For these Franco-Moroccan celebrities, the heart swings
The hearts of these celebrities of Moroccan origin will be shared on Wednesday evening during the semi-final of the World Cup between France and Morocco, but they lean more towards the Atlas Lions after the historic qualification of the latter in the last square.
Writers Tahar Ben Jelloun and Leïla Slimani say it: they really want to see their native country qualify for the final. Comedian Jamel Debbouze is the most shared: on social networks, he showed his joy at each victory for France and Morocco. Since it is known that the two teams will meet, he remains silent.
- Leïla Slimani, writer
“No matter what, I will have won”declared Tuesday the author, price Goncourt 2016, with the daily sporting The team.
“The team is the image of what is most beautiful in Morocco: warmth, solidarity, endurance. I am proud of my country (…). I hope Morocco will win and go to the final. Morocco remains the team of my heart, but I will be happy if France wins”she confided this weekend to the Sunday newspaper.
- Tahar Ben Jelloun, writer
“A team like the Atlas Lions is capable of going far, very far. She is driven by a fierce will to win, a determination that makes her strong, unbeatable.”he told the Monde (…). “Even though I say ‘May the best man win’, I feel a new kind of emotion rising in me, the one aroused in me by the land of my birth, my origins, my deep roots. »
“I have Moroccan blood running through my veins through my father, all my family is from Morocco, my best friends too, like Gad Elmaleh. I will obviously be divided. If Morocco wins, I will be happy”he told the Parisian. “A friend who lives in Casablanca told me that it was madness there, the party twenty-four hours a day. For that alone, I would be a bit unhappy if Morocco lost, although I think France will win. »
- Jamel Debbouze, comedian
“Two victories to seek for history. DIMA MAGHRIB [Vive le Maroc]. GO BLUES », he tweeted on Saturday before the quarter-finals. The comedian also shared an undated photo on Instagram of him sitting on a sofa alongside Paris SG Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi and his club teammate and close friend Kylian Mbappé. , star of the Blues, commenting: “Only football gives these feelings”adding blue, white, red and… green hearts.
Before this semi-final became a reality, he told beIN Sports last week that he wanted to see this match while being faced with a dilemma. “I wouldn’t know how to live this moment between France and Morocco, it would be as if my father were playing against my mother. It’s impossible, it’s a very, very complicated dilemma.”he confided.