Singer Lamjarred case reopens Morocco violence against women debate
(WorldNews Entertainment)

RABAT: Still adored at home despite three separate rape charges in France, Moroccan pop star Saad Lamjarred´s latest arrest has reignited a debate on violence against women in the North African kingdom. Following similar accusations in October 2016 and April 2017, Lamjarred was re-arrested last week in southern France on charges he had raped a woman in a Riviera hotel. The superstar´s detention comes just days after Morocco was rocked by claims from a teenage girl, Khadija Okkarou, that she had been kidnapped and gang-raped by a group of men from her village. Lamjarred´s detention has sparked a social media campaign seeking to ban his songs from Morocco´s airwaves...