On lies and deception
By Abderrahmane Alamrani Oujda - Almost a year ago, I published on my blog an article called “How to lie.” I wrote it because I know too many terrible liars, and I felt an obligation to show them, with...
View ArticleLalla Aisha: The Speech that Liberated Moroccan Women
By By Samira Athmani - Casablanca In 1947, the late Princess Lalla Aicha stood on the podium dressed in a L’Enfant blue silky gown without a veil on her face, as it was the norm back then. She...
View ArticlePrincess Lalla Salma, Most inspiring Female Personality for Arabs: Poll
Fez- Princess Lalla Slama, consort of King Mohammed VI, was chosen “most inspiring woman” for Arabs in a poll organized by the Washington-based Radio Sawa on the occasion of International Women’s Day....
View Article9-year old kidnapped Moroccan girl was Found in the Bolivian Jungle
Fez- The Spanish Civil Guards just freed a Moroccan girl from the grip of a Bolivian man who had kidnapped her seven months ago near Barcelona. According to the Spanish daily El Pais, the 9-year old...
View ArticleSahara: A Trail in a Dark Courtroom
Chicago – For four decades, Moroccans have grappled with a conflict that is increasingly transforming into a dramatic and devastating obsession: a conflict nurtured in a dark room during a dark period...
View Article300 Irish people worth more than Morocco’s GDP: source
Rabat- The Irish news website Independent has recently published a news story which compares Morocco’s global gross domestic product to the wealth of Ireland's richest 300 in 2014. This week, the...
View ArticleSpain to Strengthen Security on Its Borders With Morocco
Rabat- A few days after hundreds of African migrants stormed a border fence in an attempt to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla from northern Morocco, Spain is planning to tighten its security...
View ArticleMorocco’s Volubilis among “World’s Best Ruins”:The Telegraph
Rabat- Once again, Morocco’s Volubilis is making a prominent appearance on media rundowns of top tourist sites and ruins, as it ranked with famous sites like Angkor Wat, Pompeii, and Petra. UK...
View ArticleBenkirane’s PJD opposes the proposed generalization of the French...
By Ezzoubair Jabrane Casablanca- According to Al-Akhbar, The PJD opposes the generalization of the French Baccalaureate in public education. The party has delegated the mission of blockading this...
View ArticleMoroccan Woman Arrested for Trying to Smuggle 2300g of Cocaine
Casablanca- Customs officers in Casablanca’s Mohammed V Airport arrested on Saturday a Moroccan citizen coming from São Paulo (Brazil) after she had attempted smuggling 2300 grams of cocaine. According...
View ArticleMorocco: 2 dead and 23 injured in a road accident
Taroudant, Morocco- A bus plunged into a ditch in the Atlas Mountains in Ait Othman (rural town of Khank) located 35km from Errachidia, in southeastern Morocco. The accident, which took place on...
View ArticleCheb Khaled supports Bouteflika candidacy, says he makes Algerians happy
Taroudant, Morocco- In a video posted on March 7 on YouTube, famous Algerian singer, Cheb Khaled, expressed his support for the candidacy of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in power in the country since...
View ArticleSpain worries about oil discovered on Morocco’s shores
Rabat- After the Turkish company Genel Energy announced that Morocco’s coasts contain a significant oil capacity, government officials in the Canary Islands are urging Madrid to pressure Morocco...
View ArticleMorocco Ranks 52nd in the World Justice Project Report
Rabat- The World Justice Project revealed its annual report on the Rule of Law. The 2014 report assesses 99 countries’ performances in different domains of justice. Morocco ranks 52nd overall in the...
View ArticleDubai sports channel bids to broadcast Morocco’s Football championship
Rabat- Dubai Sports officials announced their desire to buy the broadcast rights of some Albotola matches and Morocco’s Throne Cup. According to Al Massaa, Ali Khalifa Al-Ramthi, Dubai Channels group...
View ArticleCultural Clash: The Islam-West Conflict (Part I)
By Ezzoubair Jabrane Casablanca- Between the West and Islam there has been a history of tension and enmity that dates back to the emergence of the first Arab, Muslim political state under the...
View ArticleBelgium: Was a Moroccan Schoolboy Killed by Racist Police Officers?
By Ezzoubair Jabrane Casablanca- a fourteen-year-old of Moroccan origin was hit by the Metro in Brussels as he was allegedly trying to flee the police, but police officers said he committed suicide. On...
View ArticleScandal: Graves disentombed in Morocco
Eabat- A sixty- year- old gravedigger was caught disentombing a grave after being bribed on Thursday night in the Bab Dekkala Cemetery in Marrakech, according to Al Massae. A person who wanted to bury...
View ArticleMoroccans and the Revolution
By Ezzouber Jabrane Casablanca- We all have seen how the abrupt political transformations in the Arab World did not bring the development and stability that many had promised. With the exception of...
View ArticleMorocco: Person Spent 20 Years in Jail, It Turns Out He Was Innocent
Rabat- Former member of jihad movement in Morocco, Issa Saber was sentenced to twenty-five years in jail for an alleged assassination. But after he spent over twenty years behind the bars, the real...
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