The screening of 7 documentaries by Moroccan director Dalila Ennadre will take place at the "Institut français du Maroc" from 7 November to 14 December 2024. The filmmaker will be accompanied by her daughter Lilya Ennadre, close friends and family.

Morocco is the guest of honour at the 43rd edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair, which will be held from 6 to 17 November 2024 at the Sharjah Expo Centre in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, through its central crisis unit, and the Moroccan consular services in the Spanish regions affected by the floods, are mobilized to provide assistance to Moroccan nationals living in the areas affected by this natural disaster, which hit the south-east of the country.

Sochepress éditions and the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) publish the book "رحمة : الطريق نحو حريتي " (Rahma : the path to my freedom) by the Moroccan-dutch author Rahma El Mouden. The book, which has been translated from Dutch into Arabic, is available in Libraries and online book stores in Morocco and abroad, to make it more easily available to Moroccans throughout the world.

The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) is supporting the 4th edition of the Marrakech Photography Encounters, to be held from 23 to 27 October 2024, according to a joint press release issued by the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO) and the municipality of Marrakech.

Mr. Driss El Yazami, president of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) took part at the seminar on innovation and economic competitiveness at the second edition of the National Day of Industry, organized in Benguerir under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on Wednesday 16 October 2024. The event was organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the General Federation of Moroccan Enterprises (FGME) under the theme: “A strategy for the future”.

Mr. Driss El Yazami, President of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), will be taking part in the closing ceremony of the DIMOBEL (Digital Moroccan Belgian Entrepreneurship Lab) project on 17 October 2024 on the campus of the ESCA École de Management in Casablanca (Casa Finance City).

The Migration and Development Association (M&D) and the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) are organising a national seminar on 10 October 2024 in Agadir on the theme: “The Contribution of Moroccans to Local Development”.

A collective exhibition entitled “Moussem Belgique - Histoires à travers les frontiers” kicked off at the “Galerie d'art contemporain Mohamed Drissi” in Tangiers centre on Friday 4 October 2024, marking a series of cultural and artistic events commemorating the 60th anniversary to the signing of the Morocco-Belgium bilateral labour agreement.

The CCME is supporting ‘Moussem Belgica - International Stories’, organised by the Centre nomade des arts, Moussem, to be held in Tangiers from 4 to 25 October 2024 and in Oujda from 1 to 30 November 2024.

Under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on 5 October 2024 Rabat is hosting the sixth edition of the “Festival Littératures itinérantes on the theme of literature and memories”.

The conference founded by Nada Nadif in 2019 is being organized by N4HT by Nada NADIFe in partnership with the Mohammed V University of Rabat & the CIRPEC and will be held on Saturday 28 September 2024 in Rabat.

The Catalan version of the publication entitled Homenatge a Ahmed Ghazali, a tribute to the late Ahmed Ghazali, was recently published and presented at a ceremony held in Barcelona on 14 September 2024 in memory of the late Ahmed Ghazali.The ceremony was attended by his family, colleagues and friends, including Driss El Yazami, Chairman of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME).

Mr Driss El Yazami, President of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), attended a ceremony in the Spanish city of Barcelona on 14 September 2024, to pay tribute to the late Ahmed Ghazali, who passed away on 26 July 2024 in Laâyoune.

« Ils ont choisi la France” (Ed Nouveau Monde) tells the story of five iconic black American figures that shaped the twentieth century's world cultural scene: author James Baldwin, musicians Nina Simone and Miles Davis, film director Melvin Van Peebles and singer Joséphine Baker, who left the United States in search of a better life in France.

The Dar Al-Aman publishing house in the city of Rabat has recently published a translation into Arabic of “Le Ciel sans detours” (Gallimard), a novel by the French-Moroccan novelist and poet Kebir Mustapha Kébir Ammi, originally published in French in 2007.

The novel ‘The Fortress of Tears’ by Moroccan writer Abdallah Taïa is in the running for the Prix littéraire awarded by the newspaper Le Monde to the best work of fiction of the new literary season in France. The award was created in 2013.

The sixth edition of the Festival of Moroccans of the World will take place from 11 to 14 August 2024 in Imilchil, with support from the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME). Its theme will be "Moroccans of the World and local authorities: a partnership for development".

Mr Driss El Yazami, President of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), has taken part to the official launching of the 15th edition of the Summer University for Young Moroccans Living Abroad, which is organised by the Moroccan expatriates section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, and held from 6 to 14 July 2024, in Tangier.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the summer university, Mr El Yazmi pointed out to the young people in attendance that they are part of a pluralistic country that has a long history and a deep-rooted monarchy, and whose migration has taken place over more than a century, unlike the generally accepted idea in the countries where they live.

The CCME President outlined the most important phases in the history of Moroccan migration, which began in the mid-19th century with the enlistment of thousands of Moroccans - mainly from the Souss region - in the First World War to fight alongside the French army to free France from occupation and work in the fields and factories of France. He also emphasised the contribution of Moroccan migrants in shaping Moroccan culture during the 20th century, whether in terms of cinema, literature or music, and their contribution to Moroccan political life.

He added that, given the competitive strategies being pursued by European countries to attract human resources, the Kingdom of Morocco also needs to capitalise on the expertise of its diaspora.

He stressed that Morocco had been one of the first countries to develop a policy aimed at its community abroad, adding that this particularity explained the strong relationship that Moroccans maintain with their country of residence, as well as the deep-rootedness and full integration of Moroccans in their country of residence.

In this regard, he recalled the constitutional chapters dealing with Moroccans in the 2011 Constitution, in particular Article 16, which refers to this dual dynamic and stipulates that the State " is committed to strengthening their contribution to developing their homeland, Morocco, and to strengthening the bonds of friendship and cooperation with the governments and societies of the countries where they live...".

Mr El Yazami then told the young participants at the summer university that "the great social challenge facing you and us is to make the Moroccan community abroad a bridge of friendship, cooperation, tolerance and the development of human rights values".

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Skill-UP 24, the 6th edition of the Summer University in Aeronautics, is taking place at the Ecole Supérieure de Technologie in Laayoune, with Moroccan and foreign academics and engineers. As well as transferring knowledge and developing new skills and expertise, the aim of this new initiative is to foster the emergence of a forum for exchanges between the elderly and people with physical or mental disabilities.