Moroccan Living Abroad

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• Homeless Moroccan Musician in Bordeaux Struggles to Survive Through Street Performances
  26 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  For a year in Bordeaux, a Moroccan homeless man has been playing music to survive on the street. However, he still hopes to find a job to get out of poverty.
  "I play music every day! I get bored a lot, so it keeps me busy. Playing the guitar also allows me to earn a living. On Fridays it’s prayer day and on Saturdays I go play the djembe on the market square. It will soon be Christmas, so I’ll go sing in front of the church for the Christians," assures Fathallah, 50, to Actu.fr. He often (…)

• Veiled Actress Hajar Brown Speaks Out on Racism and Islamophobia in Entertainment Industry
  10 February 2023, by Prince

  Moroccan-origin actress and influencer Hajar Brown shares the racist and Islamophobic discrimination she continues to face, during castings or on the street.
  Hajar Brown, 27, is participating in the Mulleres na cima conference, organized by the Araguaney Puente de Culturas Foundation, the USC and the city of Santiago de Compostela. The one who was revealed in the SKAM series, before becoming a model and influencer on social networks, spoke on this occasion about the racist situations she (…)

• Iconic Renault 12 and Peugeot 504: Vehicles of North African Diaspora’s Annual Homecoming
  17 October 2024, by Sylvanus

  In an interview, Mohamed El Khatib, playwright and stage director, discusses the importance of the old Renault 12 and Peugeot 504 overloaded cars used by thousands of North Africans who returned to Morocco and Algeria during the holidays.
  "These are two totally iconic vehicle models and these are two cars that carry stories. They are formidable story machines. It’s a kind of diversion, that is to say that I consider the automobile as part of our heritage, our industrial heritage. And as (…)

• Morocco Faces Shortage of Family Record Books as Summer Return Approaches
  7 April, by Sylvanus

  Anticipating the high demand for family record books as the season approaches for the return of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs), the Ministry of the Interior is mobilizing civil status inspectors at the prefecture level in the various regions of Morocco. Currently, there is a real shortage of family record books.
  For many months, provinces and prefectures with a large number of local authorities and administrative annexes have been facing a shortage of family record books. This is (…)

• Moroccan-Canadian Sentenced to 2 Years for Assaulting Officer in Morocco
  11 April, by Said

  The court of first instance in Témara has handed down its judgment concerning the assault of a caïd that occurred on March 19, 2025. The main defendant, a Moroccan residing in Canada identified as "C. B.", was sentenced to the harshest penalty: two years in prison for slapping the law enforcement officer.
  Three other people involved were also convicted: the husband of "C. B.", "B. M.", to one year in prison, as well as his brother-in-law "D. M." and a fourth man, "B. S.", to six months in (…)

• Mother Slams Belgian Justice System After 13-Year-Old Daughter’s Murder
  12 January 2023, by Prince

  Nesrine, 34, mother of little Malak, 13, buried on Tuesday in the multi-denominational cemetery of Evere in Belgium, is angry with the Belgian justice system which did not know how to protect her daughter or take the appropriate measures against her murderer, a repeat offender well known to the judicial services.
  Little Malak had temporarily lived with her father, in Liège, after running away and accusing her mother, who lives in Anderlecht, of mistreating her. "My daughter just wanted to (…)

• Elderly Scrap Dealer Faces Eviction from Makeshift Dump in Northern France
  2 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  The town hall of Raismes, a commune located in the north of France, near Valenciennes, has decided to evict an octogenarian Moroccan who has been living on an unsanitary site since September. He has refused several rehousing proposals that have been made to him.
  Wild boars crossing the road, a pile of tires, scrap metal, utility vehicle wrecks... An 82-year-old scrap metal dealer, living on Rue de Dreville in Raismes and followed by social services since 2017, has turned the perimeter of (…)

• Moroccan Driver Arrested in Ceuta with 79 Kilos of Hashish Bound for Spain
  14 March 2023, by Prince

  The Civil Guard arrested on Monday in the port area of Ceuta a Moroccan transporting 79 kilos of hashish on board his French-registered vehicle, destined for Algeciras. He is accused of a presumed crime against public health.
  The Moroccan was arrested as he was about to board a ferry to Algeciras with his Volkswagen Passat registered in France, reports Ceuta Al Dia. Thanks to the alert given by the sniffer dog, the agents carried out a thorough search of the car, discovering the drug (…)

• Moroccan Prodigy, 23, Creates AI Courses at Stanford University
  18 April 2019, by Bladi.net

  For having co-created artificial intelligence courses, followed by thousands of students at Stanford University in California where he is still studying, Younes Bensouda Mourri, a 23-year-old Moroccan, is already making a name for himself.
  A genius who intends to put his skills at the service of the development of his country. This is how one could define Younes Bensouda Mourri, who was born in Tangier to Moroccan parents. Having completed his primary and secondary studies at the American (…)

• Morocco Launches Digital Platform for Expat Services and Government Correspondence
  12 June 2020, by Kamal

  The Delegate Ministry to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Moroccans Residing Abroad announced on Thursday to all citizens, businesses and public administrations the adoption of the new digital platform, Digital Registry Office, in all its correspondence.
  Given the state of health emergency and the containment measures, the ministry has chosen to adopt the digital tool to limit physical exchanges and electronically manage the flow of incoming and outgoing mail.
  Citizens, businesses (…)