Moroccan Living Abroad

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• Missing 86-Year-Old Belgian Man Found Alive After Two-Day Search
  27 March, by Said

  The octogenarian El Miloud El Azaoui, whose disappearance on Sunday afternoon in Farciennes had mobilized authorities and relatives, was found alive on Tuesday. He had left his home, rue Clément Daix, on Sunday, and had not given any sign of life since.
  "I went to his house on Sunday, and after my departure, his neighbor saw him leave his home," his daughter had explained on Monday, while the search was in full swing. She specified that after leaving, her father "went to a small store, (…)

• Syensqo CEO Receives Record-Breaking $28 Million Bonus in Belgium
  3 April, by Prince

  Ilham Kadri, the CEO of Syensqo, has obtained a bonus of 25.7 million euros over the past two years. A cash bonus never awarded in Belgium. The manager of Moroccan origin could also benefit from a retention bonus of 7.5 million euros by 2026.
  After the split of Solvay into two separate listed structures (Solvay and Syensqo), validated at the end of 2023 during a General Meeting, Ilham Kadri, then CEO of Solvay, became CEO of Syensqo with a bonus of 12 million euros. The largest cash bonus (…)

• Belgian Political Power Couple Ties the Knot
  7 April, by Sylvanus

  In Belgium, Sammy Mahdi, 36, president of the CD&V, celebrated his wedding last weekend with his partner and party colleague Nawal Farih, 36, a federal MP.
  Former State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Sammy Mahdi announced the news on Instagram. He shared two photos of the couple, accompanied by the message: "We were best friends first, we are now husband and wife."
  Sammy met Nawal in 2019, in the run-up to the federal elections. They were friends first, before falling in love. (…)

• Brother of Montpellier Hit-and-Run Victim Speaks Out Amid Community Tensions
  20 December 2022, by Ginette

  A week after Aymen’s death, hit by a reckless driver in the Mosson district of Montpellier, his elder brother Saïd broke his silence to talk about the tragedy his family has been going through since Wednesday, December 13.
  "I don’t show it, but I’m broken inside. He was my little brother, the favorite. Have you seen the world that is showing its support? Even people we’ve never seen," Saïd confides. The 20-year-old young man did not expect to lose his brother so soon, and especially not (…)

• Beloved Sète Local Figure Hakim Dies at 46, City Mourns ’Smiling Legend’
  27 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  Deceased on Sunday, the body of Hakim, an emblematic figure of local life in Sète, will be repatriated to Morocco this Wednesday, December 28, where he will be buried next to his father.
  Sète is in mourning. Hakim, 46, a well-known figure in the city, was the victim of a cerebral hemorrhage on Christmas Eve and died. The city thus loses a "bon vivant, a good guy always smiling". After this man from the Thau Island, the tributes multiply on social networks. "You leave us a great void"; "We (…)

• Belgian Party Leader Sammy Mahdi Confirms Engagement to Moroccan-Belgian Politician Nawal Farih
  26 February 2023, by Prince

  The president of the Belgian party CD&V, Sammy Mahdi (34 years old), has just made his relationship with the deputy Nawal Farih (34 years old), of Moroccan origin, official.
  Sammy Mahdi posted a photo of himself and the deputy on Instagram with the caption "This is her" to indicate that she is the lucky one. The young minister had announced a few weeks ago that he has a fiancée, without revealing her identity. Now, it’s done.
  Like him, his fiancée Nawal Farih is not unknown in the (…)

• Stranded Passengers Recount Chaos After Montpellier Airport Accident
  1 October 2022, by Armel

  A week after the plane accident that paralyzed Montpellier airport, several travelers, including Moroccans, have recounted their misadventure.
  Canceled flights, their passengers left to fend for themselves: the accident of the Boeing 737, carrying freight, which missed its landing on September 24 at Montpellier airport, caused a lot of inconvenience to travelers. Several of them confided in Midi Libre.
  "My daughter and her friend were supposed to land on Saturday evening from Marrakech (…)

• Moroccan Woman Sues French State Over Denied Access to Ex-Partner’s Trial
  10 April, by Prince

  Deprived of her right to attend the trial of her former partner, a victim of domestic violence has sued the State for administrative dysfunction before the Paris judicial court.
  The woman asked the Paris judicial court on Wednesday to condemn the State for depriving her of attending this trial. Khadija believes that her "trial was stolen" from her. "When I filed a complaint, I had faith in justice. I wanted to see him in the dock, I wanted to hear the word ’convicted’. But they stole my (…)

• Teen Dies After Stabbing in Chambéry Street Brawl, Suspects at Large
  8 April, by Sylvanus

  Found unconscious with a stab wound in the back on Sunday evening in Chambéry (Savoie), an 18-year-old Moroccan died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. This death occurred following a brawl, according to the municipality.
  According to the police, the young Moroccan was in an irregular situation on French territory, reports Europe1. He was found unconscious around 9 p.m. with a stab wound in the back and died shortly after arriving at the hospital, the same source specifies, (…)

• Moroccan Teen Seeks Help After Viral Video Exposes Alleged Abuse by Saudi Husband
  19 April 2019, by Amine

  A few days ago, a video posted by a Moroccan woman to catch her Saudi husband in the act of mistreating her was widely shared on social media and also very widely reported. She has just released a new video.
  Apparently the Moroccans and the press would have helped this young Moroccan minor in her case by commenting and sharing the video she took of the brutalities she is used to suffering from her Saudi husband in Saudi Arabia. Safaa declares: "First of all, I would like to thank all the (…)