Loubna Azabal

Articles

• Moroccan Actress Apologizes for Controversial Red Carpet Kiss During Ramadan
  23 May 2019, by Amine

  While many were starting to congratulate her for daring to kiss another woman on the mouth, in the middle of Ramadan, twice, in front of cameras, photographers, and the public present (seeing or trying to see any symbolic and militant significance in it), Loubna Azabal has just apologized.
  For many, she did well to apologize after her kisses. For others, she backed down. Just as her two kisses were seen in different and opposing ways, her apologies were seen the same way. And it’s (…)

• New Film "Rabia" Inspired by Life of Al-Qaeda’s "Black Widow"
  1 December 2024, by Sylvanus

  In "Rabia", the French, Belgian and German dramatic film by director Mareike Engelhardt on female radicalization released at the end of November, Belgian actress Lubna Azabal plays Madame, the Moroccan Fatiha Mejjati alias Oum Adam. Who is this woman nicknamed the "Black Widow of Al-Qaeda" who had led several women’s houses of the Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria.
  Fatiha Mejjati was a leading figure of Daesh. But nothing predestined her to this. "After a privileged youth in Casablanca and (…)