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Are Moroccans Racist Towards Sub-Saharan Immigrants?
Marrakech - Today, Friday March 21st, was the first day of a new Moroccan campaign called “I’m not called Azzi” –Azzi meaning a dark skinned person in Moroccan Arabic- which was organized for the first...
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Google Celebrates Mother’s Day in the Arab World
Taroudant, Morocco- The giant search engine, Google, has dedicated a nice doodle to celebrate Mother's Day in the Arab world today March 21. The innovative doodle presented by Google portrays a mother,...
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Morocco: 150 Masked Hooligans Attack WAC of Casablanca
Rabat- Over 150 masked hooligans, armed with knives, broke into the training complex of the Wydad Athletic club (WAC) on Thursday afternoon in Casablanca. By 3:45 pm, the hooligans flooded the Mohamed...
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Nass El Ghiwane: story of a Moroccan Legend
Rabat- “Art grows from joy and sorrow; but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.“ Edvard Munch. Suffering has been associated with art for so long. Humanity has endured a great many...
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More Than 1,000 Elderly Homeless People Were Aided in “Winter 2014” Campaign:...
Rabat-The Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, Bassima Hakkaoui, reported on Thursday that over 1,162 people have benefited from the Winter 2014 campaign that was created to...
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Netanyahu’s Wife Insults a Moroccan Jew
Rabat- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife are facing a legal battle after their housekeeping staffer, who is a Moroccan Jew, filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming he “was mistreated and...
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Moroccan Rural Women
By Azize Kour Sale - I decided to write about Moroccan women because of personal and psychological motives and needs. I grew up in the countryside, and never thought to question the suffering of women...
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The International Youth Foundation’s Passport to Success Program at Dar...
By Abdelaziz Askitou Zaio, Morocco - On March 15, 2014, a group of nearly 95 girls lodging at Dar Taliba, administrative staff, and the Passport to Success program facilitators and participants...
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Cultural Clash: the Islam-West Conflict (Part II)
Casablanca - In the first part of this article (Islam-West Conflict Part: I) I argued that there is nothing intrinsic about Islam that incites its adherents to engage in violent acts against people of...
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Ten Years On: The Ban on the Muslim Veil in France Raises Continuing Questions
By Bilal Talidi Rabat - The report published by the newspaper le Monde on the 10th anniversary of France’s ban on the Muslim veil in public educational institutions in France deserves to be read and...
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Morocco: Bakers To Go On Strike Next Week
Rabat - The Moroccan National Federation of Bakery and Pastry (FNBPM) announced on Friday a national baker strike scheduled for next Wednesday andThursday in the kingdom. This decision was made in a...
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Moroccan Anti-Israeli Associations Call for Criminalizing Visits to Israel
Casablanca- Moroccan associations known for their hostility towards Israel have recently called upon the Head of the government, Mr. Benkirane, to criminalize any Moroccans who visit Tel Aviv of...
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Morocco’s BCP and BMCE Banks to Open Islamic Subsidiaries
Taroudant- Morocco’s BMCE and BCP banks are preparing to launch Islamic subsidiaries, according to Reuters. This announcement comes two months after the Islamist-led Moroccan government adopted a bill...
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FEMEN activists Interrupt an Islamic Conference Held in Berlin
Taroudant, Morocco- Three FEMEN activists interrupted an Islamic conference held Thursday March 20 in Berlin in the framework of the Berlin Islam Week event, according to the Dailymail. The same...
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Kenitra: A Castle upon a Hill
Chicago - The story of Kenitra is the story of a tree and a castle, a river and a lake, a port and a golden shore. A story of a plant and a bird... This city chooses to honor and triumph its own throne...
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Morocco: Despair Leads a Man To Offer Himself Up For Sale
Rabat- After spending half a month in a continuous sit-in,a Moroccan citizen offered himself up for sale on Saturday at “Almassira”yard in Beni Mellal, Morocco. In an unprecedented and unusual move,...
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Belgium: Far-Right Party Followers Chant “Fewer, Fewer Moroccans”
Rabat- Belgian Vlaams Belang party activists were chanting “fewer, fewer Moroccans” during their party’s electoral congress on Sunday in Antwerp-Belgium, in support of the Dutch right-wing party...
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Morocco: Arrest of French Man Alleged Member of Terrorist Network
Rabat- Moroccan authorities announced that a French citizen, whose identity was not disclosed, was arrested on Saturday in Rabat, Morocco on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist network. According to...
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Morocco: Minister of Justice Calls on Ministry of Interior to Film Police...
Casablanca - Is it really the end of police violence against citizens? The Minister of Justice and Liberties, Mustapha Ramid, recently called on the Ministry of Interior to start filming police...
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Casablanca: 3 Out of 5 Suspects Arrested for Robbing Bus Passengers
Casablanca - The Casablanca police arrested, three out of five suspects on Sunday who had robbed the passengers of a bus in Casablanca’s Enouassar neighborhood last Saturday. Armed with knives and...
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