Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
  Ahmed Marcouch, the Dutch mayor of Arnhem, who is of Moroccan origin, commented on the impressive victory achieved by the Moroccan Atlas Lions in the Qatari World Cup and expressed his point of view on the aspirations and hopes of Moroccan youth.
This came in an article published by the Dutch newspaper Trouw, in which he said that the Moroccan youth wanted to express their feelings, which is a sincere expression after this achievement, as the players were able to grab the fourth place in the World Cup.
Marcouch chose a title for the article, which is the Moroccan youth also wants to show who they are, so I give them that.. In the introduction, he said that he considered the euphoria that followed Morocco's performance in the World Cup as "coming out of the closet." These guys also want to be themselves.
As if they had to come out of the closet, the Moroccan-Dutch youth celebrated the Moroccan national team's successes explosively. And especially we needed Qatar to discover that they could be winners. He noted the de Volkskrant cartoonist, Jose Collignon, who vulgarly referred to young people as street thieves: the drawing included two Moroccan boys snatching the World Cup from FIFA President Infantino. Fortunately, de Volkskrant has removed the cartoon from its website.
"To the chagrin of Dutch-Moroccan parents like myself, our children have been hiding in the closet for so long that they don't know anything different. Since 2002, they have been constantly criminalized, as Collignon's drawing confirms: no matter how pretty the shows are, they are trapped," he added in the article. In street thief clichés.

However, Volkskrant removed the graphic from the site. So, let's not immediately involve ourselves in discussions about freedom of expression, and now let's also think about the freedom of the young people we keep driving into the box in groups: what do we do with them? It is inhumane to sit in a closet, afraid of being discovered, because you are not allowed to show your identity. The truth is that you will be banned from Dutch life if you are yourself. If young people who are not called Jan, Piet or Marie want to find a suitable job, they must hide their origin, for example applying anonymously. If they want to enter the labor market
And the mayor added, the children say to me, "I'll go to school, but you know this education does nothing for me?" Highly educated girls Marcush says: “No matter how hard I try and how good my results are whatever it is it will never be enough, I could fall at any moment - you know.
I know, in 2017 PVV party leader Wilders stood with a banner in front of Arnhem Town Hall as soon as he heard about my appointment as mayor.
We are always very critical of newcomers' efforts to learn Dutch, raise children well, work hard, and develop a love for the Netherlands. We constantly wonder about their goodwill and perseverance. But let us no longer view the entire Dutch-Moroccan society with such hostility that it sinks collectively into the treasury. Let's learn to distinguish between good and bad. Let's stand up for people's right to be who they are. So they don't need the World Cup in Qatar for that.
These are young Dutch people who are proud of their parents, for whom they stayed in our country. They are happy to be able to radically shake off the group's judgment of them as street thieves. They express this pride
Boys and girls, hold on to what you've discovered: You can be out there. Be Moroccan, Berber, Muslim, Arnhemer, Dutch. It doesn't matter where you start in this series, as long as you are you, that you can be just like everyone else.