Moroccan-Spanish striker Nabil Touaizi has opted to represent the Morocco national team after, BBC Sport reports. The Manchester City’s player will soon join the Atlas Lions' squad for two friendlies, expected to take place in October against Libya and October. Born in Spain to Moroccan parents, the 18-year-old player has obviously swapped national allegiances to Morocco after he played for Spain at under-17 level. The same source reveals that Touaizi «has been in contact»
The new Algerian ambassador to Morocco is Abdelhamid Abdaoui, the former head of the Algerian diplomatic mission in Kuwait. This announcement was surprising as Algerian Acting President Abdelkader Bensalah appointed Abdelaziz Benali Cherif to the same position in August. The first appointment has reportedly been unappreciated by Rabat. The Algerian press agency APS announced that the Moroccan government approved the appointment of Abdelhamid Abdaoui. The diplomat is expected to join
Morocco’s support for Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido has been one of the main topics discussed on the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. In New York, Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita met with Julio Borges, Guaido’s chief foreign policy adviser. «We held a meeting with representatives from Morocco with the objective of drumming up support for the National Assembly, President Juan Guaido and the Venezuelan
Days after British tour operator Thomas Cook announced its collapse, a meeting was held in Agadir, one of the cities impacted by the news, to discuss the situation of the tourism industry, a communiqué sent to Yabiladi by the Moroccan National Office of Tourism (ONMT) reported. The meeting, held Thursday, was attended by ONMT director general Adel El Fakir, heads of hotels that collaborated with the holiday firm, the president of Agadir’s regional tourism council and the Wali of
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Salé pirates were so famous among Europeans that their activities inspired writers and journalists. The novel, Robinson Crusoe, was one of the books that portrayed some of the atrocities Christian slaves endured in Morocco.
Ceuta-based airline company Hélity Copter, which provides regular line services by helicopter, has announced that it is launching a new helicopter route, linking the Spanish city of Algeciras to Tangier. The new route will connect the airport of the port city in southern Spain to that of Tangier, local online newspaper Algeciras Minuto reports. According to the same source, authorities at the Andalusian airport have already got everything installed for the new route. Flights
On Thursday morning, the death of France’s former President Jacques Chirac was announced by his family in Paris, where the 86-year-old politician passed away. The French politician, who suffered from memory loss and a stroke while in office, was head of state from 1995 to 2007. Known for being a great figure of the Rally for the Republic, Chirac was twice president and twice prime minister, becoming France’s favorite politician. Abroad, he was also a president appreciated by Arab
The 74th session of the UN General Assembly is no exception to the rule. To Morocco and Algeria, this year’s international event is another opportunity for the two neighboring countries to separately drum up support for the Western Sahara issue.
Moroccan-American rapper Karim Kharbouch, better known by his stage name French Montana, is one of the first artists to be named ambassador of «I Stand With Immigrants», a campaign launched to inspire immigrants by featuring «empowering immigration stories», Complex reports. In a recent video, French Montana contributed to this campaign by sharing his story as a Moroccan immigrant who left the North African country for New York City. «You're trying to fit into
Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson might be packing up for Morocco, the next filming location for her new movie «Black Widow», an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Natasha Romanoff, aka the Black Widow. According to HN Entertainment, the Marvel Studios film crew is expected to shoot scenes in Morocco. The movie is initially filmed in Norway, England and Hungary. Indeed, the Shang-Chi comic books have Morocco as a location for some of
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