Egypt: Publisher of controversial Israeli novel sentenced to five years in prison

A court in Egypt upheld a five-year prison sentence against the head of an Egyptian publishing company for distributing an Arabic version of “The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel”, a book the military rejected arguing that it disseminates military secrets. Khaled Lotfi, on trial in a military court since last year, was handed the sentence […]

Morocco’s Walid Regragui candidate for prize of best coach in the world

The coach of Morocco’s football team, Walid Regragui, who has become the first African and Arab technical executive to lead his team to the semi-finals of the Football World Cup, is a candidate for the prize for the best national coach in the world, awarded by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). […]

Morocco Forges Ahead with Migrant Regularization Campaign

Over 18,000 migrants have applied for a residency status under the second phase of the regularization campaign in line with a migrant integration policy spearheaded by King Mohammed VI. By March 8, 18,228 migrants submitted their requests to gain residency cards as part of the second phase of a regularization campaign that was launched last […]