44 Million Cell Phone Subscribers, 9.97 Million Internet Users in Morocco
Rabat- A new report released by Morocco’s telecommunication regulator reveals that the number of cell phone subscribers has reached 44 million, while the number of internet users reached 9.97 million....
View ArticleEnglish Band Placebo in Rabat’s Mawazine Festival 2015
Rabat - Association Maroc Culture has revealed that English Alternative rock band Placebo will perform at the 14th edition of Mawazine Festival, which is scheduled to take place between May 29th and...
View ArticleMorocco: German National Arrested For Shoplifting
Rabat- Police in the southern city of Agadir arrested a German woman last week for allegedly shoplifting at a local Marjane supermarket, according to Moroccan news website le360. The German national...
View ArticleOver 300 Officials, Experts To Attend Marrakech Security Forum
Marrakech - Over 300 senior civil and military officials, security experts and representatives of international organisations are expected to take part in the 6th Marrakech Security Forum on February...
View ArticleSwissLeaks or MediaWeaks? From Tax Fraud Debate to I Dream of a… Scandal
Tunisia - “Le Monde” and several international media sources revealed on February 8 data that was uncovered in an investigation called “SwissLeaks." The result is more than 203 billion USD in tax...
View ArticleVideo: Swedish Security Guard Violently Abuses 9-year-old Moroccan Boy
Taroudant - A video posted recently on YouTube shows a nine-year-old boy, apparently Moroccan, being abused by a security guard at the main station in Malmö, Sweden. The video shows the guard sitting...
View ArticleGerman Artist Rolls Prayer Rugs in Square against Islamophobia
Taroudant - In response to the growing anti-Islamic movement led by Pegida "European Patriots against the Islamization of the West" in Germany, renowned artist Kurt Fleckenstein rolled on Monday...
View ArticleMarrakech Hosts 2nd International Conference on Education for Democratic...
By Elarbi Imad Marrakech - Over 120 educators, experts, media, youth representatives and civil society leaders from 20 countries participated in the second International Conference on Education for...
View ArticleWhat Is My Role as a Teacher and Leader?
Rabat - One of the indisputable questions future educators need to ask is 'where are we in leadership?' It may be a common view that everyone exercises leadership in his or her narrow domain, but the...
View ArticleBelgium: Police Interrogate Moroccan Man for Receiving Veiled Women in His House
Rabat- A man of Moroccan origin was questioned by the Belgian police after his neighbors had complained about the presence of veiled women in his house, Alyoum24 news website reported. The man,...
View ArticleTerrorism Strikes 3 Muslims in North Carolina: Double Standards of Western Media
Rabat - An American citizen shoots three young, peaceful Muslim students. The media do not make an issue of it, neither do they specify his religion. He has apparently said he was atheist but had he...
View ArticleTribute to the Three Muslim Victims of North Carolina Shooting
By Zahra El Alami New York - In the wake of today’s tragic event, there seems to be distress on how to react to such a horrendous act. Should we be angry? Should we be silent? Should we speak up? Does...
View ArticleThe Chapel Hill Tragedy: A Devastating Loss that Must Collectively Be Denounced
New York - I feel profoundly saddened and outraged by the Chapel Hill shooting. My heart and prayers go to the beautiful, brilliant lives that the world lost and that have now returned to God. May...
View ArticleVolunteer Work: When the Torchbearers Are Moroccan Students
Tetouan - John F. Kennedy’s famous aphorism, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country,” is a paradigm shift in the theory of responsibility: which is supposed to...
View ArticleTunisia: A Moroccan Sentenced to Death for the Murder of a Child
Rabat - A Moroccan living in Tunisia will face the death penalty after he was convicted of killing a child. The court of first instance in the Tunisian city of Bizerte sentenced a Moroccan to death...
View ArticleMorocco Ranks 130th in 2015 World Press Freedom
Rabat - Morocco is ranked 130th out of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders (RWB) 2015 World Press Freedom index with a score of 39.19. The kingdom rose six positions in the 2015 index from...
View ArticleWestern Sahara: Moroccan Officials Receive Christopher Ross in Closed Meeting
Rabat - Moroccan Officials meet on Thursday afternoon with the United Nations Secretary General’s Personal Envoy to Western Sahara, Christopher Ross. The meeting, which was held at the headquarters of...
View ArticleAutonomy Offers Framework For ‘Acceptable Political Solution’ To Western...
Rabat - Morocco’s proposal to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, in the Western Sahara, “represents a framework for reaching a political and mutually acceptable solution in line with the...
View ArticleMoroccan Head of Govt. Denounces Attacks Against Muslims in West
Rabat- Abdelilah Benkirane, the Head of the Moroccan government, denounced the "brutal campaign" of attacks targeting Muslims in some Western countries. Speaking at the Thursday meeting of the...
View ArticleMorocco: Fqih Tortured Bride to Death to ‘Release Her From Devil’
Rabat- A woman, who according to her relatives is “possessed by the devil,” passed away on Sunday following continuous sessions of exorcism performed by a “fqih” (exorcist) in Agadir, Morocco. The...
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