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The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) hosted on April 26, 2025,a conference on “Political Action, Diversity, and Social Issues” at the International Book and Publishing Fair (SIEL). The panel, moderated by Mohamed Tozy, featured Ahmed Aboutaleb (former mayor of Rotterdam, Netherlands), Karim Bouamrane (mayor of Saint-Ouen, France), and Ahmed Laaouej (President of the Koekelberg Municipal Council, regional deputy, and group leader in the Brussels Parliament. The discussion explored managing identity in political careers, the relationship between political trajectories and the host country’s narrative, and the unique political paths of these leaders. Ahmed Laaouej outlined Belgium’s complex political landscape,…

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad hosted on April 24, 2025, during the 30th International Book and Publishing Fair, a roundtable on “Morocco-Belgium: History, Migrations, and Commemoration,” marking the 60th anniversary of the 1964 labor agreement., the event featured former politician Fatiha Saidi, researcher Ahmed Medhoune, “Moussem Belgica” coordinator Mohamed Ikoubaân, publisher Michelle Desmont, and professor Hassan Bousetta. The round table was moderated by journalist Amin Boushaba Fatiha Saidi discussed her book “j’ai deux amours”, highlighting testimonies from Moroccan-Belgian writers that affirm a harmonious dual identity. Ahmed Madhoune emphasized the “duty of memory” to preserve migration history, presenting “Belgium,…

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) held On April 25, 2025, held a tribute ceremony and panel discussion at the International Book and Publishing Fair in Rabat to honor Lalla Khiti Amina Benhachem Alaoui, the first Moroccan journalist at the RTBF, Belgium’s public broadcaster. The event, moderated by Merouane Touali, communication consultant, featured speakers including researcher Hassan Bousetta, Belgian journalist Sara El Massaoudi, Karim Ibourki (President of Belgium’s Superior Audiovisual Council), French journalist Claire Frachon, and Lalla Khiti’s children, Dounia and Safaa-Eddine Taghian. Lalla Khiti, a Belgian-Moroccan journalist, began her career at RTBF in 1973, producing and hosting…

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) held a conference on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at the International Book and Publishing Fair (SIEL) in Rabat, on the theme “education, teaching, research, and skills mobility.” The panel included Jamal Bouoiyour, a professor at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour (UPPA), Mohammed Benlahssen, a quantum physics professor and former president of the University of Picardie Jules Verne, Rachid Guerjouma, an acoustics professor and former president of the University of Le Mans, and Abdelmounim Belalia, a strategy professor and General Director of Mundiapolis University. The debate was moderated by Mohamed…

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) held a conference on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, at the International Book and Publishing Fair (SIEL) in Rabat. It focused on “education, teaching, research, and skills mobility”. The debate featured Jamal Bouoiyour, a professor at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour (UPPA), Mohammed Benlahssen, a quantum physics professor and former President of the University of Picardie Jules Verne, Rachid Guerjouma, a professor of acoustics and former President of the University of Le Mans, and Abdelmounim Belalia, a strategy professor and Director General of Mundiapolis University. The debate was moderated by…

In an interview by Radio 2 M on April 21 2025, the President of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), Driss El Yazami, said that the Council’s programme for the 30th edition of the International Publishing and Book Fair in Rabat, organised between 18 and 28 April, reflects the changes experienced by the Moroccans abroad, focusing on the cultural factor in order to further consolidate the relations between Moroccans and their country of origin. In order to achieve this, he said that the “preparation” of the CCME preparation for the fair started a year ago in cooperation with…

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad organised, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, a roundtable at the International Publishing and Book Fair (SIEL) in Rabat, paying tribute to the late writer Driss Chraïbi. The event marked the 70th anniversary of the publication of “Les Boucs” in Paris, which was the first Moroccan novel on immigration (1955),. The roundtable was led by two French-Moroccan writers, Zineb Mekouar and Mustapha Kebir Ammi. The event was moderated by academic Kacem Basfao. “Les Boucs”, title that refers to a racist French term for Arabs in Paris, explores the condition of North African immigrants in France,…

The shared stand of the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication and the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) at the International Book and Publishing Fair (SIEL) in Rabat, invited Myriem Sebti, editor-in-chief of Diptyk magazine, on Monday 21 April 2025. Ms Sebti introduced the special edition dedicated to Moroccan artists living abroad in partnership with the CCME. The event was moderated by journalist Amine Boushaba. On behalf of the Council of the (CCME), Diptyk magazine has published a special issue, dedicated to artists from the Moroccan diaspora for SIEL 2025. This issue highlights Moroccan artists living abroad, exploring…

On Monday, April 21, 2025, Moroccan, American, French, and Belgian academics and researchers participated in a seminar on “Dynamics of Migration Research: Towards a National Moroccan Agenda?” organized by the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) in partnership with the International University of Rabat (UIR), as part of the 30th edition of the International Book and Publishing Fair (SIEL) in Rabat. Moderated by Farid Lasri, Dean of the College of Social Sciences at UIR, the seminar featured contributions from Aomar Boum, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Nouria Ouali, a researcher at the Free University…

On the sidelines of the programming of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad at the 30th edition of the International Book and Publishing Fair, the Cafe du Lassen in Rabat, in partnership with the French Institute of Morocco and the Hiba Foundation, organised, April 20, 2025, a meeting on the cultural and humanitarian legacy of the Moroccan writer, visual artist and activist Edmond Amran El Maleh. Addressing the event, documentary filmmaker and authr Simone Bitton described Edmond Amran El Maleh as great writer and a “role model” who taught her to strike a balance between the political and the…