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A year ago today, dozens were still trapped under rubble after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco's remote Atlas Mountain villages late on Sep 8.
A year later, little has changed. The Atlas remains in ruins, and many still await the promised aid.
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I wrote about how many of Morocco's Amazigh Jews once supported Israel as part of 'an anti-Pan-Arabism rivalry,' and how the war in Gaza has led the community to reconsider its faith in Israel.
For
@newlinesmag
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Another form of solidarity
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my collection of likes was an intentional work of poetry, a cry for help, a love letter. so i will be retweeting everything so everyone can know how interesting and funny I am.
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When you don’t answer his calls so now he is spamming you with social media posts
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I just love how you can spot the Palestinian flag displayed at random places in Morocco
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On
#InternationalWomensDay
, the battle for equality continues for Maghreb's women:
Wrote about the main struggles and demands of women's rights activists from Morocco to Libya. For
@The_NewArab
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TW: rape, sexual assault
About the rape crimes the French army committed in Algeria, symbolism of sexual violence in wartime, and Macron’s policy of “quand même” regarding the bloodiest period in the recent history of France.
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More pictures from today’s rally
Moroccan protestors rallied in front of the country's parliament in Rabat in solidarity with Palestine, calling on their country to cut ties with Israel [Video: Basma Elatti].
🔴 Live coverage:
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Al-Ahli Hospital massacre in Gaza was a decisive moment for many people from ‘the global south’ who work for Western companies - they had to choose between their integrity and their careers. Read more 👇🏽
Three Tunisian journalists have announced their resignation from several Western media outlets in protest of their coverage of Israel's brutal war on Gaza.
Full story:
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I wrote about avocados, drought and normalization with Israel
‘Are Israeli avocados exacerbating Morocco's drought crisis?’
For
@The_NewArab
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Me when I promise my friends that we gonna hang out but I gaslight them just before the weekend
#Degage_talbi_alami
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Since Israel's war on Gaza began, something has shifted in the Moroccan street.
On the third normalization anniversary, I spoke to ex pro-normalization Moroccans, local Pro-Palestine groups, and political experts on the future of Morocco-Israel ties.
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A white man just told me, “your name is Basma? Ah like Basmati, the rice” and that’s my last straw. (He’s German)
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In Morocco, pro-Palestine protests are a new Ramadan ritual.
"Following Tarawih prayers on Wednesday, dozens of worshipers head to Mohammed V Square in Rabat, holding prayer mats in one hand and ceasefire signs in the other." 👇
For
@The_NewArab
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Dozens of Moroccan migrants swam to Spain’s Ceuta following their forced evacuation from homes in a nearby village on the Moroccan side of the border.
I spoke to some of their neighbors in Belyounech who want to follow their path. For
@The_NewArab
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On anthropologists, architects and villagers’ hopes and aspirations for the Atlas after
#MoroccoEarthquake
, and how can the state rebuilds the region while honoring its Amazigh identity. For
@The_NewArab
Thanks to
@aomar_boum
and Salima Naji
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Currently in Marrakech. Jamaa El Fna, once the vibrating heart of the city, today, is reduced, to ruins.
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I spoke to
@FaridDMSDEBAH
, the founder of
@MCAlgerie
, and
@alakli
, an Algerian journalist at Liberté newspaper, about the dire state of Algeria's media, where journalists are caught between repression and a financial crisis. 👇
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In Marrakech, a shop displaying a signboard reading “seller of Hash”
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A fun story I wrote last year for
@The_NewArab
about Eid’s ‘right to salt’ tradition (حق الملح) in the Maghreb.
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Commemorating Mahmoud Darwish 14th death anniversary, I like to brag for the 87374737 time that Darwish wrote this piece on Rabat
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One of the first in-depths I wrote when I joined
@The_NewArab
was: ‘The unrealised demands of Morocco's 20 February movement’
Two years later, not much has changed. Some people have lost hope, others have found it, but many demands remain unrealized.
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Here’s a recap of what happened in the Maghreb this week:
Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya hold their first 'tripartite Maghreb Union' meeting, without Morocco and Mauritania:
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In Tlat N’yaaqoub, a Moroccan village that was badly hit by the deadly earthquake, the Muezzin calls for Maghreb prayer while walking in the camps.
The mosque was destroyed as most of the houses here where the epicenter is located.
#MoroccoEathquake
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Two days after the strongest earthquake to hit Morocco in over 120 years, families are still mourning their lost ones as they try to survive the aftermath. Read more on
@The_NewArab
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In Moulay Brahim, families and friends came from nearby cities to comfort the villagers as they mourn the loss of their beloved ones and their homes.
