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Egyptian Female Lion Tamer Attacked During a Show
Rabat - Renowned Egyptian Lion tamer Faten El-Helw was reportedly attacked by one of her lions during a show in the Delta city of Tanta. While the Egyptian tamer was waving to the audience, one of the...
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Jordan Launches 56 Airstrikes on ‘Islamic State’
Rabat- Jordan says it launched 56 airstrikes on the strongholds of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria as part of a three-day offensive. Jordanian pilots have carried out intensified aerial...
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Moroccan School to Adopt New Education Reform
Taroudante- Rachid Benmokhtar, the Moroccan Minister of Education and Vocational Training, said on Friday in Casablanca that new education reforms “will change the Moroccan school,” allowing schools...
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I am Charlie, am I certain? Branding Does Not Necessarily Reflect Ideologies
Tunis - After the tragedies of Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Kosher, social networks have still grown the “Mass Effect” by creating a large flow of communication and by defining and setting the agenda....
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Moroccan Elections: the Ceremony Nobody Wants to Attend
Casablanca- After a long campaign urging Moroccan citizens to register to vote, few Moroccans have gone to the effort to register, less than three weeks before the deadline. This raises questions as...
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Leaked Audio Recording of Sisi Demeaning Gulf States Goes Viral
Rabat- The Egyptian anti-coup channel "Mikamilin" broadcasted a leaked conversation from early 2014 between Abdelfattah Al-Sisi, then the Defense Minister, Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces...
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Participatory Stimulus, a New Approach to Create Economic Development
Marrakech - The election results in Greece have again elevated the debate across Europe between proponents of austerity and stimulus. Which approach – either constricting public spending, including...
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Compulsive Buying (Shopaholism)
By Jamal Dahassou Tinghir, Morocco - “I shop till I drop but I don’t have anything to wear.” This is what a friend of mine tells me whenever we want to go to a party. And after doing more research, he...
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Maroc Telecom Receives Two ‘Diamond Awards’ from Pan- African Leaders of...
Rabat- Moroccan telecommunications operator Maroc Telecom has been awarded two Diamond Awards by the Pan-African Leaders of Development 2015, organized by international NGO Nouv Afrique (New vision of...
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Moulay Hicham-Ahmed Benchemsi Connection More Questions than Answers
Washington DC - Prince Moulay Hicham El Alaoui, the “estranged” cousin of Morocco’s King, is back in the news with the release of the Spanish translation of his recently published book “Journal d'un...
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King Mohammed VI Holds Talks With French President in Paris
Paris - King Mohammed VI held, on Monday afternoon at the Elysee Palace in Paris, talks with French President François Hollande. During these talks, the two Heads of State discussed all regional and...
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France: Islamic Declaration of Faith Lands a Moroccan in Prison
Rabat - An appeal hearing is set to begin Monday to review the case of a Moroccan librarian who was arrested in the French city of Lille last month for publicly condoning an act of terrorism. The...
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Morocco’s SNI Plans to Sell Stakes at Attijariwafa Bank
Rabat - SNI, a private holding company, has reportedly hired American and British investment Banks Goldman Sachs and Rothschild to advise it on the sale of a minority stake in Attijariwafa Bank, one...
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Western Sahara: Christopher Ross in Rabat Wednesday
Rabat - The United Nations Secretary General's Personal Envoy to the Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, is due to start a visit to the region starting on Wednesday. After Rabat, the envoy is set to...
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Saudi Arabia: Moroccan Sentenced to Amputation for ‘Theft’ Pardoned
Rabat - Mohammed Aderbouch, a Moroccan plasterer, who was facing amputation of his right hand for theft in Saudi Arabia, has reportedly been pardoned by the Saudi justice. The Moroccan plaster, 27...
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Paris Meeting, Decisive Stage in French-Moroccan Friendship: Former French...
Brussels - The meeting between King Mohammed VI and French president François Hollande, on Monday at Paris Elysee Palace, heralds new decisive stage in the French-Moroccan friendship, said French...
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Morocco Regularizes Status of 17,916 Immigrants
Rabat- Morocco regularized the status of 17,916 immigrants in 2014, according to figures released by the Moroccan government on Monday. Out of a total number of 27,332 applications received for...
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What Yemen Needs Is a Spirit of Union and Unity
Istanbul - The popular anti-regime uprisings in the Arab world that began in December 2010 were without doubt the most important events of the present century. Following a university graduate’s...
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Addressing an Uncomfortable ‘Compliment’
By Brianne Kelly Bouarfa, Morocco - I cannot remember the last time that I craved hot chocolate this often and looked forward to early nights knowing that once I was under my covers I could snuggle...
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Royal Armed Forces Inspector General Receives Spanish Chief Of Army Staff
Rabat - The Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the Southern Zone received, on Tuesday at the FAR General Staff headquarters in Rabat, Spanish Chief of Army Staff General...
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