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• Israeli Teacher Bridges Cultures Through Moroccan Cuisine and Arabic Dialect
  2 May 2022, by Sylvanus

  Ruti Ben Ami, an Israeli teacher, builds the bridge between the Arabic language and Moroccan cuisine. She dreams of real peace between Jews and Arabs.
  "My father and mother are originally from Morocco. My husband too. My parents only spoke Arabic at home, only in the Moroccan dialect (darija)," says the woman who taught Arabic for more than 40 years. She recounts that her four other sisters and she learned Moroccan cuisine from their late mother. This mother of three children says she (…)

• King Hassan II’s Historic Call: Morocco Skipped Eid al-Adha Sacrifice Amid Severe Drought
  11 August 2019, by Said

  More than 20 years ago, the late King Hassan II had asked Moroccans not to sacrifice the sheep for the Eid al-Adha festival.
  The reason is simple: the Kingdom had experienced one of the worst droughts of recent years a few months earlier, prompting the Sovereign to ask the population not to observe the Eid al-Kébir ritual.
  The vast majority of Moroccans had followed the directives of the late King, but others, on the contrary, had decided to practice the ritual, despite this royal ban.

• Moroccan Woman Brutally Attacked by Ex-Husband After Seeking Divorce
  15 January 2019, by Said

  Khadija owes her life only to the intervention of her mother and a few passers-by. Furious at her request for divorce, her ex-husband attacked her with a razor.
  After a few years of marriage and following several disputes, the young woman decided to initiate divorce proceedings and return to her parents’ home, but her husband does not see it that way.
  After repeatedly asking her to return to the marital home and end the divorce proceedings, the husband attacked her near Berrechid just (…)

• Moroccan Minister’s Divorce Finalized Following Paris Scandal
  24 January 2019, by Said

  The Salé court has just pronounced the divorce of the Minister of Employment and Professional Integration Mohamed Yatim, at the heart of a scandal a few months ago after his appearance hand in hand with his fiancée in Paris.
  The divorce was pronounced yesterday, Wednesday, reports the Hespress website, specifying that he will have to pay around 300,000 dirhams to his ex-wife as compensation.
  In a video posted on social media last September, the minister from the Party of Justice and (…)

• Comedian Malik Bentalha Makes Bold Marriage Proposal to Singer Angèle in Belgium
  17 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  "Angèle, we’ve never crossed paths unfortunately, but life has made it so that today I’m in Belgium on the land of your ancestors and, why not the land of my future children? So, here’s what I have to say: ’Will you marry me?’" asked the comedian.
  As if that wasn’t enough, he continued with a lot of humor: "This bouquet is a colossal budget, so don’t embarrass me, please," added Malik Bentalha.
  According to 7 sur 7.be, the comedian confessed that he had been sending messages to the (…)

• Moroccan Businesswoman Donates $1.2 Million to Build Rural High School
  17 February 2019, by Said

  An initiative that one would like to see repeated a little everywhere in Morocco. A businesswoman has just announced the construction, with her own funds, of a high school in a rural commune of Ouled Fares, in the Settat region.
  The agreement on this project was signed on Friday between the province of Settat, the provincial directorate of National Education and Najia Nadhir, reports the MAP, which specifies that she will put 12 million dirhams on the table to finance this project.
  She (…)

• Netflix’s ’Messiah’ Series Stirs Controversy with Islamic Themes, Debuts January 1
  13 December 2019, by Ginette

  Messiah is the new Netflix TV series for Arab viewers. It will be broadcast from January 1, 2020 and the trailer has just been unveiled by the production company.
  The Messiah series tells the story of "Al-Masih", the Messiah. The latter announces that he has been sent to Earth by his father. However, in Islam, Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal is a false prophet, who descends to Earth to attract people towards Sheitan (Satan)...

• Escaped Bull Causes Chaos in Moroccan Capital, Two Injured
  22 December 2019, by Ginette

  It’s not every day that you see a bull roaming the streets of Rabat. The population experienced this incident with some fright. The runaway animal, in the middle of the city, would have even injured two people.
  Fortunately, the damage was quickly limited. The animal was captured in a net before being tied up by the security services and bystanders. It will be taken back to the slaughterhouse from which it escaped.
  As for the injured, they were taken to a hospital to receive appropriate care.

• Controversial Moroccan Singer Dedicates Song to Women Amid Rape Allegations
  10 March 2019, by Amine

  Guilty or innocent, the story is strange. Saad Lamjarred has, on the occasion of International Women’s Day this Friday, just dedicated his new song, a cover in fact, to women, while he is being prosecuted in several rape cases.
  The song "Akhedni maak" originally performed by the two Lebanese artists Yara and Fadl Shaker, has just been covered by the Moroccan pop star described by the French press as a serial rapist, the famous Saad Lamjarred.
  And that’s not all. The Moroccan took the (…)

• Moroccan Police Chief Grants Special Tour to Young Sisters, Gifts Uniforms and Tablets
  15 September 2020, by Kamal

  The three little girls were received at the headquarters of the Agadir Police Headquarters, where a special visit of the premises awaited them.
  The officials seized this opportunity to offer the three sisters official uniforms, electronic tablets and other gadgets.
  To immortalize this memorable moment, the DGSN posted on its Twitter account the photos of the three children in uniform. They were accompanied by the employees of the Prefecture.