The horror of a gang rape of a young girl shakes the city of Marrakech. The involvement of six foreigners and a restaurant manager revives child rights advocates’ fears regarding networks of nighttime exploitation.
Morocco shines on the global tourism stage. Marrakech and Fès have just secured their place in the highly selective 2026 ranking of the hundred best cities in the world to explore on foot, confirming their undeniable appeal.
Morocco has gone from being a "gay-friendly country" to a less safe tourist destination for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. However, there is a kind of tolerance.
The controversy sparked by the case of the Kuwaiti pedophile would have the merit of denouncing sex tourism, a social phenomenon that is growing in Marrakech and other tourist cities in Morocco.
The freedom granted to the wife by the new legislation in Saudi Arabia will allow her to expand her field of action. Henceforth, the Saudi woman will be able to join her adulterous husband in Morocco and sue him.
A wave of dancers from Eastern European countries has hit the city of Agadir in recent years. Young and beautiful, these women are new objects of desire for Moroccan and foreign tourists. They also master Moroccan, oriental and popular dances and much more.