Rabbi Shlomo Aben Danan is one of the most famous Dayans the city of Fez has ever had. The Jewish saint lays in the city’s most renowned synagogue.
Since Saturday, the Polisario Front has been mobilized to denounce the death of a young Sahrawi woman, who lost her life in a car accident in Laayoune. Letters have even been sent to the United Nations and the European Union to attack Morocco.
The trial of the Moroccan truck driver suspected of killing Sophia, a 28-year-old student he drove in the summer of 2018, to open this week in Bayreuth. The family of the victim wants to know the whole story behind the death of their daughter, after her dead body was discovered in Spain. The trial will include twelve hearings, during which 17 witnesses will be heard, according to Idowa. In the meantime, the defendant has addmitted that he committed the murder. For the record, the
A 44-year-old Moroccan man, wanted by the Moroccan authorities and Interpol since 2005 for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, was arrested in Tarifa by the Spanish police, while he was trying to board a ferry for Tangier, ABC reports. Police officers found that the man is wanted under an arrest warrant issued by Interpol and an international arrest warrant issued by the Moroccan authorities. The suspect tried in 2015 to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into Spain from Morocco
The Polisario’s representative in Algeria, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, has received a delegation from the Democratic Social Movement (MDS) led by its national coordinator Fethi GHares, SPS reported. The meeting was mainly held to discuss the program of the 10th edition of the summer university of the executives of the Polisario Front, to be hosted by the Boumerdes University from the 27th to the 8th of August. The event, fully funded by the Algerian state, brings hundreds of people together
Michigan pageant winner Kathy Zhu has been stripped of her title by the Miss World America organization for tweets she made about Muslims and black people, American press agency Associated Press (AP) reports. Zhu was crowned the pageant's Michigan last week. But she was described by AP as «a University of Michigan conservative who's active with a group called Chinese Americans for Trump». «It has been brought to the attention of Miss World America (MWA) that your social
A UK court has ordered an Ernest & Young (EY) unit to search for additional documents on Dubai-based gold refiner Kaloti. The latter is accused by an EY former partner of importing over $200 million of gold coated in silver from Morocco.
In 2020, the Republic of Ireland will be opening its first embassy in Morocco, announcing the beginning of a new chapter in its relations with the Kingdom. After a period marked with ups and downs, especially when it comes to the Western Sahara conflict, the two countries have managed to establish partnerships in several fields, including the education sector.
Moroccan winger Youness Mokhtar has joined Columbus Crew SC, the American professional football club based in Ohio announced on Friday. According to Massive Report, the 27-year-old footballer was signed after he played for several European first division teams, including Norway’s Stabaek. Mokhtar played for the Netherlands, Turkey and Saudi Arabi, making 170 appearances in total and scoring 28 goals. «We would like to welcome Youness Mokhtar to Columbus Crew SC. Youness is a
Serbian manager Zoran Manojlovic has been appointed as a head coach of Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca (WAC), replacing the team’s former manager Faouzi Benzarti, BBC Sport said on Friday. Manojlovic will be managing the Casablanca red squad for two seasons after Benzarti left for Tunisian club Etoile du Sahel. The Serbian coach had his first meeting with Wydad players last Wednesday, when they held a training session at the Benjaloun Stadium in Casablanca. «I have seen the