"The cultural and spiritual process and changes in Europe’s social scene" is the topic of the second round table organized on Monday, February 12, 2018, by the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) at the Casablanca book Fair.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) organized, Monday, February 12, 2018 at the Council's at the Casablanca Book Fair, an introduction of kit of booklets on the "Moroccan personality: dynamics and diversity".

The stand of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) at the Book and Book Fair (SIEL) of Casablanca was visited by the Minister of Culture and Communication, Mr. Mohamed Laâraj, who was received by Mr. Abdellah Boussouf, CCME Secretary General.

The Moroccan Identity : The dynamics of Diversity  

Malika Ezzahidi (Morocco), M'barek Ait Addi (Morocco), Abdelilah Dehani (Morocco), Abdelhamid Ibn El Farouk (Morocco)

The Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) organized Sunday, February 11, 2018 at the Book Fair in Casablanca, a round table the book "History of Moroccans in the Netherlands" in 2016 by the CCME.

"Age-old relations, secular friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Morocco and Senegal" is the title of the book of Sidi Mohammed El Farssi (Member of the CCME in Senegal) presented at the stand of the Council of the Moroccan community abroad (CCME)..

This Sunday is dedicated to the book "The History of Moroccans in the Netherlands" and the secular relations between Morocco and Senegal.

The study of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) on "Moroccan immigration in the Balearic Islands" was presented Saturday, February 10, 2018 by Mr. Mustafa Boulharrak Al Idrissi, a Moroccan-Spanish community actor in Mallorca.

"Literary production in the language of origin among the Moroccans of the world" is the theme of the second round table organized this Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the stand of Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) at the Casablanca book fair.

The Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Casablanca Book Fair, the presentation of the book "miserable money" written  Moroccan-Italian Mr. Hamid Bichri. Puublished in 1995 in Italian, the book was recently published by the CCME.

A study day on the theme  "Moroccans of the Netherlands: cultural and religious challenges, and future challenges"is   organized by the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) on February 10 and 11, 2017 in Casablanca, as a sideline of the 24th session of the International Book Fair in Casablanca.

This Saturday, February 10 will have a perfum of Books written by Moroccans authors in foreign languages . Novels, essays, poetry, research, written in the languages of the host coutries, will be the heart of the matter of today. Thre novelists will share with the visitors  fiction but also works comparable to the British filmmaker Ken Loach where real and fiction get married.

Madame Fatou Bensouda, General Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, visited on Friday, February 9, 2018 the exhibition of the Council of the Moroccan Community living abroad at the Book Fair (Siel) and signed the CCME’s visitors book.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) organized, Friday, February 9, 2018 the introduction of the book "The marital discord in the West: the Scandinavian example" by Mr. Mostafa Chendid.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) organized, Friday, February 9, 2018 at the Casablanca Book Fair, the presentation of the book "Moroccans: Migrants and Travelers".

 The Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) starts this Friday, February 9, 2018 with a meeting around the book "Moroccans: migrants and travelers." A unique book on the heart of what being  Moroccan means : traveling is embedded in his DNA.

HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan inaugurated, Thursday in Casablanca, the 24th edition of the International Book Fair (known by its French acronym SIEL),

held under the patronage of HM King Mohammed VI on Feb. 8-18.

Mr. Abdellah Boussouf, Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) met members of the German association "Amana" for integration and education Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the council in Rabat.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) has organized, Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the council in Rabat, a press conference to explainthe reasons  on its presence in the 24th edition of the International Exhibition of Books and Publishing (SIEL) in Casablanca, held from 8 to 18 February 2018.

« The Moroccans of the world in plural societies » is the theme chosen by the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) for it’s 8th attendance at the 24th edition of the International Exhibition of Books and Publishing which takes place in Casablanca (SIEL).  The Council will mainly focus on the challenges and the opportunities of the Moroccans living abroad.

The European Council of Moroccan Ulema (CEOM) is organizing in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), from 3 to 4 February 2018 in Frankfurt, a meeting on the question around " the Islamic culture in the digital era: opportunities and challenges".

The National French railway company was sentenced on appeal on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, for discrimination against 848 Moroccan railway workers (« Chibanis ») pursuing the French rail operator after more than 12 years of procedure.

The European Council of Moroccan Ulema (CEOM) organized on 30 January 2018 in Paris with the alliance of the "Union of Mosques of France" (UMF), a training session for the imams of France, Paris. The meeting is inherent to the council's actions to improve the knowledge of imams in the European context.

