Brahim El Guabli is Associate Professor of Arabic Studies at Williams College, a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The interdisciplinary scholar, works at the intersection of several disciplinary fields, including Amazigh Studies, Arabic Studies, Francophone Studies, Memory Studies, historiography, and environmental humanities. Trained in comparative literature, the Moroccan speaks to Yabiladi about his early work «Moroccan Other-Archives: History and
Inaugurated on Friday in the commune of Amizmiz, Al Haouz province, Douar Shems'y social structure has launched an online fundraising campaign to support orphans affected by last year's earthquake in the region. By the end of October, the campaign aims to raise 450,000 Moroccan dirhams to provide for the needs of 144 children during the winter. According to the initiative's representatives, the funds will be allocated as follows: supplies for children from kindergarten to primary school
In a groundbreaking display of Franco-Moroccan friendship, a chocolate caftan will be showcased at the prestigious Salon du Chocolat de Paris from October 30 to November 3. Created by France's Best Apprentice Daniel Branche and styled by Jasmine Meziou, the Chocolate Caftan is a stunning fusion of Moroccan art and culinary creativity. This unique piece will be presented twice daily throughout the five-day event. In addition to the caftan parade, La Gazelle d'Or will present a captivating
A Madrid court has denied an urgent request by two Sahrawis to halt their deportation to Morocco along with 19 others detained in the asylum halls at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport. According to Spanish news agency EFE, the two young men were part of a group detained in the airport lounge, where 21 individuals were scheduled to board a midnight flight. The other two activists attempted to prevent the deportation by filing an urgent court request, but it was rejected due to
From October 7 to 13, the Royal Moroccan Navy and the French Navy are conducting the Chebec naval exercise, an annual event that began in 1994. The thirtieth edition of these maneuvers has been bolstered by improved political and diplomatic relations between Rabat and Paris. Notably, a French nuclear attack submarine will participate for the first time, according to French media reports. Morocco is expected to commit the multi-mission frigate Mohammed VI, commissioned in 2014. The
Thousands of Moroccans took part in a mass march in Rabat, marking the first anniversary of the Al-Aqsa flood, to show solidarity with the Palestinian people, who continue to face aggression by the Israeli army, and the Lebanese people, who are also targeted by Zionist forces. Participants waved Palestinian and Lebanese flags, as well as pictures of resistance leaders from both nations, including Ismail Haniyeh and Hassan Nasrallah, who were assassinated by Israel. The crowd chanted slogans
After the Polisario, it's Algeria's turn to welcome the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), rejecting the appeals against its ruling of September 29, 2021. «Algeria welcomes the rulings made public on October 4 by the Court of Justice of the European Union, confirming the illegality of the trade agreements concluded with the Kingdom of Morocco, in violation of the inalienable rights of the Saharawi people over the natural resources of the non-autonomous
On Saturday, October 5, France hosted a meeting between Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani and Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch. «The meeting provided an opportunity to review the strong fraternal relations between the two countries and ways of developing them, as well as to examine a number of issues of common interest», reports the Mauritanian news agency (AMI). «The Moroccan Prime Minister conveyed to His Excellency the President of the
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has defended his government's decision to reinstate the requirement for foreigners holding Moroccan passports to obtain an entry visa for Algeria. The decision was based on «political and security considerations», he said last night in an interview with local media. «There's a twinning, it's not even... between the Zionist entity and the Kingdom of Morocco... it's political... What interests us is the security aspect. We have doubts about the
Morocco was one of the eight Arab countries that participated to the Yom Kippur war, fought between from the 6th to teh 25th of October 1973. King Hassan II ordered Moroccan soldiers to take part of one of the deadliest Arab-Israeli wars in the history of the Middle East. Flashback.