HibaPress is a Moroccan digital news publisher founded in 2008 by journalist Mohamed Lekbir and operated by Hiba Media, a single‑shareholder LLC based in Fes. It publishes primarily in Arabic, with companion French and English editions that extend its reach to Moroccan readers abroad. The outlet covers national politics, public policy, local affairs, justice, the economy, culture and sport, and it produces on‑the‑ground video reports distributed via a high‑traffic YouTube news channel with over 2.5 million subscribers. Its editorial model is free to access and ad‑supported, reflecting the playbook of Morocco’s early online‑native newsrooms.
HibaPress has become a fixture of the daily news cycle. In market data summarized from the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report, it features among Morocco’s most‑used online brands, with around 21% weekly usage in 2024—evidence of broad audience reach beyond Rabat and Casablanca. The newsroom’s multilingual output and steady stream of short dispatches and clips target general‑interest readers across the Kingdom and the diaspora.
The outlet’s history also includes a prominent legal episode: in 2015 the wali of Marrakech filed a defamation case over a HibaPress story, and a local court handed prison terms to company managers that year. The case, widely covered in Moroccan media, underscored the legal pressures faced by digital outlets. From its base in Fes, HibaPress continues to operate as a national newsroom with a distinctly Moroccan voice and a constant flow of breaking updates and community reporting.