Morocco's Mawazine festival sparks controversy over 'insensitive timing' amid Israel's war on Gaza.

Nicki Minaj will headline this year’s upcoming Mawazine festival in late June in Rabat. It is the first time the international music festival - second major world music festival - is taking place again since the Covid-19 outbreak. However, some fans are suggesting that "the timing is insensitive due to the ongoing war in Gaza". Others are also saying that the money for the concerts -which is fully funded and sponsored by moroccan private companies - could be better spent on victims of the earthquake with some students promoting a boycott Mawazine campaign on social media : "A year after the September earthquake, a music festival should not be our priority."