South Korean sales to Morocco accelerated sharply in June 2026. Korean trade statistics notably show an unusual figure: nearly 40% of the value exported that month consisted of weapons and ammunition.
A British writer travelled to Rabat to discover its programme as World Book Capital 2026. After several days there, the hundreds of announced events remained largely invisible to him.
The fighter jets F-16 ordered by Morocco are finally preparing to be delivered. The manufacturer confirms having resolved the recent technical problems that appeared during flight tests, paving the way for first shipments as early as this week.
As World Book Day approaches on March 5, an international ranking has placed Rabat’s “The English Bookshop” among the world’s most beautiful bookshops. This discreet gem is praised for its authenticity and unique atmosphere.
The French Interior Ministry has banned, by order dated 23 February 2026, the sale to minors, advertising and display of the book « Me, the Young Muslim Woman ». The work is deemed dangerous to the development of young people and discriminatory toward women.
Long marginalized by purists, the term "wesh" is taking its revenge on the academic language. This word from the dialectal Arabic is now among the ten most popular queries in the Le Robert dictionary, marking its complete integration into the common French vocabulary.
Writer JoÈve Dupuis pays tribute in her new novel "T’es belle pis j’t’aime!" to her cousin Florence McConnell, a 26-year-old Quebecer who died in Morocco in May 2022 from complications after a liposuction procedure that went wrong.
Saïd Mohamed has just published "Sur la Tête de ma Mère", the seventh volume of his family saga, with Lunatique Editions. The Moroccan writer and poet, who has received the Grand Prix International de l’Académie Charles Cros several times, looks back on his origins in this book.
The Moroccan Bar Association has written to the US Ambassador in Algeria to denounce an attack on the authenticity of Moroccan heritage.
In her book "The Power of Mothers: Towards a Revolutionary Subject" published in 2020, the Franco-Moroccan political scientist and activist Fatima Ouassak denounces the "de-infantilization" of racialized children and the violence against mothers in the working-class neighborhoods of the Paris suburbs.
"What if we went back to the homeland by train?" This is the rather evocative title of Nassira El Moaddem ’s book, published by Gallimard. A guide-narrative of her journey between France and Morocco.
Moroccan actor, writer, and intellectual Mohamed Choubi, a renowned figure in Moroccan cinema and television, passed away on Friday, May 2, at the military hospital in Rabat, following a long illness.