Fruit d’un travail mené depuis deux ans par des collégiens qui sont allés à la rencontre des anciens combattants marocains, l’ouvrage intitulé «Frères d’armes, enfants de la liberté», a été présenté mardi à Dreux (Centre-Val de Loire). Au cours de cette cérémonie, les anciens combattants marocains, comme les élèves du Collège Pierre et Marie
Anas Sabi is a Moroccan national living in Turin, bravely saved a woman who set herself on fire in front of the National Social Security Institute's office in Turin (istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale). Originally from Casablanca, the man was queuing at the door right behind the desperate woman, whose condition is critical. «I saw her set herself in fire, it was terrible», Anas told the Italian Press agency ANSA today, adding that he is «thankful to god for giving me
The Hirak movement is at the heart of a carte blanche written by four Belgian deputies namely, Marie Arena, a European deputy, Jamal Ikabza member of Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Fatiha Saidi, and Simone Susskind member of Brussels parliament. Parliamentarians called for the release of the political detainees, La Libre reports. After having contextualized the protest movement that has been taking place for several months in the Rif region, MEPs consider it «normal» that citizens
On Saturday, 24th of June at 3pm, 500 Dutch nationals of Moroccan descent gathered in Moreelsepark in Utrecht (50 km away fromAmsterdam) to support the Hirak movement, reports the Dutch online newspaper NU. The Mohcine Fikri Committee in the Netherlands organized the event. The latter is concerned about the fate of the demonstrators in the Rif region. The participants demanded for releasing «the Hirak detainees» and putting an end of «the injustice in the Rif region»,
Following the march organized on Monday, the first day of Eid Al-fitr, 50 protesters were arrested by the police according to a local rights activist, reports Reuters. 39 police officers were sent to the hospital during the latest manifestation when the two camps clashed violently. The Ministry of Justice, according to the same source did not give details about the arrests. However, Faisal Aussar, a member of the local Human Rights Association told Reuters that «police and gendarmes
Following the tragic fire that broke off in the Grenfell tower in London, UK and which caused the death of several people including 7 Moroccans. Sabah Abdullah, the husband of Khadija Khalloufi who was killed in the blaze, was granted an emergency passport to attend his wife’s funeral in Morocco, Metro UK reports. The retired university lecturer, who used to live in the 17th floor at the Grenfell building, lost his identity card and passport in the incident. The same source indicates
Une exposition majeure consacrée aux grands maîtres de l'impressionnisme se tiendra en mai 2019 au musée Mohammed VI d'art moderne et contemporain de Rabat, a annoncé, mardi à Paris, le président de la Fondation nationale des musées du Maroc (FNMM) Mehdi Qotbi. Dans une déclaration à la MAP, à l'issue d'une rencontre avec la présidente du musée d'Orsay, Mme Laurence des Cars, M. Qotbi a indiqué que cette
The Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laabi received on the 29th of June the International award of the new golden century poetry during the inauguration of the Mexico's International Festival of Poetry, reports the Mexican news agency Notimex. Abdellatif Laabi, who writes poetry in French was born in 1942, he is one of the early instigators of the cultural revolution in the Maghreb, notably with the founding of the magazine «Souffles» in 1966. He was awarded the Goncourt Prize for poetry
The US Supreme Court handed over Donald Trump's «Muslim ban» on Monday (June 26th), pending a hearing in the fall, AFP said. The decree prohibiting the entry into the United States of the inhabitants of six predominantly Muslim countries (Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya). The court is allowing the ban to go into effect for foreign nationals who lack any «bona fide relationship with any person or entity in the United States.» This decision of the Supreme Court
Families of the Moroccan victims and survivors of the Grenfell tower fire were invited on Monday to the Moroccan Ambassador's residence in London to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr. This initiative of solidarity, which was part of the High Royal instructions, has brought comfort to the Moroccan families bereaved by this terrible fire. On this occasion, Ambassador Abdesselam Aboudrar, accompanied by the Consul General Abderrahim Beyyoudh, reiterated his condolences and sympathy to all the people