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Tallest Tower in Africa and Europe to Be Built in Tangier
Taroudante - The Al Noor Tower originally slated to be built in Casablanca and said to be the largest tower to be built to date in Africa and Europe, reportedly will now be built in Tangier. Saudi...
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ALC and ALIF: Serving Students, Teachers, and the Community
Fez - The American Language Center (ALC) and the Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF) offer a variety of clubs and activities to serve both Moroccan and foreign students. It participates in...
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Calls on Communication Minister to Resign After Jennifer Lopez Concert at...
Rabat- Social media users in Morocco are calling for the resignation of Minister of Communication Mustapha El Khalfi following the broadcasting of Jennifer Lopez's Mawazine concert on state-owned TV...
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160,000 People Attended Jennifer Lopez Concert in Morocco
Rabat- Jennifer Lopez attracted 160,000 spectators to her concert at the opening of the Mawazine Festival held in Rabat, according to organizers. The American diva's much-anticipated performance at...
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Jennifer Lopez’s Mawazine Concert Stirs Up Uproar in Morocco
Rabat- Pop music celebrity Jennifer Lopez’s concert in the Mawazine Festival on Friday has precipitated sharp criticism from social media users in Morocco who are complaining about the “sex” aspects...
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Uproar After US Flight Attendant Refused to Give Muslim Woman Unopened Can of...
Rabat - A Muslim woman was allegedly subject to discrimination on board a United Airlines airplane on Friday, May 29th. The woman, identified as Tahera Ahmed who works at Northwestern University as...
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What Would Push an Immigrant to Move Back to Morocco?
By Hassan Salman Orlando -In order to break up the daily hustle and bustle of everyday life here in the United States, Moroccan immigrants do all they can to keep their lives interesting and...
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Allowing Jennifer Lopez, Censoring Much Loved: ‘Striking Hypocrisy’
Rabat - After Jennifer Lopez’s performance at the Mawazine Festival, where the pop music celebrity wore “suggestive outfits,” many Moroccans took to social media platforms to denounce the...
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Actor of ‘Much Loved’ Was Attacked in Casablanca
Rabat- An actor who plays the role of a Saudi in Nabil Ayouch’s controversial film “Much Loved” or "Zin li fik" was reportedly attacked by a stranger in his neighborhood in Casablanca. Speaking to...
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180,000 People Attend Pharrell Williams’ Concert in Morocco
Rabat- An audience of 180,000 people attended Pharrell Williams performance on Saturday in Rabat. American singer and rapper Pharrel Williams gave a breathtaking concert on Saturday in Rabat on the...
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King Mohammed VI’s Visit to Côte D’ivoire Mirrors Strength of Bilateral Ties:...
Abidjan -The visit that HM King Mohammed VI is paying to Côte d’Ivoire mirrors the special cooperation relations between the two countries, said Ivorian agriculture Minister Coulibaly mamadou...
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Cultural Stereotypes about Female Sexual Threat in Morocco
El Jadida - Generally, Moroccan women are not invested with continual cultural authority like men. In popular culture, they are stereotypically considered as inferior, capricious and untrustworthy....
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Jennifer Lopez and Nabil Ayouch: Much Ado About Nothing
By Majid Morceli San Francisco - More often than not, I know how I feel about things. I am either for or against something. However, this time I started out conflicted. Watching a few clips from...
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Hachim Mastour Accepts to Represent Morocco
Rabat - AC Milan's Hachim Mastour has accepted to play for the Moroccan national team. The 16-year-old prodigy and his family have reportedly accepted the invitation from the Moroccan Royal Football...
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Jewish History in Morocco: (Almost) Dead and Gone
Rabat - As tends to happen with the passage of time, much of Moroccan history is being forgotten as time goes on. Specifically, the portion of history in which Muslims and Jews coexisted somewhat...
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Kader Japoni: The Rise from Struggles to Successes
By Jamal Laoudi Washington DC - Rai star Kader Japoni was born Abdel Kader Haibraoui in Bab El Ouad, Algiers, on March 11th 1979. Though he realized his vocal talent at a very young age, he did not...
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Exim Bank of China Opens Representative Office in Morocco
Rabat - The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank) has opened a representative office in the capital Rabat on Thursday, May 28th, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. The representative...
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Abercrombie & Fitch Accused of Discriminating Against Young Muslim Girl
Rabat - On Monday, June 1st, the supreme court ruled 8-1 that Samantha Elauf, a Muslim woman who sued the retail store Abercrombie & Fitch in 2008 or discrimination in the workplace after being...
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Spanish Media Reports on Jennifer Lopez’s Controversial Performance in Morocco
Rabat- Following the opening of the Mawazine Festival in Rabat on Friday, May 29th, several Spanish media outlets have reported on the subsequent controversy surrounding the headlining performance of...
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Yassine Salmi Wins US Embassy’s Race to Space Voting Stage
By Salah Eddine Salmi Rabat - Yassine Salmi, a first year baccalaureate student of Math Sciences at "Les Ecoles Scientifiques" in Temara, and originally from Tinghir, won the voting competition of...
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