and the Kurdish army, ed], everything
A Muslim woman was praised for confronting a man who was making anti-Semitic comments about a Jewish family in a London tube line, Sky News reports. The man who was standing next to a Jewish man and his child, opened the bible and started reading a passage with a quote about the «synagogue of Satan», while leaning towards the little kid. Around noon I witnessed appalling anti Semitic abuse towards this Jewish Family on the northern line. Fair play to other passengers who
This 46-year-old French-Moroccan actor shot for Steven Spielberg and Abdellatif Kechiche. In Morocco, he also shot about forty Italian, Moroccan and German films. Speaking to Yabiladi, he recalls his debut and the turning points of his career.
Two fishermen were killed while at least nine others are still missing after a boat sunk near the Tan Tan coast in southern Morocco, Reuters reports, quoting the fisheries department on Friday. The authorities are still searching for the missing people while the two bodies were found by two fishing boats, the same source said. For the record, the sinking boat left the port of Tan Tan on Thursday.
In Vitoria, members of the Polisario Front settled down in the capital of the Basque Country have tried to prevent pro-Morocco Sahrawis from holding conferences. On Wednesday November 20, they stormed a conference led by Dahi Aggay, president of the «the Association of missing persons at the hands of the Polisario» and a Sahrawi who spent several years in the Front's prisons in the Tindouf camps before joining the kingdom. Young people, presented as acting on
After it recorded a substantial improvement last year, gaining nine places, Morocco is ranked among the MENA countries that deteriorated in the 2019 edition of the Global Terrorism Index, a report conducted by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
The members of the Foreign Affairs Committee from the two Houses of the parliament will be visiting the Moroccan sand wall in the Sahara. According to Arabic-language newspaper Al Massae, planning and preparations for the visit are underway. Quoting the head of the parliamentarian committee Youssef Gharbi, the newspaper indicates that the trip «is meant to support members of the Moroccan army who are deployed in the Sahara». Meanwhile, Minister-Delegate for National Defense