During the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, held Monday in the United States, Morocco-born rapper French Montana got a little bit into politics. While presenting the award for best Latin video at the 2019 MTV VMAs, the famous artist gave a brief speech on immigrants, referring to his own experience, Billboard reports. French Montana, whose real name is Karim Kharbouch, said that he is proud of presenting the award «as an immigrant». «I feel like we are the people that make
After it was announced that Ait Faska, a small village near Marrakech, would be home to North Africa’s first Holocaust memorial, several anti-normalizers took to social media to denounce the project. Their angry comments carried on, even after the authorities demolished the memorial.
The child-sized replica of the Bugatti Type 35 racecar, or Bugatti Baby, has a shared story with the childhood of King Hassan II. The car originally designed by Ettore Bugatti for his son Roland, was offered a few years later to the five-year-old prince.
The Royal Moroccan Navy rescued 62 sub-Saharan migrants off the Alboran Sea. They were carried by a ship that was about to sink. According to sources quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE on Tuesday, the ship was off the beach of Sidi Abed in the city of Al Hoceima, in northeastern Morocco. It was filled with water and its engine broke down. Those rescued, including three women, come from Nigeria, Guinea, Gambia and Cameroon. They were in «bad health» when they were rescued,
After Ait Faska’s Holocaust memorial was demolished, Monday, by the local authorities in Al Haouz, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights issued a communiqué, accusing the NGO behind the project of «exploiting locals’ poverty».
Dutch club PSV Eindhoven has concluded a two-million-Euro contract with AZ Alkmaar, which signed Moroccan-Dutch player Zakaria Aboukhal, Voetbal International, ED and Elf Voetbal report. PSV Eindhoven did not expand its contract with Aboukhal and decided to make a deal with the Dutch club. The 19-year-old made 24 appearances with PSV, scoring nine times. He has also played eight international matches with the Under-19 Dutch national team. Zakaria Aboukhlal was born in Rotterdam to
Moroccan-Dutch footballer Moestafa El Kabir, who plays as a forward for Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor, had a terrible Sunday. The player had the worst day in his life after he was late to a game and ended up leaving the field with a broken leg. According to Dutch newspaper Voetbal (VTBL), the 30-year-old footballer was forgotten by his team at the training complex. The unfortunate player had to take a taxi to join his team at the stadium. #Rizespor's El Kabir was forgotten at the
The PixelHelper Holocaust memorial in Ait Faska, under construction since September 2018, was demolished, Monday, by the local authorities. They stated that the German NGO did not have the necessary authorizations to build such a facility.
While Yokohama is expected to host the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Summit from August 28-30, Japan reiterated its position regarding the presence of the «SADR». The meeting will, in fact, be attended by the Polisario front’s representatives.
In Israel, the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry will celebrate this week the 60th anniversary of immigration from Morocco, reports The Jerusalem Post. «Today, before the Federation’s figures, more than one million immigrants [and their descendants] from Morocco live in Israel, making them the second-largest community after immigration from the Commonwealth», the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry said. According to the Federation, more than 300,000 Moroccan Jewish