Moroccan Woman Sentenced to 6 Months for Polyandry Fraud Scheme
3 February 2020
A Moroccan national abroad, prosecuted for having married 3 men, was sentenced to 6 months in prison by the court of first instance in Fès.
Marriage
Morocco Faces Alarming Rise in Child Marriage Requests, Justice Minister Reports
25 January 2020
Last year saw an impressive number of marriage requests for minors in Morocco. Addressing the issue before the House of Representatives, the Minister of Justice put forward (…)
Moroccan Woman Fights for Child Recognition After Controversial Religious Marriage
23 January 2020
Leila, 24, says she is a victim of a Fatiha marriage, after being in a relationship with Mohamed Tahari, a lawyer and member of the PJD. She is fighting for the child born of (…)
Pamela Anderson Weds Film Producer Jon Peters in Secret Malibu Ceremony
23 January 2020
Pamela Anderson married, on Monday, January 20, one of her ex-partners from thirty years ago, film producer Jon Peters, in the utmost secrecy. This marriage comes six months (…)
Virginity Pressures Haunt Wedding Nights in Arab and Muslim Countries
23 January 2020
Certain traditional practices continue to resist time in Arab and Muslim countries like Morocco, to the point that marriage can shatter after the wedding night. Women pay the (…)
Italian Woman Rescued After Forced Marriage Attempt in Morocco
13 January 2020
Arrived in Marrakech for an arranged marriage, an Italian national found herself kidnapped by the host family, in inhuman conditions.
Moroccan Singer Dounia Batma Performs at Local Weddings Amid Travel Ban and Pending Trial
12 January 2020
The singer Dounia Batma, prohibited from leaving the national territory as part of the "Hamza mon bb" case, is visibly forced to host wedding parties. Performances she had (…)
Toulouse Man Sentenced for Kidnapping Woman Who Refused Marriage Proposal
12 January 2020
A man had kidnapped a young woman in his home in Toulouse for hours, in a car because of her refusal to marry him. The Evry-Courcouronnes criminal court sentenced him to 10 (…)
Moroccan Man Discovers 30-Year Infertility After Fathering Eight Children
12 January 2020
While he is the father of eight children, three of whom have died, a fifty-year-old man living in a douar near Kelaâ des Sraghna, discovers, to his great surprise, his state of (…)
Moroccan Retiree’s Pension Slashed Due to Decades-Old Divorce Oversight
8 January 2020
Hakim*, a 65-year-old Liège resident of Moroccan origin, strangely receives half of his pension due to a separation by repudiation, effective for 41 years, but not recognized (…)