[3] A laureate of the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award[4] and the World Association of Newspapers' Gebran Tueni Prize,[2] Jamaï had previously started two newspapers in Morocco, Le Journal Hebdomadaire and Assahifa al-Ousbouiya.

His papers were banned by the government of Morocco on multiple occasions for their explorations of politically taboo topics, and Jamaï soon won an international reputation for independent reporting.

[4][5] After a series of ruinous libel suits and alleged government pressure on advertisers, however, the papers went bankrupt, with Le Journal shut down by court order in 2010.

[6] When the Arab Spring-inspired 2011 protests broke out in Morocco, however, Jamaï began an web-based news service, Lakome.com.

The site had a small staff and focuses on reporting political events throughout Morocco.