Human Rights Watch Calls for Release of Abdassamad Haydour
By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, July 17, 2012 On Tuesday, July 16, Human Rights Watch called on Moroccan authorities to free Abdassamad Haydour, a university student from Taza (110 km east...
View ArticleA foreign perspective on obnoxious tourists visiting Morocco
By Erin Geneva Morocco World News Rabat, July 17, 2013 When visiting a new country, immersing yourself in a new language, culture and environment, it is inevitable to make a few cultural faux pas. Of...
View ArticleThe Worshippers of Soup in Ramadan
By Mourad El Hanafi Morocco World News Tinghir, July 16, 2013 As the clock strikes the outset of Ramadan, the ninth and the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims all over the globe get ready...
View ArticleA ten-year-old Saudi child becomes one of world’s youngest pilots
By Omar Bihmidine Morocco World News Sidi Ifni, July 18, 2013 Ali Mehdi, a ten-year-old Saudi child, managed to obtain pilot's license from one of the distinguished Saudi Aviation colleges, reported...
View ArticleAssociations launch a Petition to Create Mohammed VI Academy for the Arabic...
Mohamed Amine Qasseras Morocco World News Kenitra, July 18, 2013 More than a hundred associations and civil and educational institutions across the Kingdom signed a popular petition calling for the...
View ArticleUS: Church opens its doors to Muslims in Ramadan
By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Tinejdad, July 18, 2013 According to radio Sawa, Muslim immigrants are performing Taraweeh prayers, a set of prayers performed collectively by Muslims after Isha...
View ArticleAvoiding the Collapse; Is Democracy the Answer?
By Mustapha Ait kharouach Morocco World News Rabat, July 19, 2013 At the moment, the Arab political scene is in chaos and no one can predict how things will begin to look, especially in such homogenous...
View ArticleWill ‘Google’ ultimately bypass the Moroccan teacher?
By Bouzi Mounaim Morocco World News Rabat, July 19, 2013 One of the major roles assigned to teachers is to mediate between learners and knowledge. Surprisingly enough, laptops, PCs, tablets and...
View ArticleMorocco Baccalaureate exams: success rate reaches 51.48%
By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Tinejdad, July 19, 2013 The Ministry of National Education on Friday announced the results of baccalaureate resit exams, and the number of students who passed the...
View ArticleMorocco: 2.3% increase in living costs compared to last year
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, July 19, 2013 According to the Moroccan High Commission for Planning (HCP), living costs in the kingdom rose by 2.3% in June 2013 compared to the same...
View ArticleMalaysian couple accused of mocking the holy month of Ramadan
By Omar Bihmidine Morocco World News Tangier, July 20, 2013 Alvin Tan Jye Yee and his partner Vivian Lee May Ling, A Malaysian couple, posted on Facebook a photo where they appeared drinking pork soup...
View ArticleUSA: Moroccan mother kept indoors by her husband for three years
By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Tinejdad, July 20, 2013 According to Sun-sentinel.com, a Moroccan woman told Palm Beach County deputies that her husband kept her locked inside home in Wellington...
View ArticleMorocco Scores Low in the Global Gender Gap Report
By Loubna Flah Morocco World News Casablanca, July 20, 2013 Despite all efforts to set men and women on equal footing at the political and the legislative levels, Morocco still ranks very low in terms...
View ArticleSupporter of Palestinians, Journalist Helen Thomas dies at 92
By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, July 21, 2013 Death took away one of the most powerful voices who spoke truth to power and strongly opposed the United States foreign policy. At age 92,...
View ArticleBank AL Maghrib Funds Commercial Banks to Provide more Loans
By Loubna Flah Morocco World News Casablanca, July 21, 2013 Morocco’s central bank, Bank al Maghrib, launched a new procedure aimed at boosting the commercial banks‘s potential to deliver loans for...
View ArticleFasting may Combat Cancer: Study
By Omar Bihmidine Morocco World News Tangier, July 21, 2013 According to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Southern California, fasting for a short period of time makes cancer...
View ArticleCasablanca: A female driver knocks many pedestrians stirring public outrage
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, July 21, 2013 Rahma, one of Casablanca’s densely populated areas, witnessed an outrage on Saturday after a female driver knocked down many pedestrians...
View ArticleMaghreb integration: between economic complementarity and political rivalry
By Ahmed EL Jechtimi Morocco World News Rabat, July 22, 2013 Attempts at creating a strong economic bloc in the Maghreb can be traced back to the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) in 1989 by...
View ArticleMoroccan scout roves on feet across the Arab world disseminating peace and...
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, July 22, 2013 It is well known that travelling helps us explore the world’s wonders. It gives us the chance to familiarize ourselves with cultures and...
View ArticleEgypt: Trying to Justify Undemocratic Change Undemocratically?
By Abderrazzak Belbouah Morocco World News Rabat, July 22, 2013 If there is any worthy lesson to extract from the recent Military soft coup in Egypt, it must be the unrealistic reality that there are...
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