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Syria: War’s ghosts
Rabat - “…weak and panicked, I only wanted one thing: leave everything behind.” Adham is 26 years old, single, with brown hair, clear green eyes, and thick black eyebrows. He is dressed as the...
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Morocco: Girl with Masculine Facial Features Victimized by Society
Casablanca- In its edition for this Wednesday, December 11, daily Al Akhbar recounts the painful events constituting the story of a young woman who has manly facial features. According to Al Akhbar,...
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Encouraging civic engagement one young Moroccan voice at a time
By Sarah Bertin and Gus Tupper Rabat - From December 6th to the 8th, Young Moroccan Voices Programme brought 30 talented and committed young people to Rabat to train them in leading debates and...
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King Mohammed VI’s close friend to be appointed Morocco’s Ambassador to Spain
Fez- According to the Spanish daily El Pais, King Mohammed VI is poised to appoint Fadel Benyaich, Morocco’s new Ambassador to Spain. The post of Ambassador to Madrid is a highly sensitive...
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Moroccan press outraged by the opening ceremony of the FIFA Club World Cup
Fez - The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, kicked off on Wednesday in Agadir, in southern Morocco. While Moroccan fans were looking forward to that event and hoping that it would showcase the rich and...
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AIESEC Morocco organizes awareness day on early marriage of teenage girls
By Sara El Bekri- Marrakech AIESEC, the global organization for young leaders, in collaboration with UNESCO, organized an awareness day on Tuesday to address the "early marriage" law that is scheduled...
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FIFA Club World Cup Opening Stirs Moroccans’ Discontent
Casablanca- A “mediocre” inauguration show; delirious hooligans hastily climbing the stadium walls; the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation misses the opening ceremony—could the FIFA...
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Morocco’s High Atlas Foundation participates in setting new development goals...
By Lamia Bazir, New York- The Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) is currently taking place from 9-13 December 2013,...
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Morocco: a forum discusses peace, tolerance and equality
Oujda, Morocco - “The New Youth Generation Leaders of Change” (NYGLC) will organize, for the first time, an international conference about peace, tolerance and equality in what has come to be known as...
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FIFA Club World Cup: Raja of Casablanca beats Monterrey, qualifies to the...
Fez- Raja of Casablanca won its second game of the FIFA Club World Cup against Mexico’s Monterrey on Saturday night in Agaidr and qualified to the semi-finals of the tournament. Raja scored its first...
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From north to south, Moroccan fans celebrate Raja’s historic win over Monterrey
Fez- After several years full of disappointing performance by Morocco’s national team and its early elimination from the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will take place in Brazil next summer, Raja of...
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Casablanca to have its own Think Tank
Casablanca- Good news for Casablanca residents: the economic capital has now its own think tank. According to daily Aujourd’hui Le Maroc, the Wilaya of Grand Casablanca has recently announced the...
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Morocco lags behind in sexual and reproductive health: NGO
Rabat - The Moroccan Family Planning Association (MFPA) estimates that progress made by Morocco in the field of sexual and reproductive health is not sufficient, according to MAP. The MFPA warned of...
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Cheb Khaled decides to leave Morocco for good and resettle in France
Fez- Cheb Khaled, the king of Rai, has decided to leave Morocco for good and resettle in France with his wife and his daughters, according to RT Arabic. The singer, who was granted Moroccan...
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Mohamed Ouzzine: a casting error in the Moroccan government
Rabat- There is a sense of lack of confidence among the leaders of the Popular Movement, the party of the Minister of Urbanism and Development, Mohand Laenser. One of the most prominent Ministers in...
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Moroccan Minister withdraws controversial internet draft law
Fez- Moulay Hafil El Alamy, Moroccan Minister of Industry and digital economy, decided to withdraw a controversial draft bill called “the digital bill,” which was made public earlier this week,...
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A Moroccan Painting Auctioned for MAD 3.5 Million
Casablanca- According to news outlet Le360, a painting by Moroccan painter, Ahmed Cherkaoui entitled, "Myriam, Casa" (73 x 92 cm), was auctioned for MAD 3.5 million on Saturday, in Casablanca....
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Rabat: A March against draft law on violence against women
Casablanca - The coalition of NGO’s called “Printemps de la Dignité” (Spring of Dignity) organized Saturday in Rabat a “white march” against all sorts of violence against women, under the title “Until...
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Ribery calls on Moroccans to support Bayern Munich in the FIFA Club World Cup
Fez- Frank Ribery, the French player of Bayern Munich called on Moroccan fans to support its team in its upcoming match against Guanghzou Evergrande from China in the semi-finals of the FIFA Club...
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Moroccan receives award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical...
Casablnaca- According to Moroccan news outlet Hespress, 26-year-old chemical engineer, Kaoutar Abou Charif, currently based in Indiana State, received an award from the American Association of...
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