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On the road to the earthquake-hit villages, I met several young volunteers: from Raja ultra members to Rifi social workers. They spoke with
@The_NewArab
about solidarity, romanticizing pain, and the white savior complex. Read our conversation here 👇
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On my way to ask for a longass leave cos my mental health doesn’t function well during winter time
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I wrote about how French voters in the Maghreb went left this EU election over Gaza war and
@RimaHas
charisma. (We also spoke about those who voted for the far-right despite residing in the Maghreb)
Pour
@The_NewArab
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Six months on, Morocco's quake victims continue to grapple with trauma, displacement and poverty
I spent a Ramadan day with the community and here are their stories ⬇️
For
@The_NewArab
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Imagine paying 18 000 DH to get stuck with a rapist on a cruise in the middle of nowhere
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In Moulay Brahim, families and friends came from nearby cities to comfort the villagers as they mourn the loss of their beloved ones and their homes.
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I wrote about how Morocco's Jewish community are celebrating Passover this year amid security concerns and family disputes over Israel's genocide in Gaza.
For
@The_NewArab
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That was only four years ago, but it feels like a fever dream for Zaki, who now lives in exile in Tunisia, running from one shelter to another in fear of being found by Algerian and Tunisian intelligences who work together in a witch hunt of their critics.
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In October, I spoke to Amazigh women in Morocco's quake-hit villages about the hardships they have been grappling with since they lost their houses and craft ateliers in the earthquake - as the waiting for state aid feels more like waiting for Godot.
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BDS Tunisia calls on artists to boycott Marrakech International Film Festival over 'silence on Gaza'
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Feb 28, Rabat: a man reading local newspaper ‘Alhdath’ - Front page headline: Morocco and France, era of good intentions.
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They are doing to couscous what they did to Hummus 😭
AS A MOROCCAN MY HEART STOPPED FOR A SEC WHEN I REALISED THIS IS A “ PINK COUSCOUS” ???!!!!!! 💔
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I've been thinking all day about the words of Sinéad O'Connor's "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Bouazizi and Aaron defiantly rejected the unjust and hypocritical world order. Rest in power.
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In Marrakech, African minds met with le grand Edgar Morin on a critical mission: to forge humanity amid global fractures, from Gaza to Congo and Sudan
For
@The_NewArab
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I have too much social anxiety that I didn’t even try to leave the building during the earthquake
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Using 👍🏽 on teams is unnecessary passive aggressive behavior that makes me think that you hate me. Like what’s wrong with the little heart?
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At this point they should let me interview regragui.
Questions: do you consider yourself babygirl coded? Mob wife or clean girl aesthetic? What’s your birth chart?
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“It’s so sad to see our city losing its history. It’s the soul of our city," Alhaj Ahmed, a 72-year-old craftsman told me.
Read more on
@The_NewArab
on the damages that affected
@UNESCO_Maghreb
sites in the Medina district, Marrakech 👇🏽
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Today, my thoughts are with the Moroccan women in the quake-hit villages—those who have endured and continue to endure loss, grief, and displacement.
I wrote this story last October, but, unfortunately, it's still relevant for their situation today.
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I shouldn’t be writing little news articles about crazy men destroying the world. I should be at the cinema, eating overpriced popcorn and watching challengers
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On the solidarity march with Gaza in Rabat, where flags of Palestine, Hamas, Amazigh and queer signs flew in the same sky. And where thousands of Moroccans said NO to normalization with Israel.
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On Moroccan women’s hopes for the Family Code reform and their disappointment in the appointment of an all-men reform committee
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In Casablanca, Moroccan authorities' raid on Ouled Ziane camps kills one migrant and displaces hundreds.
We met those who survived to tell us what happened on the raid day.
For
@The_NewArab
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Me writing in my journal after I told the barista enjoy your coffee instead of have a good one
🇫🇷 FLASH - "Je suis inapte, je ne sais pas bien dire les choses… Les gens, je les choque, je les attriste. […] La mission qui est la mienne condamne à la solitude", a regretté Emmanuel
#Macron
. (L’Express)
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In Rabat, Morocco, dozens head to the parliament after Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza killing at least 500 people.
“We will not leave the streets until they close the Israeli liaison office in Rabat,” said a member of the Moroccan group against normalization.
بداية التجمع أمام البرلمان بالرباط، إدانة لجريمة الإبادة لمستشفى بغزة.
Rabat now!
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I get an anxiety attack whenever I receive a voice mssg, like pls just text me.
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In a conversation with Natalya Vince, the author of ‘Our Fighting Sisters: Nation, Memory and Gender in Algeria', and the Franco-Algerian journalist Donia Ismail
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@waseem_yousef
لست بعالمة دين و لا فقه مثلك لكني متأكدة من أن ديننا يدعونا للاتحاد كمسلمين و ليس السب و زرع الفتنة بين الإخوة
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While talking to people who lost their houses in the earthquake, a woman told me that she felt like her house was also a casualty - losing decades of memories and objects with sentimental value.
