{"id":9654,"date":"2025-04-27T12:10:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T12:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/?p=9654"},"modified":"2025-04-27T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T12:14:30","slug":"manipulated-image-of-moroccan-minister-circulates-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/manipulated-image-of-moroccan-minister-circulates-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipulated image of Moroccan Minister circulates online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Social media accounts<\/a> posted a photo of Fatih Birol, Director General of the International Energy Agency, and Leila Benali, Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, in which the latter appears wearing a dress. The caption read: “A Moroccan minister officially welcomes her foreign guest, wearing clothes that no nightclub dancer would wear.” <\/p>\n\n\n

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One source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif verified the image via Google Images search and found it to be old and manipulated. It was circulated in May 2024, and Minister Benali was not wearing a dress.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Moroccan Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development<\/a>\u00a0published\u00a0the original image on its website on 17\/5\/2024, accompanied by the following headline: “Paris, Minister’s talks with the International Energy Agency.” The ministry stated that Minister Benali, during a working visit to Paris, held talks with the Director-General of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Joseph Birol, on strengthening cooperation between Morocco and the agency in the field of energy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A closer look at the original image reveals that Leila Benali, Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, is wearing a formal outfit, unlike the one depicted in the circulated image. Fatih Birol, Director General of the International Energy Agency, has also had his tie and shirt altered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development<\/a>\u00a0also posted\u00a0another photo from the meeting on its X account on 16\/5\/2024, showing Minister Benali in her official uniform, identical to the original photo on the ministry’s website.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Another photo from the meeting via the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development’s account on “X” – published on 16\/5\/2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Sources of Claim<\/td>Sources of Verification <\/td><\/tr>
Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,M.Sc.,DPT.<\/a>

Bader Aaa<\/a>

Labbayk Din Allah Abu Abdullah Maran
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<\/a>Mohammed Gaddafi
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Boumelhem Ghassan
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Adel Al-Bukhaiti<\/a>

Hazem Al-Moussawi<\/a>

Abou Abdillah Mohamed Al-Ahmar
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Zahi Algeria<\/a>

Aziz Attia<\/a>

Abu Mohammed Al-Ghanami<\/a>
<\/a><\/td>		the Moroccan Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development.\u00a0<\/a>The Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development\u2019s<\/a>

account\u00a0on \u201cX\u201d <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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