Aragon is scrapping the Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture Programme in the ten institutions that still offered it, starting this school year. The measure, announced Sunday by regional vice-president Alejandro Nolasco, takes effect immediately.
With Achraf Hakimi, Walid Regragui could speak Spanish. With Hakim Ziyech, English. But as soon as he brought the Atlas Lions together , another rule applied: Darija became the common language.
Morocco is offering free copies of the Quran to MREs accompanied by translations in French, Spanish or English. This operation, conducted in cities and major transit points, specifically targets new generations of Moroccans living abroad.
In France, transmitting the country’s language to children is anything but automatic. In certain Moroccan families, Arabic is declining in the face of French, the language of school and the outside world. Between social pressure, family isolation, and language hierarchy, some parents end up giving up.
As the match between Morocco and the Netherlands approaches, a Moroccan police officer based in the Netherlands has launched an appeal to supporters. In a Darija video, Mahassine invites them to celebrate or accept the result with respect for the law and the Moroccan flag.
In Molenbeek, a candidate saw her application for a medical secretary position blocked online because she doesn’t speak Arabic. The management assumes this requirement to communicate with its patients, provoking the indignation of the applicant.
The Franco-Moroccan comedian presents his third one-man-show in Casablanca and Marrakech . With this show, he addresses the theme of schooling and harassment by blending humor and reflection, before an audience he considers his own family.
Chinese researchers have launched “ Habibi ,” the first open-source AI model capable of synthesizing more than 20 Arabic dialects, including Moroccan Darija. This innovation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University outperforms current commercial benchmarks.
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.
The summer season is an opportunity for many French people of Moroccan origin to "go back to the homeland". Rennes families will be traveling to the kingdom this August to enjoy their vacations.
Arabic surpasses English and Chinese in terms of vocabulary. It is the most spoken language with the most words in the world.
Al-Andalus or Muslim Spain began in 711 and ended in 1492. Centuries later, Arabic reappears in public and private life.