Qualified Muslims are leaving France , but money is not their only motivation. Faced with a "racial ceiling" in the country, these graduates are seeking "existential relief" elsewhere. Sociologist Jaafar Alloul decodes this "status migration", where expatriation becomes the only way to match skills and social recognition.
Weary of a political and media climate they consider hostile, many young active French Muslims are choosing to expatriate. Dubai, with its economic opportunities and religious tolerance, has emerged as a preferred destination for these qualified profiles in search of serenity and professional recognition.
The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Rabat has delivered its verdict in the case of the embezzlement of funds at the Moroccan Consulate General in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A manager has been sentenced to prison, but the main accused is still on the run.
A new journalistic investigation explores the deep links between the commercial success of French rap and organized crime. A book sheds light on how certain rappers, including Maes , find themselves involved in serious criminal affairs, far exceeding the scope of their public image.
An international cooperation operation has allowed the handover to Belgium of two individuals considered as major figures of organized crime in Antwerp. Arrested in Dubai where they had taken refuge, these men who were the subject of Interpol red notices, are accused of large-scale drug trafficking, the constitution of a criminal organization and money laundering. One of them is of Moroccan origin.
The Moroccan police arrested Younes El Ballouti, long wanted for international cocaine trafficking, in a shisha café in Tangier. He is incarcerated in the Casablanca prison.
The marriage of rapper French Montana, 40, and Dubai Princess Sheikha Mahra Mohammed Rashed Al Maktoum, 31, has been officially confirmed. An agent for the artist validated the information this Wednesday with the American media TMZ .
France expects potential extraditions of other traffickers who have taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates after that of Abdelkader "Bibi" Bouguettaia.
Three of the seven barons of the "Super Cartel" of the cocaine trafficking network based in Dubai are Moroccans. They are Ridouan Taghi , Othman El Ballouti and Hosni A.
The 38-year-old drug baron Othman El Ballouti, who made his fortune in Dubai where he was arrested at the end of 2024, was handed over to the Belgian authorities this Sunday, along with two other traffickers: Giorgi Faes and Mathias Akyazili.
The United Arab Emirates has handed over to Belgium the Antwerp drug trafficker Mohamed A. A., the former brother-in-law and right-hand man of drug baron Youssef Ben Azza, alias "Monte Christo", who is on the run in Morocco.
The American rapper of Moroccan origin French Montana was seen with Dubai Princess Sheikha Mahra during Paris Fashion Week, fueling rumors about their relationship.