Her words reminded me of Mahmoud Darwish's prose poem "the house is also a casualty"
On anthropologists, architects and villagers’ hopes and aspirations for the Atlas after
#MoroccoEarthquake
, and how can the state rebuilds the region while honoring its Amazigh identity. For
@The_NewArab
Thanks to
@aomar_boum
and Salima Naji
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Benkirane makes just another key political event about his homophobia
Morocco: homophobia overshadows first visit of France's FM Stéphane Séjourné
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As Brahim Diaz officially joins the Atlas Lions, here’s why diaspora players find a home in the Moroccan football team — for emotional and pragmatic reasons.
For
@The_NewArab
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In the shadows of Israel's war on Gaza, several Moroccan activists have decided to boycott COP28 in Dubai. Many others flew to the UAE, arguing the importance of engagement in the summit.
I spoke to activists on both sides. 👇🏽
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POV: it’s June. The weather is nice. Friends are kind. And you are sitting in cafe Rif in Tangier
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This summer, cannabis-infused goodies are set to hit the shelves of the Moroccan market, including CBD-infused chocolate, candy and tea. The Islamist opposition, however, is gearing up to derail these plans.
I wrote about it ofc, for
@The_NewArab
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Found first edition of Dumas’ Tunis to Tangier, a taba joint from the 1920s and a copy of Le Petit Journal from the same era. I want to move to Tangier.
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I do it everyday
Hong Kongers urged to stare at smokers in a disapproving way to help create a tobacco-free city
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✨A Monday Freudian slip✨: I just sent an email to someone with “Hell” instead of “Hello”
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Today, I experienced fame for the first time: at a concert, a guy came to me and said I know you, you are the cannabis girl. You wrote that article on cannabis in Morocco.
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On Monday, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya held their first 'tripartite Maghreb Union' meeting, without Morocco and Mauritania.
Here's the story of the fall of the first Maghreb Union in the region, "a rare moment in the history of Algerian-Moroccan ties."
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The urge to ask my coworkers if they are mad at me (because what if they are?)
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The scene of the blue-bloated bodies pulled from under the rubble after days of research troubled many villagers.
"They healed our bones, but who would heal our hearts?"
Read more on
@The_NewArab
👇🏽
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Despite Morocco's Atlas Lions' impressive win in their debut at
#AFCON
on Wednesday, celebrations within Morocco remained tempered and reserved.
"The public struggled to find joy amid the ongoing tragedy of Israel's war on Gaza."
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If you would like to donate to Moroccans affected by the earthquake, check
@FoodbankMaroc
: it is a well regarded local NGO and they are already on the ground helping people
Pour celles et ceux qui demandent si la banque alimentaire est fiable, ce n'est pas une trouvaille du jour mais cela date depuis de deux ans (détails)👇
Si j'ai à recommander UNE association ça serait bien celle ci et sans équivoque
IBAN & RIB et lien
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One ticket One ticket
For Barbie For Oppenheimer
Please Please
1 ticket for 1 ticketfor
oppenheimer barbie
please 💣 please💖
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Casablanca’s Niya restaurant appreciation tweet because it’s the best place to have vegan food and work comfortably surrounded by the best book collection
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“An euphoria has covered the kingdom, turning a hot listless August Thursday into a national celebration”
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I spoke to Sub-Saharan migrants about Italy's Mattei plan to swap energy investments for African states' efforts to curb migration: they 'fear for their lives.'
For
@The_NewArab
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Mashrou Leila’s lead singer Hamed Sinno is performing in Rabat and I am fangirling so hard
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In mental health awareness month, send less emails, don't thumbs up your colleagues' texts on teams, and start a union
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At the cinema, two old ladies dressed in pink met a group of teenagers (also dressed in pink) and everyone waved and smiled at each other saying: Hi Barbie! (I may or may not have teared up a little)
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It’s not really about me, but man, I have been in journalism for three years and it made me cry almost every day in public.
It's not really about me, but man, I have been in journalism for a decade and today was the first day it made me cry in public.
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About the fears and the worries of the Atlas Mountains’ villagers - a community that was deprived of the right to grieve their losses as they try to survive the aftermath of the strongest earthquake in Moroccan history. For
@The_NewArab
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When I meet French people:
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this week (year?) has been a very no good terrible i hate capitalism awful angry stressful shitty week
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Morocco’s plan to legalize cannabis production relies on two polar opposites — multinational corporations and “outlaw” farmers — to work together. Can they?
My story for
@newlinesmag
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