Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te hokinga ki nga porowhita tarutaru, i uru ia ki te kapa Moroccan mo te
2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ka tuu i te 28th katoa, e arahi ana i te kapa motu tae atu ki a Jamel Chatbi me Anis Selmouni ki te tuarima o nga waahi i roto i nga rarangi. I te tau 2008 i tiimata ia i runga i te tawhiti marathon, i rere i te Enschede Marathon i Netherlands. I taea e ia te whakaoti i te tuawhitu me te whakarite i te wa tuatahi o te 2:13:37. I roto i ana whakataetae ara, ko ia te tuawhitu i te whakataetae 20 van Alphen, i te wahi tuawhitu me te whakatakoto i te 20 km pai ake mo nga meneti 57:57. I oma ia i te 10,000 mita i te 27:40.58 i Casablanca i te marama o Hune i mua i tana whakataetae i te whakamutunga o te Olympics 2008 i roto i te kaupapa.