Morocco tops the list of the 20 countries in the world where you can have a dream wedding. The ranking is the latest from the social network Pinterest, thus inviting couples wishing to seal their union to take a detour to Morocco and its dream landscapes.
A 23-year-old pregnant woman committed suicide in Boujdour . The origin of this suicide is a broken marriage promise.
Marie-Claude Mezouar, author of "François-Samir, or the romance of a mixed couple" recounts her mixed marriage in Poitiers, with Noureddine, a man from Morocco. The couple met in the 1970s and have not parted since.
Among the foreigners stranded in Morocco due to the closure of borders, there is Nathalie, a Belgian national who took advantage of the easing of measures to get married to her boyfriend who lives in Morocco. But she finds herself stuck and has no idea when she will return.
Underage marriage is on the rise in Morocco. Given the increase in requests for authorization for these unions in the courts, the Attorney General of the King at the Court of Cassation, Moulay El Hassan Daki, is calling on the judges.
In a statement, the Minister Delegate for Citizenship had indicated that the imams were going to "recognize", with the charter of Islam in France, the right for homosexual couples to marry. The reaction of the imams did not take long.
A night guard in a neighborhood of Temara married four women by presenting false documents and posing as a police officer. The accused, arrested by the judicial police of Temara, even went so far as to marry the niece of his second wife.
In Morocco , early marriages continue to jeopardize the future of children, especially in the rural world where this rate has reached 27.4% compared to 15.2% in urban areas. According to the National Observatory of Human Development (ONDH), among women aged 18 and over, 19.5% concluded their first marriage before the age of 18, compared to only 1.5% among men, or 13 times more.
Yet another wedding party that ends with the arrest of the newlyweds and their guests. The local authorities of the city of Agadir carried out a police intervention in the Sonaba district, to put an end to the celebrations for non-compliance with the state of health emergency.
The issue of mixed marriage was at the heart of a webinar organized on Saturday, February 27 by the "Français du Monde" Association, to explain to participants the main legal and practical issues faced by mixed families in Morocco. The experts who spoke during this webinar first presented the results of a study carried out by the association, before clarifying several gray areas due to the complexity of the subject.
Despite the many awareness campaigns and restrictive measures that prohibit parties and gatherings, a couple still organized their wedding with pomp, followed by a party. But they did not count on the vigilance of the police who showed up at the villa where the festivities were taking place.
The court of first instance of Zagora has rendered a judgment that provides material for the great debate on the freedom of sexual relations outside of marriage and individual freedoms in general. It acquitted a couple living in cohabitation while they were accused of adultery.