# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hamid-elmahdaouy
# Generated: 2026-09-01T11:58:33.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hamid-elmahdaouy"
name: "Hamid Elmahdaouy"
slug: "hamid-elmahdaouy"
description: "Hamid El Mahdaoui, spelled also as Elmahdaouy is a Moroccan journalist and activist. Since 2014, he is the founder and the editor-in-chief of the online news website Badil.info. On July 20, 2017, El Mahdaoui was arrested in Al Hoceima, and later sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 20.000 Dirhams for his activism in Hirak Rif."
tagline: "Moroccan journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mehdaoui_poster2_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1979-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.15
  momentum:             4.736842105263158
  historical:           5.484846666666667
  currentAttention:     21.5311004784689
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 114
totalFollowers: 1330000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.hamidelmahdaouy.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZachh7w2XIr-N3UEPuaIrw"
    handle:    "@elmahdaouyhamid"
    followers: 1330000
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_El_Mahdaoui"
    title: "Hamid El Mahdaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "حميد المهدوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "حميد المهداوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_El_Mahdaoui"
    title: "Hamid El Mahdaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_El_Mahdaoui"
    title: "Hamid El Mahdaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8"
    title: "Хамид ел Махдави"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33406175"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump