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• 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 (…)

• Saudi Arabia Simplifies Visa Process for Moroccans, 11 Other Countries with Digital QR Code System
  30 July 2023, by Sylvanus

  Saudi Arabia has decided to ease the administrative procedure for obtaining its visa granted to Moroccans and holders of passports from 11 other countries. This visa will become a QR code that its holder can present on their phone or on a separate printed document.
  In a circular, the General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA) announced this week the abolition of sticker visas affixed to the passport for 12 countries including Morocco and Turkey. These visas will take the (…)

• Viral Moroccan Girl Now Cheers for Ronaldo’s Al Nassr After World Cup Encounter
  4 March 2023, by Prince

  The little Moroccan girl whose video went viral on social networks after the elimination of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal by Morocco in the World Cup in Qatar, was seen encouraging Al Nassr, the Saudi club where the Portuguese now plays, in a video shared on the official account of the Arab Super League.
  In the video in question, we see the Moroccan minor and other children cheering on the Al Nassr club where the Portuguese star has been playing since the beginning of this year, reports (…)

• Grocery Store Employee Arrested for Fatal Stabbing of 23-Year-Old in Nanterre, France
  5 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  A tragedy occurred in Nanterre last weekend. A 38-year-old man, employed in a grocery store on the Place de la Boule, is suspected of having fatally assaulted Ali, 23, a "helpful and uneventful" young man.
  A 38-year-old man, employed in a grocery store, is suspected of having stabbed Ali, a 23-year-old man, several times during the night from Saturday to Sunday, on the Place de la Boule, reports Le Parisien. According to the same source, the alleged perpetrator of the murder surrendered (…)

• Moroccan Star Adel Taarabt Rejects Saudi Move, Opts to Stay at Benfica
  12 February 2019, by Said

  Benfica Lisbon is still trying to get rid of Moroccan international Adel Taarabt. And he gives it back to them as he has just refused a transfer to Saudi Arabia.
  The Al Fateh club made a loan offer with a purchase option for Taarabt, which was accepted by the Portuguese club but firmly rejected by the player who would like to relaunch himself in Europe and at the same time keep his monthly salary of nearly 200,000 euros.
  The Saudi club would have thus offered one million euros for one (…)

• Saudi Club Al Hilal Offers $1 Million for Moroccan Defender Badr Banoun
  7 May 2019, by Bladi.net

  Badr Banoun could soon join a new club. Indeed, a Saudi club is said to have offered a large sum to secure the services of the young defender of Raja Casablanca.
  Badr Banoun could well leave the Greens. Indeed, this young defender who seduces with his talent is increasingly attracting, according to the360, the interest of several major Arab clubs. And on this, "it is the Saudi club of Al Hilal that has shown its interest in the young 25-year-old player", informs the information site. (…)

• Hervé Renard Poised to Take Helm of French Women’s National Soccer Team
  21 March 2023, by Ginette

  Barring a last-minute change, the former Morocco coach, Hervé Renard, should replace Corinne Diacre, who was fired on March 9, at the head of the French women’s national football team. The official announcement of his contract with the Bleues should take place before March 30.
  After an exceptional World Cup with Saudi Arabia, Hervé Renard is about to bid farewell. A member of the Executive Committee of the French Football Federation, Jean-Michel Aulas revealed on Monday on RMC that he is (…)

• Saudi Crown Prince Expected in Morocco as King Mohammed VI Marks Throne Anniversary
  23 July 2023, by Sylvanus

  The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, is expected to make a visit to Morocco, more precisely to Tangier, in the very near future, where King Mohammed VI should, in turn, celebrate the 24th anniversary of his accession to the throne.
  The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, "should soon travel to Tangier," report many media sources. He could stay in the palace that his father, King Salman, owns on the heights of the city of the strait, in the residential (…)

• Moroccan Star Mbark Boussoufa Signs Short-Term Deal with Saudi Club Al Shabab
  4 January 2019, by Said

  The Moroccan international Mbark Boussoufa is heading to Saudi Arabia, having just been recruited by the first division club Al Shabab.
  The announcement was made by the president of the Saudi club Khaled Lbaltan on the Twitter account of the sports team, specifying that the contract runs until the end of the season.
  Summoned to all the matches of the Atlas Lions, Mbark Boussoufa had played last year for the Emirati club Al Jariza and his name had been repeatedly mentioned at the (…)

• Moroccan Striker Khalid Boutaib Signs 3.5-Year Deal with Egypt’s Zamalek SC
  6 January 2019, by Said

  New challenge for the Moroccan international Khalid Boutaib, who has just joined the Egyptian club Zamalek.
  His name had been mentioned for a few days with the multiple winner of the Egyptian championship and he has just formalized his arrival for a period of 3 and a half years from the Turkish club Malatyaspor.
  Born in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, the player has spent most of his career in France, notably in Ajaccio and Strasbourg, before joining Malatyaspor and then Zamalek SC. (…)