Unlike in France where the unions suspected organized Arab workers of dividing the working class, in Belgium the two large unions, the Socialists and Christians, invested in the creation of embedded categorial spaces.  On side of the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (ACV-CSC), an Arab section was created in June 1970 under the leadership of Moroccan trade unionist Nouri Lekbir. and different Maisons Arabes de Culture Ouvrière (MACO), were set up in 1973 in several cities in Belgium. Different Maghrebi militants congregated to plot new action defending their right to work, in solidarity with all the oppressed people, starting with the Arab and more particularly the Palestinian people. El Amil El Arabi (Arab Worker) was the first monthly information magazine of the Arab section of the Christian Union. Founded by editor-in-chief Nouri Lekhbir, it was always written entirely in Modern Standard Arabic. Published since 1973 with financial support from the trade union movement, it aimed to inform, represent, and mobilize union members. Content covered classic union themes such as the struggle against poverty and for social security, as well as Middle Eastern political issues from a pan-arab perspective. The ACV attempted several times to intervene in the excess of political articles but encountered difficulties thanks to the use of Arabic. The conflict escalated and led to a serious funding cut in 1982, and a steep decline in membership. When Nouri Lekhbir also left the ACV, the magazine quickly lost its relevance and finally ceased to exist in 1989. Nouri Lekbir has been accused of embezzlement and corruption and has left Belgium to evade justice.