HM King Mohammed VI addressed a message on Monday to the 30th African Union Summit, held in Addis Ababa.

In an interview with " the Bahraini newspaper "Al Bilad" (البلاد) published Sunday, January 28, 2017 Mr Abdellah Boussouf, Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) said that Moroccans migrating in  Arab and Muslim countries is increasing ».

The Organization of the Maghreb Action and the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) organize from January 27 to 28, 2018,  a Maghreb symposium in partnership with the HANNS SEIDEL Foundation on  "Migration and Human Rights in the Mediterranean".

The Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME), took part in the first Global Forum on Migration Statistics in Paris, on 15 and 16 January 2018, organized by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations (DESA).

A delegation of students and researchers from the Francisco de Vitoria University of International Relations and Journalism in Madrid visited the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) Thursday, January 18, 2018 in Rabat.

"Islam and the universal common: tolerance, respect and religious coexistence" (ed Diwan) is currently available in Spanish. In this didactic and historical book, Mr. Abdellah Boussouf, the Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community living abroad Abroad (CCME) and author of several books related to the question of Islam, shows that Islam is a vector of living together.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) has recently released a research in two volumes on » the legal status of Moroccans living abroad » conducted by the researcher Mohamed Benyahya.

The UNGA appointed on Sunday Morocco to host the intergovernmental conference on international migration in 2018, during which the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration will be adopted.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) and the Ministry of Moroccans Residing Abroad and Migration Affairs signed, Friday, December 22, 2017 in the city of Ifrane, an agreement to launch a qualification program aiming to help  young Moroccans living abroad to plead the cause of the Moroccan Sahara.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) received Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at the the Council in Rabat, a delegation of young Moroccans from the United States led by Mr. Boubker Abisourour, head of the Academy Ibn Khaldoun in Washington.The academy teaches the Arabic language and Moroccan culture.

Adopted by the United Nations in 2000, the 18 December intends to raise awareness about migrant rights in the world.

 Mr. Abdellah Boussouf, Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME), received Friday, December 15, 2017 at the Council in Rabat, Mr. Khalid Mahmood, member of the British Parliament (Labor Party) and Mr Perry Barr of the constituency (Birmingham).  Several issues related to the Moroccan and Muslim community in Britain have been discussed.

The letter of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, as Chairman of the Al Quds Committee, to US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 was unanimously welcomed and relayed by the international media. Mr Trump, unlike the former US presidents had avoided the question of Jerusalem , given the complexity and danger of such a decision, Mr. Trump announced Jerusalem capital of Israel on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 .

HM King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al Quds Committee, sent a message to president of the United States of America Donald Trump.

The US Mission to the United Nations informed the UN Secretary-General that the country is ending its participation in the Global Compact on Migration, announced a statement Saturday 2 décember 2017.

HM King Mohammed VI sent on Wednesday 29 november 2017, a message to the 5th African Union-European Union Summit in Abidjan in his capacity as Leader of the African Union on the Migration Issue.

Entitled "Islam of Spain: legal status, the question of the training of religious leaders", a collective work, recently published by the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME),  has been realized by experts, academics and specialists who took part in scientific seminars organized by the Council on the religious question in Europe.

The Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) took part to a round table on the « role of Moroccan cultural operators living abroad in national cultural development" Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Villa des Arts in Rabat. The meeting was organized within the "Visa for music" festival, held under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.

The European Council of Moroccan Ulema (CEOM) organized a meeting on Saturday, 25 November 2017 in Brussels on "the role of the imam in the European context: within current challenges and future challenges". Some 150 imams from different European countries intended the meeting.

The "Youth Forum for the Promotion of the culture of peace", was organized 22 November 2017, in the city of Fez, by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Citizenship Forum.

The meeting was attended by Mr Mustapha Al-Mourabit, delegate of the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME), in a seminar on "young people and the avoidance of violent extremism". He offered an analyzis on the theme :"Migration, dual affiliation and extremism".

Mr El-Mourabit  questionned the discursive latitude of the phrasing  « extremism, terrorism, violence, fundamentalism » and various other terms when it comes to expose the percibility  of extremism and violence. He questioned the essence of the words by saying that they could in fact thwart the understanding of the problems, rather than revealing them. He then asked if « extremism and terrorism were linked to a specific culture ».

