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Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce Features Moroccan Delegation during...
Washington, D.C.- Key leaders from the Delegation from Morocco to the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit spoke to business leaders at a forum sponsored by the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce in...
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Café du Livre Marrakech Gets a Face Lift
Marrakech - Liz Giles was born in New York. She has traveled extensively and lived abroad in Spain, South Korea, and Marrakech, Morocco. Liz has worked in a variety of fields and first came to...
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Moroccan LGBT Boat Sails in Amsterdam Gay Pride Canal Parade
Fez- A Moroccan lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) flotilla took part for the first time in the 19th Annual Amsterdam Gay Pride Canal Parade held on August 2 and 3 to celebrate Gay Cultural...
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Saudi Newscaster Appears on TV Without Veil, Sparks Controversy
Rabat- There has been uproar in Saudi Arabia, a deeply Islamic state, after an unprecedented appearance of a female newscaster without a headscarf on Saudi state television. Last week, an unnamed...
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Ireland’s Leading Supermarket Chain Removes Israeli Goods from its Shelves
Rabat- Boycotting Israeli goods, Ireland's largest grocery and food distributor SuperValu ordered all its stores on Friday to remove Israeli carrots from their shelves in response to the Israeli...
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How Moroccan Health System Killed My Father
Rabat - My recent experience with the tragic death of my father has enlightened me on the subject of the many Moroccan health issues that I had formerly only heard of, but with which I had no personal...
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Moroccan Minister Reacts to Controversy Over Nabila Benkirane’s Attire in...
Fez- Following the storm of harsh criticism mocking Nabila Benkirane's Jellaba - a typical Moroccan women dress- that she was wearing at a White House formal reception during the US-Africa Summit held...
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Algerian Official Calls for Severing of Diplomatic Ties with Morocco
Fez- The media war between Morocco and Algeria continues to rage unabated. Responding to the recent statements of Salaheddine Mezouar, Moroccan Foreign Minister, holding Algeria responsible for...
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Saudi Arabia Bans Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia Muslims From performing Hajj
Fez- Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health decided to ban Muslims from West African countries from performing Hajj or Umrah (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) this year amid growing concerns of the spread of...
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Morocco-Algeria: The Unbalanced Friendship
By Majid Morceli San Francisco- For several decades Morocco was able to form solid relationships with countries that can be considered good friends, because they could undoubtedly help tip the balance...
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Joan Rivers Backtracks on Her Comment ‘Palestinians Deserved to Die’
Rabat- After allegedly stating that “idiot” Palestinians deserved to die during Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, American comedienne Joan Rivers has backtracked and blamed the media for taking her...
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ISIS-linked Jihadist Group Makes Death Threats Against Moroccan Minister of...
Fez- A Moroccan religious extremists group close to "'the Movement for Unity and Jihad" reportedly made 'death threats' against the Moroccan Minister of Justice and Liberties, Mustapha Ramid. According...
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Aunt of King Mohammed VI Dies
Rabat- Princess Lalla Fatim Zahra, aunt of King Mohammed VI, died on Sunday morning in Tetouan, at the age of 84. Princess Lalla Fatim Zahra, the mother of Morocco's ambassador in London, Chrifa Lalla...
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4.3-magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Al Hoceima , release
Rabat - A 4.3 earthquake struck on Saturday afternoon the off coast of Al Hoceima, said the National Institute of Geophysics. The tremor occurred at 3:45 p.m., the Institute added in a release.
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International Peace and Security on the Brink of a Meltdown
By Hicham Ahamdi Rabat - The main functions of the United Nations are maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, and providing humanitarian aids. None of these functions...
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New Law Makes It Harder for Saudi Men to Marry Moroccan Women
Fez- Saudi men will no longer have the freedom to marry as many women as they please. A new rule introduced in the Saudi legislation makes it harder for Saudi men to marry a Moroccan woman, as they...
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Erdogan elected 12th president of Turkey
Istanbul - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power in 2002, was elected 12th president of Turkey in the first round of the first...
View ArticleUnprecedented: Prayer with Two Imams in a Mosque in Casablanca
Casablanca – A new video that was posted on YouTube on Sunday shows two groups of Moroccans separately performing the Maghreb prayer in a mosque in Casablanca, each group with a different imam. A group...
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New 72-hour Truce in Gaza
Rabat- A 72-hour truce came into force in the Gaza Strip on Monday 0:01 local (9:01 p.m. GMT). Sunday, the Palestinians and Israel have reached a "simultaneous consensus" on a truce in indirect talks...
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Halal Food to Reach $ 1.6 Trillion by 2018: Report
Fez- A report published by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce forecasts the growth of the global market for Halal food and beverages (F&B) (corresponding to Islamic law) to reach 1.6 trillion dollars by...
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