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The ambassador, who has been Morocco’s representative at UNESCO since 2011, is now the first Arab, African, and Muslim woman to head this UN body. Alaoui will serve as the president of the 39th General Conference for the term 2017-2019, representing the 195 member states of UNESCO.

Mr. Abdellah Boussouf, Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME), actively participated to the “American peace caravan” held on 24 and 25 October 2017 in Rabat.

The Daniel Pearl 2017 Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism was awarded to Washington Post’s international correspondent Souad Mekhennet, who became the first Muslim woman to receive this prestigious award, the Chicago Journalists Association (CJA) recently announced. The award will be handed over to Souad Mekhennet on November 10, at the 78th annual dinner of the CJA.

The Spanish city of Almeria hosted a conference on “the threats of terrorism in Europe and Islamophobia” on Monday, 16 October 2017, with the attendance of politicians, academics and associative actors. The meeting was organized by the Environment and Education Association (AMAE) in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) and the Center for Studies on Migration& Intercultural Relations (CEMRI).

  UNESCO executives chose Audrey Azoulay of France as the next head of the United Nations’ cultural agency on Friday 13 October 2017, to replace outgoing Director-General Irina Bokova.

The Moroccan Association “Environment and Education”  (AMAE) in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) and the Center for Studies on Migration and Intercultural Relations (CEMRI), are organizing on Monday 16 October 2017 in the Spanish city of Almeria a conference on “The threats of terrorism in Europe and islamophobia”.

The opening of the photographic exhibition “On the footsteps of Leila Alaoui” took place, Thursday, October 5, 2017, at the gallery of the Mosque. The event is organized by the Leila Alaoui Foundation in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) and the Hassan II Mosque Foundation in Casablanca.

A delegation of Tunisian institutions in charge of mobility, migration and development held a meeting at the the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) on Thursday 5 October 2017, in Rabat.

The International Center for Law and Religious Studies of the State of Utah held its 24th session, from 1 to 3 October 2017, on the subject “Religion and Religious Freedom in a Changing World” .

An exhibition of the works of the late artist Leila Alaoui will be exposed at the gallery of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca from October 5 to 20, 2017 . The exhibition is organized by the Leila Alaoui Foundation in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) and the Foundation of the Hassan II Mosque.