Mr Driss El Yazami, President of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), attended a ceremony in the city of Agadir , on Saturday 8 February 2025, in tribute to Mr Arsala Idder, former President of the Association of Moroccans in France (AMF).
The ceremony was organised by the activist’s family and friends to commemorate his 94th birthday. Mr Idder was a prominent anti-colonial activist in 1956, and a member of the Moroccan left-wing trade union movement after the country gained independence. From 1967 to 1995, Mr Idder lived in France as a refugee, before returning to Morocco.
Several speakers attended the ceremony, including his son (who had travelled from Ireland, where he lives), Ms Souad Frikech and Mr Mohamed Chaoui, the AMF’s chairmen, Tarik Kabbaj, a former member of parliament and mayor of Agadir, several of Idder’s friends and comrades, Mohammed Charef, a professor and president of the regional Human Rights Commission, and Driss El Yazami.
