Mr. Driss El Yazami, President of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME), talks about the importance of the cinematographic representation of immigration. This interview was part of the seminar on “Images, cinema and migration”, organised by the CCME -15th november 2024- during the Agadir Film and Migration Festival.

Rachid Benzine, French-Moroccan novelist, dramatist and Islamic scholar, has been awarded the Grand Prix du Roman Métis 2024 for the book "Le silence des pères" published in 2023 by Seuil.The award will be handed out on December 3, 2024.

Spain will legalize 300.000 undocumented immigrants per year over the next three years. According to Spain’s officials, the reform is a response to a need in the labor market, specifically in agriculture, construction and services.

Rabat - His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, delivered, on Wednesday evening, a speech to His faithful people on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the glorious Green March.

The Maison de la Diaspora held its second Diaspora Talks on November 7, 2024, on the theme of “Desire for Morocco vs. desire of the diaspora”.

The CCME is organizing on 15th November 2024 a seminar on the theme: “Images, cinema and migration” during the 20th edition of the Agadir International Film and Migration Festival, with two round tables. The themes scheduled for the 2 panels are: “The Migrant as Represented by the Other through Cinema”, featuring the participation of Ms Naïma Huber-Yahi, Mr Hakim Belabess, Mr Mamoun Smihi and Mr Ricard Zapata Barrero.

His Majesty King Mohammed VI decided to usher a new transformation in the management of the affairs of the Moroccan community abroad, with the aim of strengthening the ties between this fringe of the population and their motherland.

Supported by the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME, the Institut Français du Maroc (IFM) is hosting a retrospective of seven documentaries by Moroccan filmmaker Dalila Nader from 7 November to 14 December 2024 in different Moroccan cities. The events will be attended by the director's daughter and family members.

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).