Flyers distributed by a Spanish trade union to help Moroccan seasonal workers know their rights in the fields featured an indecipherable Arabic script. The initiative launched since January was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Labor.
Quebec Prime Minister Francois Legault said, Thursday, that he «does not really think» that Islamophobic incidents have increased since the government passed a law, banning civil servants from wearing religious symbols. Legault’s statement comes as Muslim women wearing hijab or niqab in Quebec told Canadian broadcaster CBC that «since the legislation was tabled in March, they've been harassed, made the target of hateful comments, even spat on». Calling the
Claimants in far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ appeal demanded compensation, ranging from apologies to monetary amounts, NL Times reports. On Thursday, complaints attending the «fewer Moroccans» trial told the judges that they were harmed by Wilders’ statements against Moroccans. While some of them told the court that they were «frightened» by the Wilders’ words, others said that they «were anxious that they would be deported from the
The United States Department of State has approved a Foreign Military sale for an estimated cost of $250.4 million to help Morocco sustain support for its current F-A6 fleet, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a press release on Thursday. This sale will allow the Kingdom to buy equipment needed for its F-A6 fleet, including «F-16 support equipment, spares and repair parts, personnel training and training equipment, publications and technical documentation, munitions
To Tunisia’s former interim president Moncef Marzouki, the former Algerian regim was an obstacle to Maghreb integration. He revealed that Algerian leaders refused in the past to reopen borders with Morocco.
The parents of a British teenager who was found dead in 2016 in Morocco said that UK police were «of no real help», the BBC reported Thursday. 19-year-old Connor Jarvis who left the UK in May 2016 to go trekking in Morocco was found dead in a ravine on Mount Toubkal one week after he went missing. His parents John and Sian Jarvis complained in a statement, saying that «UK police had no jurisdiction and were no real help». A judicial inquiry concluded that the
The Pamela Anderson and Adil Rami breakup drama is still going on. After her Moroccan-French boyfriend Adil Rami gave his version of the story on their split, the American-Canadian actress and model shared, Wednesday, on her foundation website private messages, detailing the reasons behind the separation. Anderson posted emails allegedly sent to her by Rami’s ex Sidonie, claiming that she suffered «physical abuse» in the hands of the footballer. In a message sent to Sidonie,
Morocco is expected to open new terminals at Tanger Med, extending its volume and allowing it to become the Mediterranean’s largest port in terms container capacity.
Based on the findings of a survey conducted by the Arab Barometer for BBC Arabic News, the British broadcaster wrote that Morocco could follow in the footsteps of neighboring countries that hosted violent uprisings. BBC news revealed that respondents from Morocco touched upon issues that might make the country witness what happened in «Algeria and Sudan». BBC indicates that almost half of Moroccan respondents said that the country is in the need of political change. Morocco
Two suicide bombers have targeted Tunisian police officers, blowing themselves up in separate locations in Tunis. According to AFP, a suicide bomber blew himself up, Thursday, near a police patrol in Charles de Gaulle Street in central Tunis. The Tunisian Interior Ministry announced that a police officer was killed and at least four other people were injured. A few minutes later, a second bombing took place near a police station in the al-Qarjani district, injuring four other people. A