Rabbi Yehouda Ben Attar was a famous jeweler who lived in Fes during the 17th century. The saint was the city’s Av Beit Din and rose to fame for his special relationship with lions.
Moroccan teenager Ayoub Mahfoud, sentenced in December to three years in prison and fined 5 000 dirhams for a Facebook post about a rap song, to stand trial again at the Meknes Appeal court. His lawyer Hasnaa Alaoui told TelQuel that his appeal hearing has been scheduled for January 20. During his trial, the young man will be supported by the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), which will hire its lawyers to defend the high schooler. Arrested in December, the 18-year-old
A court in Tetouan sentenced, Monday, a young man to two years in prison and fined him 5 000 dirhams for publishing a video on social media in which he insulted the king, government officials and doctors at the Saniat El Rmal hospital. The young man was found guilty of «insulting the emblem and symbols of the kingdom, officials and of disrupting public order», Arabic-language newspaper Al3omk reported. He was arrested on December 20, 2019, after he
Born in Morocco, former Israeli politician and ambassador to France and the United Nations, Yehuda Lancry addressed ties between Israelis of Moroccan Jewish descent and their country of origin. To him, normalization with Morocco depends on the Palestinian question.
The Beckham family is having a fresh start for the new year in Morocco. After hosting a lavish Christmas party back home, David Beckham his wife and their three youngest children flew to the Kingdom to enjoy the sun. On their social media accounts, the couple have been documenting their trip, posting photos of their children enjoying their 2020 first vacation, wrote the Sun. In one of her stories, Victoria Beckham made fun of her hotel’s Christmas decoration with a caption saying
Moroccan-French footballer Soufiane El Moudane has joined Ittihad Riadi Tanger known as Ittihad Tanger (IRT), the Tangier-based club announced in a Facebook post. IRT said that it signed a two-and-a-half year contract with the 25-year-old player who used to play for a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín. According to Transfer Market, El Moudane started playing for Ittihad Tanger on January 1, 2020 as a midfielder. El Moudane was born in Saint-Etienne in
The Gambia will open, Tuesday, a consulate in Dakhla. According to diplomatic sources, several Gambian and Moroccan officials will attend the inauguration of the new consulate, announced in December 2019. Last month, the Union of the Comoros inaugurated a consulate general in Laayoune, following in the footsteps of Cote d'Ivoire. In June 2019, the West African country opened an honorary consulate in Laayoune to cover the regions of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab. «At
While Morocco has not commented officially yet on the current Iranian crisis, Moroccan Shiites broke their silence, denouncing the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
At least 197 migrants arrived to the Spanish provinces of Murcia, Cadiz Canary Island and Alicante carried by seven boats during the first weekend of 2020. According to Europa Press, the first group of migrants was rescued, Saturday, near Cadiz. At least 18 people, including a child and a woman, of North African origins, were rescued. During the same day, Salvamento Maritimo intercepted a boat carrying 16 men who were all of Algerian descent off the Santa Pola beach in Alicante. One of the
An Italian national called Eva Valerio was found dead on a beach in Dakhla, a city in southern Morocco. The deceased was holidaying with a friend in a camper. According to Italian news agency ANSA, her friend alerted about her disappearance after he realized that she had been missing for two days. The 30-year-old woman from Thiene, a city in the province of Vicenza, in northern Italy, was found dead at the Boutalha beach Quoting the mayor of Thiene Giovanni Casarotto, the Italian press