For the first time ever, a Moroccan civil society delegation will officially participate during the 4th, 5th and 6th of May in an event organized by the African Commission of Human Rights in Niamey. The delegation is flying to the Nigerien capital in a few hours. Morocco has been rarely present at the African reunion because of the conflicts surrounding its departure in 1984. Things have changed by the beginning of 2017 when Morocco rejoined the African family. At the end of every assembly
The Moroccan Film Festival is now taking place in the Babylon Cinema in Berlin, an authentic location that was refurbished in 1999 after serving for years as a theater. The festival scheduled for the period between 2nd and 7th May is totally dedicated to Moroccan women and the film industry. The festival’s theme as the title foreshadows will focus on women and the way they are represented in movies. An opportunity to understand the Moroccan cultural dialogue and the struggles women face
The French president Francois Hollande is set to receive on Tuesday 2nd May king Mohammed VI at the Elysée palace, Atlas info reports. The meeting holds the objective of «going over the bilateral ties between the two countries». The visit is also an occasion for consolidating the relations that tie Morocco to France, «the secular and profound relations that transcends the presidential race in France». The meeting will be attended by Moroccan and
Le Matin, a Moroccan daily newspaper, introduces them as «the first designers of Arab descent to leave a significant impact in the world of fashion in the USA». Indeed, Hicham Benslimane and Majida Housni, both of Moroccan origin, have just opened a store on Rodeo Drive, in the heart of world-famous Beverly Hills. Introducing Arab world styles to the West, such is the ambitious goal of the young stylists. After creating their own international fashion house, the «Royal
In the middle of the presidential race, front runner Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the Moroccan man drowned by skinheads after a National Front rally in 1995. Provoking his opponent Marine Le Pen less than a week before election day, Macron laid flowers at the spot where Brahim Bouarram was killed. The 29 year-old man was thrown in the Seine river by a group of skinheads who were at a May rally organized in Paris by Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of the current National Front candidate. Bouarram
After restoring its diplomatic ties with Cuba, Morocco will open an embassy in La Havana. Speaking to Le 360, a diplomatic source states that «Morocco will soon open an embassy in Cuba». The same source who decided to remain anonymous to the readers, indicated that Cuba has backed Morocco in 2006, when it condemned the presence of a group of representatives of the Polisario separatist movement in an international event. Morocco broke off relations with Cuba since1980 after the
A 29-year-old man was struck by Tri-Rail at the Pompano Beach station, Florida on Friday, Local10 reports. The young man who is identified as Mohamed Slimani, was trying to catch the train to West Palm Beach when he fell under the train and got cruched. Slimani had a tragic day, he crushed his car just a few hours before the incident and decided to take the Tri-Rail back home. Nabil Slimani, told the same source that his brother was on his way to work when he crushed his car. «What do
The African Union Commission welcomed the decision taken on Friday by the UN Security Council. The unanimous adoption that extends the mandate of the United Nations Mission to the Referundum in Western Sahara until the 30th of April 2018. In a communiqué issued by the Commission on Sunday in Addis Ababa, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed his satisfaction regarding the UN step. He also saluted the «the constructive spirit» that the
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) and the Rwandan Association Football Federation have agreed over the weekend on the launch of a new project in the African republic. The FRMF will finance the construction of stadiums in the country through a repayable fund between the period of three to six years. «We can agree to construct a 3000-seater stadium for each district and depending on its needs, we will be offering different options for the construction phase», said Mouad
15 ans d'existence, 7 millions de visites par mois, et près de 500 000 membres inscrits. Des chiffres importants qui retracent le long chemin parcouru par un portail né à Paris, au coeur même de la diaspora marocaine, et qui a déployé ses ailes à Casablanca depuis 2007. D'abord en langue française, le site a évolué vers l'arabe pour s’adresser au lectorat au Maroc mais aussi dans les pays où la diaspora marocaine