Moroccan nationality

Articles

• Syrian Singer Badr Rami Seeks Moroccan Citizenship at Mawazine Festival
  23 June 2024, by Prince

  On the sidelines of his participation in the Mawazine festival, Syrian artist Badr Rami expressed his wish to obtain Moroccan nationality.
  During a press conference held on Saturday, Badr Rami implored King Mohammed VI to grant him Moroccan nationality, specifying that he was born and raised in Morocco.
  The Syrian artist expressed his admiration for Moroccan artists from the older generation such as Abdelhadi Belkhayat, Abdelwahab Doukkali and Brahim Alami, but also for rising stars (…)

• Moroccan Mother Battles for Spanish Citizenship for Spain-Born Children
  7 February 2023, by Prince

  Sara, a Moroccan, has been fighting in Malaga for years to obtain Spanish nationality for her three children aged 17, 14 and 11, all born in Spain from a previous marriage to a Moroccan.
  Sara’s three children, victims of domestic violence from her ex-husband, were born and raised in Spain where they are pursuing their studies normally. The Moroccan woman, who remarried a Spaniard in 2020, is doing everything in her power to ensure that her three children, of whom she has sole custody, (…)

• Spain Denies Citizenship to Moroccan Applicant Citing National Security Concerns
  27 September 2023, by Prince

  The Audiencia Nacional has confirmed the decision to refuse Spanish nationality to a Moroccan "for reasons of national interest".
  The Moroccan applied for nationality in July 2017. But it was not until July 19, 2021 that the Ministry of Justice notified him of its decision not to grant him Spanish nationality. He appealed the decision to the Audiencia Nacional, which has just rejected his request and confirmed the refusal "for reasons of national interest" on the basis of Article 21.2 of (…)

• Algerian Rai Star Cheb Khaled Relocates to Tangier, Morocco
  7 February, by Said

  Cheb Khaled, an Algerian singer naturalized Moroccan, has decided to leave France to settle permanently in Tangier with his family.
  The artist, known for his hits like Aïcha and Didi, made this announcement during his participation in the Hassan II Golf Prize in Rabat.
  He explained this choice by the similarity of the climate of the Moroccan city with that of Oran, his native city in Algeria. "Tangier reminds me of Oran," he is said to have confided.
  According to the news site Rue20, (…)

• Moroccans Lead in EU Citizenship Acquisitions, Eurostat Reports
  7 March 2019, by Said

  A total of 67,900 Moroccans obtained the nationality of a European Union country in 2017, according to figures published this week by the EU Statistical Office (Eurostat).
  Moroccan citizens formed the largest group of new citizens of an EU Member State of which they were residents in 2017, writes Eurostat, with Italy being the leading country granting nationality to Moroccans with 33.4%, followed by Spain with 25.2% and France with 24.6%.
  Just behind the Moroccans, we find the (…)

• King Mohammed VI Grants Moroccan Citizenship to Notable Foreigners
  25 May 2019, by Kamal

  King Mohammed VI has granted Moroccan nationality to several public figures, including Algerians, Iranians and French. In 2013, the king had granted nationality to the Algerian Raï singer, Cheb Khaled, and to Faudel.
  Mohammed Reda Nouri, the husband of the Moroccan ambassador to the United States and an Iranian businessman, as well as the Algerian writer, born in Taza to a Moroccan mother, Kebir Mustapha, have been naturalized as Moroccans by the King of Morocco.
  The sovereign has also (…)

• Morocco Leads Foreign Nationalities Gaining Spanish Citizenship in 2018
  12 June 2019, by Said

  More than 25,000 Moroccans obtained Spanish nationality in 2018, making them by far the largest foreign community in the country.
  According to figures just published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), 25,372 Moroccans obtained Spanish nationality in 2018, far ahead of Bolivians (8,157), Ecuadorians (7,996) and Colombians (6,846). There were 90,828 foreign residents naturalized as Spaniards last year.
  The majority of the newly naturalized are children under 10 years old, who (…)

• Over 10,000 Moroccan-Born Children Granted Spanish Citizenship Under Immigration Law
  1 January 2020, by Kamal

  Children born to Moroccan parents residing in Spain have exceeded the threshold of 10,000, automatically benefiting from Spanish nationality, in accordance with the law on children of immigrants born in Spain.
  During the previous six months, nearly 170,000 births of foreign parents took place on Spanish soil, including 10,000 Moroccans, 4,000 Romanians and 1,000 Chinese.
  In 2018, more than 25,000 Moroccans obtained Spanish nationality, far outpacing Latin American nationals. Recently, (…)

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  6 May 2021, by Prince
• Moroccan ’Rebel Prince’ Moulay Hicham Reportedly Seeks US Citizenship
  11 January 2020, by Ginette

  Is Prince Moulay Hicham distancing himself further from Moroccan nationality? Indiscretions revealed by magreb-intelligence.com indicate that the "rebel" prince would have filed a request for nationality in the land of Uncle Sam.
  Moulay Hicham seems determined to definitively cut the umbilical cord with the palace from which he was banned after the death of King Hassan II, for having among other things, called for a constitutional monarchy. Living in the United States with his family (…)