Le Desk
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Arabic: لوديسك) is an independent Moroccan digital news outlet that publishes in French and Arabic.[1][2][3] It was founded in 2014-2015 by Ali Amar as well as two other co-founders, Fatima-Zahra Lqadiri and Aziz Aouadi.[1][4][5][6] Its headquarters are in the Mers Sultan neighborhood of Casablanca.[6]
HistoryAli Amar established Le Desk after having created La Vie Éco, which he says paved the way for independent media in Morocco.[6] In 2015, Le Desk worked with the media NGO Reporters Without Borders to create the Media Ownership Monitor, a database identifying major players in Morocco's media landscape and their interests outside the media.[7] It was the first time the Moroccan media landscape was scrutinized in this way.[7] In 2018, Le Desk revealed that the lobbyist Richard Smotkin, who was later hired by the Moroccan government, played a role in the visit of Scott Pruitt, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (2017-2018), to Morocco.[8] The investigative journalist Omar Radi was working for Le Desk when he was arrested for a tweet and when Amnesty International discovered NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on his personal cellphone.[9][10][11] Le Desk is affiliated with Mediapart as well as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which has been recognized for its work on the Panama Papers.[6] References
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