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Rabat – Morocco’s embassy in Paris celebrated this week Nizar Talbi, a young Moroccan who has been battling a rare disease.
Talbi has been hospitalized in France since 2020 for a rare disease, a serious and rare digestive illness with a severe prognosis.
After long months of specialized medical care and hospitalization in Morocco, Talbi was transferred to Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris, Moroccan news agency MAP reported today.
He is now at the Margency Children’s Hospital of the French Red Cross, where he is receiving specialized medical care.
‘A child we all wish we had’
Nizar’s dream is to come back to his homeland one day and serve as a police officer.
He recently received a special gift from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN). The gift, a national police uniform, was a moving tribute to the severely ill young Moroccan.
“Nizar is a child we all wish we had, one we all want to support in his journey, in his struggle, in his fight against the disease. He suffers from an extremely rare condition,” said Samira Sitail, the Moroccan ambassador to France.
Sitail attended the ceremony the embassy hosted in honor of Nizaz Talbi. Also in attendance were Nizar himself, his mother, and the medical staff at the Margency Children’s Hospital. In comments at the ceremony, they shared and echoed the same remarks about Nizar’s resilience and strength in the face of his rare disease.
The young Moroccan has been suffering physically since his birth in 2014 in Marrakech. But his parents, especially his heroic mother, have shown resilience and backed their child in every step of his journey.
Isabelle Pharon, chief physician at Margency Children’s Hospital, said the medical staff is continuing medical care while allowing him to live a normal life by attending school and taking part in all activities a child needs.
In her speech at the ceremony, Nizar’s mother spoke in movingly thankful terms of the National Association of Social Action and National Police Personnel.
Samira Beillot, the association’s vice president, said meeting with Nizar inspired one of the association’s flagship initiatives.
The initiative allows visits to seriously ill and hospitalized children to offer them a moment of exchange. It gives children a “breath of fresh air,” offering them also the opportunity to create a bond between the police and the population, Beillot said.
