Nadia El A.
Born in Imzouren, Morocco, Ilyass Aoussar sold his car to fund his first donut shop in Belgium. Six years later, his brand, Dreams Donuts, claims nearly 140 locations across Europe and is preparing to enter Morocco, where it aims to open twenty shops.
After three weeks of decline, the euro is regaining ground against the dirham. The trend is reversing for Moroccans living abroad who send money home. Against the US dollar, however, the Moroccan currency has appreciated sharply.
Top of his engineering school in Morocco in 2019, Mohamed Arnouss continued his studies in France and earned a doctorate in computer science. The young researcher has just won a Fulbright scholarship that will allow him to join New York University in January 2027 to work on epidemic management.
A Moroccan man was sleeping alone on an Italian train when the driver and conductor got off to have coffee. The train set off without them before derailing at 78 km/h. Six years after the accident, a railway official is explaining to the court what happened to two parts of the braking system.
Serge Heringer, who represented the Moroccan group Diana Holding at the time of the events, has lost another legal battle in France. On Wednesday, November 4, the Court of Cassation rejected his appeal in a dispute over the collection of a €2 million fine.
A coach trip between France and Germany ended in court for a 49-year-old Moroccan man. Stopped with a photograph of a French residence permit and a driving licence, he was fined 1,600 euros the following day.
Poor-quality evidence has turned the tide in a legal dispute between Air France and the French state. A court overturned a fine imposed on the airline after a Moroccan passenger arrived at Roissy with a forged Italian travel document.
Cargoes of Russian diesel originally destined for the United States are seeking new markets. Moscow says they will find buyers. Morocco is already a major market for the fuel, having imported 1.35 million tonnes in the first half of 2026.
For nine days, Redwan Karmoun waited to bury his daughter Intisar, who died at 20 in Madrid. With no space available in the region’s Muslim burial sections, the family had to arrange for her body to be repatriated to Tetouan, Morocco.
Paris-Orly Airport will welcome a new Moroccan airline in summer 2027. Air Arabia Maroc has secured slots to serve Fès, benefiting from Ryanair’s withdrawal and a fiercely contested redistribution among carriers.
In Amsterdam, Mourad Saber dipped into his savings to pay the employees of his bakery, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. Three years later, the entrepreneur of Moroccan origin was running four locations with his partners and had seen revenue grow sevenfold.
A Spanish military officer fears that desalination plants, power facilities and pumping stations in the Canary Islands could be targeted in a conflict with Morocco. He believes the archipelago lacks the resources to cope with an attack combining sabotage and cyberattacks.