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• Survey: Majority of Moroccans Support Hijab in Public Spaces
  14 April, by Said

  A survey conducted by the Menassat Foundation for Social Research and Studies reveals that a majority of Moroccans are in favor of wearing the veil in public spaces.
  Titled "Women, public space and individual freedoms!", this survey presents data on Moroccans’ opinions regarding the wearing of the hijab and women’s freedoms. Thus, we learn that 66.8% of participants declare themselves in favor of women wearing the hijab in public spaces. According to the study, this support is linked to (…)

• Cycling Star Remco Evenepoel Weds Childhood Friend and Belgian Influencer Oumi Rayane
  10 January 2023, by Prince

  Cyclist Remco Evenepoel married last year to Oumaïma "Oumi" Rayane, a Belgian influencer of Moroccan origin who is actually his childhood friend.
  The 22-year-old woman has followed Evenepoel’s, also 22 years old, sports career from the beginning and has always supported him. The two have been a couple since 2017, but their relationship has not always been harmonious, reveals Offside, revealing that Remco and Oumi had to separate in August 2019, the athlete having decided to move to Monaco (…)

• Controversial Salafist Preacher Exposed for Illegal Fifth Marriage in Morocco
  19 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  Salafist preacher Mohamed Fizazi is currently at the center of a controversy for having contracted a fifth marriage. The famous preacher did not hesitate to circumvent the law to celebrate another union.
  Cheikh Mohamed Fizazi’s trick was to offer his fifth wife a "contract". Thinking to seal this marriage in complete secrecy, and in violation of the family code, he was discovered.
  The contract was published on social networks without his knowledge. It is written in black and white that (…)

• Moroccan Woman Denies Adultery Accusations, Forced to Take Pregnancy Test
  25 September 2024, by Prince

  A married woman and mother of five children is accused by her husband of adultery with a moqaddem in the douar of Afella N’Dra, in the Zagora region. She denies the allegations.
  The woman rejected these accusations, claiming that her husband fabricated the whole story to oust the administrative auxiliary from his post. According to her, her husband associated her name with this affair in order to achieve his unspoken goals. The husband filed a complaint against her with the Royal (…)

• Moroccan Sociologist Urges Open Debate on Premarital Sex and Abortion Laws
  5 April 2023, by Prince

  In Morocco, extramarital sex and abortion are two practices prohibited by law and religion. Prohibitions that are nevertheless circumvented, one way or another, believes the Moroccan sociologist, Sanaa El Aji El Hanafi, who calls for a serious debate on sexuality for a change in mentalities.
  According to the sociologist, single and childless, sexuality outside of marriage "exists" in Morocco, even if it is "forbidden" and "frowned upon socially". "Contraceptives are over-the-counter. Many (…)

• Moroccan Man Kills Wife in Front of Children in Almería, Spain
  8 August 2023, by Prince

  A Moroccan man slit his wife’s throat, also of Moroccan origin, on Monday in the Pescadería neighborhood of Almería, in front of their children aged 9 and 8. The minors called on neighbors for help to alert the police.
  The man, aged 32, is said to have cut his wife’s throat with a 10-centimeter kitchen knife in front of their 9 and 8-year-old children. The victim, aged 27, was a nanny for a 5-month-old baby, sources from the Almería provincial police station told EFE, specifying that the (…)

• Rising Spanish Star Mina El Hammani Speaks Out Against Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric
  27 February 2022, by Prince

  Moroccan actress Mina El Hammani became famous in Spain at the age of 24, after years of effort and sacrifice, two values instilled in her by her parents. She denounces hate speech towards immigrants, of which she continues to be a victim.
  Born to a Moroccan father who immigrated to Spain and worked in construction, and a mother who worked as a cook at the Moroccan embassy in Madrid, Mina worked hard to land her first role as an extra in "El Príncipe" before getting the important role of (…)

• Belgian Cycling Prodigy Remco Evenepoel Wins Vuelta at 22, Celebrates with Moroccan Fiancée
  12 September 2022, by Prince

  The 22-year-old Belgian Remco Evenepoel won the cycling tour La Vuelta Ciclista a España in Madrid on Sunday. His fiancée of Moroccan origin, Oumaima Oumi Rayane, was on site to congratulate him.
  With this victory, Remco Evenepoel becomes at 22 the youngest winner of this tour since 1961, reports Hola.
  His fiancée of Moroccan origin, Oumaima Oumi Rayane, was by his side to celebrate this feat. The two lovers exchanged kisses and hugs, in front of the reporters who immortalized this moment.

• African Women Leaders Gather in Marrakech for Global Summit on Climate, Development
  1 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  This Thursday, June 27, 2019, the opening of the 3rd annual "Women In Africa" (WIA) summit brought together nearly 500 people in Marrakech, including economic, governmental and cultural leaders from several nationalities. This meeting included several delegations of women from the Middle East, the United States and Asia, as well as 54 participants from the African continent.
  Under the theme, "How are African women engaging the world and creating a new paradigm?", this meeting aims to (…)

• Morocco’s Capital Markets Chief Honored by Spain’s King Felipe VI
  17 July 2019, by Kamal

  Nezha Hayat, President of the Moroccan Capital Markets Authority (AMMC), has been elevated to the rank of Commander of the Order of Civil Merit by the King of Spain, Felipe VI. This distinction was presented to her by the Ambassador of Spain to the Kingdom, for her dedication and commitment to strengthening Moroccan-Spanish economic relations.
  Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Morocco, honored Nezha Hayat, on behalf of the Spanish Sovereign, in the presence (…)