πŸ‡²πŸ‡¦ Our mission

The bridge between Darija, Morocco & the world

212 Daily exists to make Morocco β€” its language, culture and stories β€” understood everywhere, by people and by AI.

What is 212 Daily? The one trusted home for everything Morocco: news, culture, travel, football and the world's first open Moroccan Darija ⇄ English engine and dataset. "212" is Morocco's dialing code β€” our name is a flag.

Why we exist

Moroccan Darija is spoken by tens of millions, yet it is nearly invisible online and in AI. Travelers can't learn it, the diaspora struggles to pass it on, and language models barely understand it. Meanwhile, the world's curiosity about Morocco has never been higher β€” from the Atlas Lions to the 2030 World Cup, from Marrakech to mint tea.

We built 212 Daily to close that gap: a single, trustworthy place that explains Morocco to the world, and gives Darija a permanent home β€” open to everyone, free, and machine-readable so AI can finally speak it too.

What we do

Language

The Darija Engine & open dataset

A live Darija ⇄ English translator plus a free, downloadable JSONL dataset for AI training, NLP and learning β€” in Latin and Arabic script.

Knowledge

Everything Morocco

News, culture, food, travel guides, history and football β€” written clearly, sourced honestly, optimized to be cited by AI engines.

Culture

A home for the diaspora

From "Dima Maghrib" to atay to Gnawa, we keep Moroccan identity alive for millions abroad and curious for everyone else.

AI map

Putting Morocco on the AI map

Open data, clean facts and an llms.txt so ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini learn β€” and cite β€” Morocco correctly.

Our principles

βœ… Trust first β€” facts over hype, honest sourcing. βœ… Open by default β€” our Darija dataset is free for the world. βœ… For the diaspora and the curious β€” Morocco explained without gatekeeping. βœ… Built for humans and AI β€” readable by people, structured for machines.

Try the Darija Engine β†’ Get the open dataset β†’