Earlier this week, Spanish newspaper El Espanol reported that Malaga-based painter Antonio Montiel is going to paint a portrait of King Mohammed VI. The newspaper wrote that the Spanish artist was expected to reportedly «meet King Mohammed VI in November» to discuss the project. The announcement, relayed by El Espanol on Monday, was then quoted by several Moroccan news platform, including Yabiladi. However, it turned out that the artist was misunderstood. On Twitter, Spanish
Two weeks after an informal «peace breakfast» in Washington, attended by Jared Kushner and a Moroccan publisher, the Israeli Foreign Ministry praised in a Facebook post historic ties between Israelis and Moroccans.
Over fifty female international journalists have launched a campaign to call for the release of Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni, who was sentenced to one year in prison for «undergoing an abortion and having sex outside marriage». The women supporting this campaign «believe that the arrest of Hajar Raissouni was to silence her as she was a critical journalist who continuously wrote pieces criticizing the state’s policy and supporting social movements». In a
Moroccan poet Ismail El Alaoui published a new collection of poems in five languages. «Although languages are different, love is a unique and universal feeling», he said, talking about his collection of poems he entitled «peace». With these «pure and spontaneous» poems, the poet aims at «unifying the world», Mundiario reports. «We all can hate, but we have to control this hatred and refrain from translating it into actions», the
The Ben Zmirou brothers belong to a family that moved from Spain to Portugal and Morocco. They lived in Safi and gained the respect of both the Jewish and Muslim community, but their demise was mysterious.
Irish budget airline Ryanair announced, Tuesday, that it is launching a new route, linking Marrakech to Zaragoza through two weekly flights, in March 2020. In a press release sent to Yabiladi, the company explains that the new flights are part of the Ryanair program for summer 2020 in Morocco, which will be entirely disclosed soon. «Moroccan consumers and visitors can now book their summer holidays to Zaragoza as far out as October 2020, flying on the lowest fares and with the
Five big discoveries are associated with Morocco, a country that has forever been favored by researchers and scientists. From homo sapiens fossils to crazy-looking insects and far away planets, the country has seen it all.
Arrested last week in Madrid, Moroccan-born Abdelaziz AA is a 23-year-old alleged jihadist who wanted to reportedly target several locations and public figures in Spain. According to Spanish daily El Mundo, the arrestee had several plans. Documents and videos seized by the police show that he plotted to «target several metro stations in Madrid». In a notebook, he also had several addresses and locations. Heard by an investigating judge, the Tetouan-native was detained for
For diversity’s sake, a government campaign in Germany is relying on everyday faces to promote integration. The campaign launched by Germany’s integration Ministry includes professionals with immigrant background. The campaign unveiled, Monday, the new faces representing it, including a high school teacher with Moroccan roots, a doctor, police officer and veiled women. Dubbed #IchDuWirNRW, said campaign has 1,700 posters with different people that have different
Since his appointment in 2018, Cuba’s non-resident ambassador to Morocco visited Rabat three times. On Monday, the Speaker of Morocco’s House of Representatives Habib Elmalki received Elio Eduardo Rodriguez Perdomo, the House of Representatives said in a communiqué released on the same day. «All conditions are put in place to strengthen bilateral relations for the opening of a Cuban embassy in Rabat», the diplomat told reporters. He announced that his country