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Will English Become the First Foreign Language in Morocco?
By Kristina Fried Rabat - English is quickly replacing French as Morocco’s second language, both among educators and politicians. This is due in part to the growing desire among young Moroccans to...
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A Machiavellian Prince in the Making (Part 2 of 4)
The Princetonian Prince Niagara Falls - As I posited in my last piece, my critical views of Prince Hicham are not directed against the message he conveys. In fact, up until I read his “Diaries of a...
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The Practical Imperative of Youth Participation, A Moroccan Perspective
Marrakech – Historically and socially, Moroccan youth have been deprived of a meaningful participation in political, economic and social life. They lack basic access to information and education...
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Coalition for Protection of Arabic Calls on Morocco’s Minister of Education...
Rabat - The National Coalition for the Protection of Arabic has reportedly called on Rachid Belmokhtar, Morocco’s Minister of Education, to resign over his recent statements to a journalist at...
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5 Hours Walking in Milan as a Muslim Imam
Rabat - A Muslim student -wearing a traditional white robe and a hat while holding a Quran- faced a barrage of abuse and offensive insults as he walks for five hours around the streets of Milan,...
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U.S. Foreign Policy and the Security Conundrum of Morocco
Zakaria Zakri- Morocco has been sending mixed signals regarding its current state of security affairs. Just at the time that the kingdom has stepped up its efforts to explore its own oil and gas boom,...
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Former Miss Turkey Faces Prison For Instagram Post “Insulting” Erdogan
Rabat- Merve Buyuksarac, Miss Turkey 2006, appeared before an Istanbul court on Wednesday for “insulting” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Buyuksarac is being sued for sharing a satirical poem...
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Libya: Moroccan Mediation Could Bring Muslim Brotherhood and General Haftar...
Washington DC- Can Morocco sway Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to accept Libyan Brotherhood Movement (LMB) as a legitimate representative of the Tripoli based government? Are Turkey and...
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Moroccan Prodigy Hashim Mastour to Play for Morocco’s National Team
Rabat- Moroccan football prodigy Hashim Mastour has allegedly decided to play for Morocco, according to Moroccan football new website Mountakhab.net. The same source quoted Mustapha Mdhoun who works...
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The Moroccan Legislative Circus (Part 3)
Rabat - Parliament mannerism and language use Customarily, parliamentarians address each other using expressions of respect such as: "right honorable member of parliament..." "If you allow me dear...
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Canada: Official Launch of the Samy El Maghribi Foundation
Tunis - Moroccan Aznavour’s daughter, Yolland Amzallag: “The foundation is a symbol of harmony beyond ethnic and religious boundaries.” Tunis – Yolland Amzallag is the daughter of a leading figure in...
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Morocco, France Set to Promote Cooperation in Security
Rabat - National Police boss received, here Friday, his French peer Jean-Marc Falcone, accompanied by Director of International Cooperation, Emile Perez. The visit is part of the efforts aimed at...
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Actress: Middle Easterners Value Moroccan Women Better than Moroccan Men
Rabat- Moroccan actress, Amal Essaqr, said on Friday that Middle Eastern men love Moroccan women better than do Moroccan men, because they appreciate their value more than their countrymen. Essaqr,...
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No to Collective Punishment in Football
Rabat - The Confederation of African Football Executive Committee’s (CAF-FEC) recent disciplinary decisions concerning Morocco and Tunisia pushed us out of our moral comfort zone. The CAF-FEC was...
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In Pictures: Blaze Rips a Shanty Slum in Casablanca
Casablanca - Violent fire broke out on Saturday night in a shanty slum at Ben Msick region in Casablanca, causing significant property damages but no casualties. According to Le360, three families...
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Moroccans Consumed Around 6 million Viagra Pills in 2014
Rabat- More than 5.6 million tablets of Viagra, drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension, have been reportedly sold in Morocco in 2014, according to the Moroccan...
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Moroccan Minister Unable to Answer Questions of French Journalist
Rabat- Mustapha El Kahlfi, Morocco’s Minister of Communication and spokesperson of the government gave a media performance that's raising eyebrows when he was invited to speak on Europe 1 Radio on...
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Morocco: Oil Prices Go up Starting March 1
Rabat - The Moroccan Ministry of Corporate Affairs announced a slight increase in the prices of petroleum products starting on Sunday, March 1. According to a statement from the ministry, the price of...
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Is the UN Shifting Its Approach on Western Sahara?
New York- After an absence that lasted almost a year, Christopher Ross, the United Nations Secretary General’s Personal Envoy to the Western Sahara, has finally made a trip to the region in an attempt...
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Mustapha El Khalfi’s Missed Opportunity to Communicate on Europe 1
Ifrane - On Thursday, French radio station Europe 1 published a video interview with Mustapha El Khalfi, the Moroccan Minister of Communications and spokesman of the Moroccan government, in which he...
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