Morocco, Spain and Portugal are working hard to maximize their chances of being awarded the organization of the 2030 FIFA World Cup. FIFA will announce the name of the host country in December 2024.
Zahra Bensaid is a Moroccan living in Palencia (Castilla y León) for three years. Deeply affected by the earthquake that hit Morocco and in which she lost her mother and 32 relatives, she calls for participation in the solidarity collection launched by the Islamic Center of the city to help the victims of the tragedy.
The Civil Guard found the lifeless body of Hanane, a 34-year-old Moroccan woman living in Cieza (Murcia), who had been missing since Wednesday.
CEO of the Ok Mobility group, Othman Ktiri , a Moroccan residing in Majorca, has launched a fundraising campaign in solidarity with his country of origin, hit by a violent earthquake last week. The businessman’s initiative aims to help rebuild the areas most affected by the earthquake.
Moroccan Ahmed, a taxi driver at Barcelona’s El Prat airport, helped Oussama, another young man of Moroccan origin who was wandering in the city, to find his family in Morocco thanks to a video posted on TikTok. The young man’s relatives thought he was dead.
In Spain, Moroccan cannabis traffickers chased by the Spanish coast guard ended up stranded on a beach, to the amazement of tourists. Two of them were arrested, while the others managed to escape.
The Spanish textile giant Inditex, which has a cluster in the village of Oukaïmeden located in the province of Al Haouz, the epicenter of the earthquake that hit Morocco on the night of Friday, September 8, announced on Monday the donation of three million euros to the Spanish Red Cross to support the Moroccan Red Crescent.
After nearly three years of struggle, Omar, a 16-year-old Moroccan with cerebral palsy, and his mother Mbarka, have obtained a one-year residence permit in Spain. The child, who has sudden death risk factors, will be able to benefit from continuous health care.
The arbitral tribunal set up to hear the dispute between the Spanish real estate company Marina d’Or and Morocco, relating to real estate investments of more than 400 million euros lost in Rabat and Tangier, held its first session last Monday.
Some 1,300,000 people, including many Moroccans, went shopping at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet, the luxury store located ten minutes from the center of Malaga, during the summer season (June, July and August).
As rescue and evacuation operations for the injured continue in Morocco, Rabat has not yet accepted France’s aid. For now, the kingdom has accepted aid from four countries: Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Lamine Yamal was rejected in March from the Spanish under-17 national team for an act of indiscipline. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) had also asked FC Barcelona to sanction the young player.