Originally from the Doukkala region, Fouzia Addal earned her engineering degree in Morocco before continuing her studies in Dijon. Today, she works for a French agricultural robotics company, where she is the only electronics specialist.
In a Dutch garage, writer Abdelkader Benali reflects on how far he has come since his childhood in his family’s butcher shop in Rotterdam. The Moroccans he observes today work, study, plan for their children’s future and no longer sit around waiting.
Watermelon, mint tea and orange blossom: Sophia Gyé-Jacquot draws on scents associated with Morocco to create perfumes in Paris. With her fragrance house MEZEL, founded in 2024, she presented her creations this month at the Fragranze trade show in Florence.
WorldRussia, one of the world’s oil giants, has brought in 30,000 tonnes of gasoline from Tangier. Ukrainian strikes on its refineries are causing shortages and forcing Moscow to seek fuel abroad.
WorldThe direct route between Atlanta and Marrakech has a load factor of 74.1%, well below the average for Delta Air Lines’ long-haul flights. The American airline is nevertheless maintaining its commitment to Morocco for next winter.
SportGianni Infantino is facing the most serious crisis of his presidency at FIFA. His possible downfall would not jeopardize the 2030 World Cup in Morocco , but it could deprive the Kingdom of an influential ally in its bid to host the final.
MoroccoMorocco’s budget deficit stood at nearly 24 billion dirhams in the first half of 2026. But excluding debt interest payments, the imbalance in public finances falls to just 81 million dirhams.
MoroccoThe dirham edged lower against the euro while remaining virtually stable against the dollar, according to the latest weekly indicators from Bank Al-Maghrib.
BelgiumNasserdine “Nadori” Tarrahi, a Moroccan-born figure in Antwerp’s drug trade, has been arrested in Dubai. Sentenced to twelve years in prison for importing 840 kilos of cocaine, he had been wanted by Belgium for several years.
BelgiumAnnounced as the first African route in American Airlines’ history, the direct service between Philadelphia and Casablanca ultimately never carried a single passenger. Six years after its cancellation, the US carrier still has no plans to revive the project.
MoroccoHamza had a job and a salary that many young Moroccans would envy. Yet a few videos he saw on TikTok and Instagram convinced him to abandon everything for Sebta. Two days later, he was sleeping hidden in an alley.
BelgiumA beneficiary of Dutch social assistance who conceals a house, plot of land, or even a share of property in Morocco may have to repay an amount far exceeding the value of that asset.
MoroccoMorocco has just handed over a convicted and wanted trafficker to Belgium, while two figures from Antwerp’s drug underworld arrested in Dubai could wait several months before a possible extradition.