Le Desk was founded in 2015 by journalists Ali Amar (formerly of the
Le Journal Hebdomadaire), Christophe Guguen, and
Omar Radi, along with Fatima-Zahra Lqadiri and Moroccan art dealer Aziz Aouadi. Conceived as a response to the perceived lack of
editorial independence and investigative depth in Moroccan
media, the platform was launched with the ambition of establishing a new model of journalism based on
transparency,
fact-checking, and public interest reporting. It officially went live in November 2015, marking its entry as one of the first Moroccan outlets explicitly dedicated to
investigative journalism. In 2015,
Le Desk worked with the media NGO
Reporters Without Borders to create the
Media Ownership Monitor, a database identifying major players in Morocco's media landscape and their interests outside the media. It was the first time the Moroccan media landscape was
scrutinized in this way. The investigative journalist
Omar Radi was working for Le Desk when he was arrested for a tweet and when
Amnesty International discovered
NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on his personal cellphone. == Partnerships and collaborations ==