The delegate of the CCME warned against simplistic approaches which only focus on Islam and muslim youngsters when it comes to violence and extremism. He added that the statistics issued by the most distinguished international institutions show that violent and extremist acts, since 1972, are carried out  by citizens of American continent and Europe.

He then underlined the experience of the CCME by expressing the relationship of migration to multiculturalism, the call of members of the community to link  the culture of origin to the migrant culture.

The researcher,  also  noticed that until today the approaches – integration, assimiliation-have failed. Pointing out the reason why "the cultural clash persists, and is even getting more intense. And finding a solution to the dual affiliation and multiculturalism are a cause of isolation instead of bridges between the cultures. The consequence of this misconception is fear, ignorance, violence and extremism.

Dr. Mustafa Al-Morabit has studied the sociocultural approach, which focuses on « the mind and mind », an intermediate and long-term approach  pursued  by the CCME. He has analyzed some of his realizationsons on technical, religious, cultural and educational fields.

The European Council of Moroccan Ulemas (CEOM)  organizes a meeting on Saturday, 25 November 2017 in Brussels ( Belgium) on "the role of the imam within the European context: amid current and future challenges".  More than 150 imams from various European countries are expected to attend the conference.

Radicalization requires the involvement of the political and the civil society of the countries of origin and residence, said Mr. Abdellah Boussouf, Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME), on Monday, November 20, 2017 in the spanish city of Sevilla, during the Spanish-Moroccan forum: "Andalusia and Morocco: educating in diversity".

The 14th edition of the Agadir International Film and Migration Festival, launched on Tuesday November 14, 2017 in Agadir in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan community living abroad (CCME) and "The Cultural Initiative" of Agadir, includes conferences and debates on culture, arts and media related to Moroccans living abroad.

The Council of the Moroccan Community living  Abroad (CCME)  congratulates the moroccan football team for its qualifying for the World Cup which be held in Russia. The Moroccan players living in Morocco and those living abroad have made millions of Moroccans all over the world proud and happy.The CCME, also warmly expresses its gratitude to the Moroccans  living abroad  who have shown their deep attachment to their country of origin and made it possible for Morocco to be part of the World Cup, two decades after its last presence.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) organized, Friday, November 10, 2017 in Rabat, a workshop on the theme "Moroccans in Spain: challenges of integration and ties to identity ».

The Canadian Chamber Orchestra "Les Violons du Roy" and "The OKTOECHO Ensemble", held the concert "Ropes of Tolerance" on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at the Notre-Dame de Lourdes Church in Casablanca. The first performance in Rabat, was held 6 november 2017, day of the celebration of the Green March in Rabat.

The opening of the Moroccan-Canadian concerts "Ropes of Tolerance", organized by the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts and the Association of « Friends of the Museum of  the Moroccan Judaism » , took place Monday, November 6, 2017 at the Mohammed V Theater in Rabat. This first concert celebrated the 42nd anniversary of the Green March.

HM King Mohammed VI delivered, on Monday, a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the Glorious Green March.

In remembrance of the 42nd anniversary of the Green March, the Canadian Chamber Orchestra "Les Violons du Roy", "The OKTOECHO Ensemble" with the Moroccan-Canadian artist Leila Gouchi, under the direction of Katia Warren-Makdissi , give from 6 to 8 November 2017 a transcultural concert in Rabat and Casablanca. This event will pay tribute to Salim Halali and Sami El Maghribi

Organized by the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), the Canada Council for the Arts and the Association of Friends of the Museum of Moroccan Judaism, this unprecedented event is a melting pot of classical and Sephardic Moroccan music; an oriental-western marriage , Arab classics mixed with Gnawi compositions by Rachid Zeroual, as well as creations by Quebec artists, including Anthony Rozankovic, Gustavo Cabili, Didem Basar and Katia Makdissi Warren inspired by the musical encounter Morocco-West.

« The ropes of tolerance » will be held in Rabat, November 6, 2017 at 19:30 at the Theater Mohammed V. It will be followed by Casablanc »a on November 7, 2017 at 19:30 at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and in the same city, on November 8, 2017 on 5 pm at the Cultural Center Les Etoiles de Sidi Moumen ».

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The Moroccan religious model can be the clue for the birth of trust and confidence between the Muslim community and the Western world, said Mr Abdellah Boussouf, the Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME).

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.

A meeting in the city of Frankfurt was held on 26 September 2017 to review the results achieved of the project,of language and cultural training as well as the  rehabilitation of Moroccan imams in the German Land of Hessen. conducted by the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad, the European Council of Moroccan Ulemas and the German Goethe Institute, the language program contributed to train more than 40 imams, mostly Moroccans, working in Hessen.

The Council of the Moroccan Community living abroad (CCME), in partnership with the German Goethe Cultural Institute and the European Council of Moroccan Ulemas, will meet on Tuesday 26 September 2017 in Frankfurt to show the results of the language training project and culture for Moroccan imams in the German Land of Hessen (2015-2017).

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) took part from 21 to 24 September 2017 to the 1st Maghreb Book Fair in the city of Oujda (Eastern Morocco) "Maghreb Letters" under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. The theme of this 1st edition of the Oujda Book Fair was "Say Youth, Write Hope".

The Grand Mosque Mohammed VI of Saint-Étienne (France) hosts since Sunday 17 September 2017, a pictural exhibition on living together, in partnership with the Moroccan Jewish Museum of Casablanca.

The Global Hope Coalition awarded here, on Monday 18 September 2017, the Special Recognition Award for Leadership in the promotion of tolerance and cross-cultural rapprochement to HM King Mohammed VI "for the visionary leadership of the Sovereign in promoting harmony between different cultures both in Morocco and on the international scene".

A  stele in remembrance of the Moroccan soldiers who fought during the Battle of the Marne in 1914, was inaugurated Saturday, September 16, 2017 in the municipality of Chauconin-Neufmontiers (Paris region). Several Moroccan and French dignitaries attended the commemoration.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) organizes from 19 to 23 September 2017 "tribute workshops" of Moroccan migrants and travelers with the artist Hajja Rahma Hajji as guest star. The workshops are organized alongside the Festival of the documentary film « Orient Occident ». The meetings will take place at the Ahmed Boukmakh Cultural Center.

Mr. Abdellah Boussouf, Secretary General of the Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME), took part in a symposium on the cultural integration of African immigrants and their image on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 in the city Khouribga where the 20th edition of the African Film Festival was held, in partnership with the General Delegation for « Prison and Re-integration »(DGAPR).

In partnership with Al-Hasaniya Moroccan women centre, the CCME held a prestigious

event titled the dialogue of friendship, at the heart of British democracy, the House of Lords on the 6th September 2017.

Souad Talsi MBE, founder of the the only UK Moroccan women centre which has now been bestowed with the esteemed special consultative status with the UN, organised this memorable event with Baroness Falkner of Margravine.

The occasion was to remember those who perished on the night of the tragic Grenfell fire and indeed to cement the cultural heritage our nation holds and that is of friendship, co-existence and harmonious living.

Peers from the House of Lords, MPs and representatives of various diplomatic missions in the UK attended this special occasion, including embassy of Germany, Netherlands, Canada, Kuwait, UAE and indeed Denmark.

In her conclusion speech Souad Talsi MBE stressed on social justice and education if we are to achieve civic responsibility and rights.
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Some 40 imams too part in training workshops and study days in a project launched in September 2015 conducted by the Goethe Institute and in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community living abroad, (CCME), the European Council of Moroccan Oulémas (CEOM) and the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Germany. The aims of the program were the  mechanisms and methods of youth coaching, the youth radicalization, the political system in Germany and political and social participation.

More than 50 African civil society organizations and members of the continent Diaspora met on 28-29 August 2017 in Bamako to discuss the Global protocol on African  Migration.

Tetouan - HM King Mohammed VI delivered on Sunday a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and People.

HM King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences to King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia following the terrorist attack that hit a tourist area downtown Bacelona.

Three Moroccan nationals were wounded in Barcelona’s terror attack that took place on Thursday, according to a Moroccan consular source in the Spanish city.

Following the terrorist bloody attack  of Thursday 17 August 2017 in Barcelona, ​​where a van driver right into the crowd  in the very busy avenue Las Ramblas, killing more than 13 people and injuring several people, the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) condemns this abominable terrorist act, which is an attack against the values ​​of living together, peace and security that have distinguished the city of Barcelona for centuries. 

The University of the belgium city of Liège organized,i in partnership with the UNESCO and the International Council for Philosophy and classic Studies, the World Conference of Humanities from 6 to 12 August in Liège (Belgium). The theme chosen was "Challenges and Responsibilities for A planet in transition ".

The Aghbal Association for Development and Solidarity (ADS) organized on August 3, 2017, in collaboration with the Dialogue Association in the Netherlands, the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) and the Canton of Midar, at the multidisciplinary complex of the city, the second meeting of Aghbal under the theme "the Rif at the heart of migration".

The Moroccan community living abroad is a main contributor to the support of the national economy, said, the prime minister, Mr. Saâd Eddine El Othmani, on Tuesday 1st August 2017 in Rabat. The head of the government added that the Transfers of Moroccans living abroad (MRE) have grown steadily over the last two decades, reaching 62.2 billion dirhams, compared with 20 MMDH in 1990’s. El Othmani was answering to a question on "the public policy review of the Moroccan migrants" during the monthly session in the second chamber.

In accordance with the Article 100 of the Moroccan Constitution, the second Chamber holds a meeting on Tuesday, 1 August 2017, where the prime minister is questioned about public policies.

HM King Mohammed VI addressed, on Saturday, a speech to the nation on the occasion of the eighteenth anniversary of Throne Day.

The return of Morocco to the African Union (AU) and the moroccan sahara issue were, on Saturday 29 July 2017 in Rabat, were the main issue of a meeting initiated by the ministry for Moroccans living abroad and Migration on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the Throne Day.

The opening of a photo exhibition of Leila Alaoui, who tragically disappeared in a terror attack in Ouagadougou,  took place on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at the boarding area of ​​Port "Tanger Med Passagers" on the initiative of the Tangier Med Foundation and the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME).

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) received a delegation of Moroccan elected representatives and cultural actors from the city of Val-de-Reuil (Normandy) led by the Mayor of the city, Marc-Antoine Jamet, on Thursday 20 July 2017 at the council in Rabat.

The Council of the Moroccan Community living Abroad (CCME) received on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 28 leaders of associations of African diasporas of Europe and Morocco to organize the forum of the youth of African diasporas from "Here and elsewhere" to be held from Friday 29 September to Sunday 1 October 2017.

The Moroccan Jewish community of the United Kingdom celebrated for the first time, on July 6th 2017,  the Mimouna, symbol of the coexistence between Jews and Muslims in Morocco.

HRH Princess Lalla Meryem took part on Wednesday morning 5th July 2017, in Paris in the national tribute ceremony to Simone Veil, a towering figure in French politics who died last Friday at the age of 89.

Addis-Ababa - HM King Mohammed VI stressed, on Monday in Addis-Ababa, the importance of laying out a common African Vision on migration and the related stakes and challenges.

The Migrations Network (Migrinter) of the University of Poitiers (France) organized, in collaboration with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) organized its 4th annual seminar on "Variations in Migration, Conflict in Practice", last 26 and 27 June 2017 in the French city of Poitiers. 

With the support of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), the Regional Council of the Adouls Court of Appeal of Agadir a meeting will be held, from 6 to 9 July 2017 in the city of Agadir on international experiences and migrant issues.

Sponsored by the Council of de Moroccan community living abroad (CCME), Al-hasaniya Moroccan Women Centre in Lonfon and the world federation of Moroccan Jews are coming together on 6th July 2017 at the Yocef Portal Synagogue at 8 pm, for the first time to celebrate our common history and glorious heritage . 

Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Morocco, Jean Paul Cavaliéri, welcomed Morocco's voluntary and humanist policy on migration and asylum, on the occasion of the World Migrants Day, celebrated on 20 June.

Morocco will be the "guest star" at the 3rd edition of the French festival "Des livres, des étoiles", a cultural event, held from 23 to 25 June in the mediterranean city of Marseille which will bring 25 French celebrities together who have published a book in "the current year ».

During a meeting at the the Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME), Mr. Abdellah Boussouf and Mr.Jamal Mikou of the Executive Board of the Tanger Med Foundation, took the decision to exhibit from 8 July to 1 September 2017 "On te pathway of Leila Alaoui " in the harbor of Tanger Med.

HM King Mohammed VI, gave his instructions to the Moroccan competent authorities to pay for corpse repatriation of the 6 Moroccan victims that were formally identified and assist the victims' families, said on Saturday the foreign affairs ministry.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Living Abroad (CCME) in partnership with the Council of the Rabat-Hassan Borough, pays tribute from June 8th to 30 June, to the French-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui. The opening of the exhibition "in the pathway of Leila Alaoui" took place on Friday evening 9 June : her family and relatives participated to the event.