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Algeria’s Bouteflika: Hypocrisy at its Best
By Majid Morceli San Francisco - Let’s assume that Mr. Bouteflika, the four-term Algerian president, still has the capacity to preside over a country that is closed to the outside world in terms of how...
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One family’s experience in Morocco of the 2010 Icelandic Ash Cloud
Marrakech - Jim Fletcher is a Tourism Economist and Financial Analyst with over 30 years of experience working in the tourism and hospitality sectors, including in Morocco. In 2010, he and his family...
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Gaza between War and Peace
Rabat - This summer, the poor and embattled inhabitants of Gaza have to endure hardships and heat from three factors: fasting Ramadan in the oppressive heat of the summer, to comply with one of the...
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Morocco Should Deepen South-South Cooperation with Africa
By El Mostafa Jamea Casablanca - I participated recently, along with colleagues serving in academia, governmental agencies, presidents’ offices, banks and parliaments in Sub Saharan Africa, in a...
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A’abidat E’rma Heritage Enriches Morocco’s cultural diversity
By Ouassima Boujrad Fez - The city of Khouribga [75 south east of Casablanca] organized the 14th session of the National Festival of A’abidat E’rma from August 22 to 24, in collaboration with the...
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Marrakesh Airport to install high-speed hold baggage explosives detection system
Tinjdad- The international Marrakesh Menara Airport will install the HI-SCAN 10080 XCT, a high-speed hold baggage explosives detection system, which willdetect explosives in luggage, according to...
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“Your Son Smokes, All Children Smoke:” On the Failures of Moroccan...
By Abdelhak Ammari Nador, Morocco - A few days ago, I listened to a Moroccan radio program called Hki Li, meaning “Tell Me” in English. The program receives people’s calls, and the callers air their...
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Publication of Issue 33/34 of the international journal “Languages and...
Fez - This issue, which is edited by Moroccan University Professor Moha Ennaji, addresses the subject of language at the structural and applied levels, as a language of instruction, communication, and...
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One Dead, 28 Injured in Train Accident near Casablanca
Rabat - A train from the National Railway Office (ONCF) linking Casablanca to Fez, derailed Wednesday afternoon at 1:35 p.m., at the entrance of the Zenatta station. According to several news reports,...
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Alitalia to Launch Rome-Marrakech Line
Rabat- The Italian airline Alitalia is to launch a Rome-Marrakech route on September 3rd, the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) said Wednesday. The new connection will be operational twice a...
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Blood Donation – Poem
Safi, Morocco Here is my precious blood, The dearest I’ve ever had, My parents’ and my legacy By true decree, not fallacy. **** Here’s my scarlet blood, With my love dyed in red; Its white globules...
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Egypt’s Alia Elmahdy Poses Nude to Provoke the Islamic State
Rabat- Egypt’s FEMEN Alia Elmahdy has stirred worldwide controversy after a picture posing nude while defecating and menstruating on the flag of the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIS) went viral...
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5 Animals That Once Roamed Morocco but No Longer Exist
Rabat - Moroccan forests and mountains once harbored many animals that are now extinct, some due to natural causes, but many caused by humans. According to the High Commission for Water and Forests,...
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Chinese Authorities Targets Muslim Uighurs with Beards
Taroudant, Morocco- Chinese authorities are targeting Muslim Uighurs with beards and veils in western China’s restive, Muslim-majority Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, according to Aljazeera. In an...
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Morocco: Eight Died in a Tragic Road Accident Near Settat
Taroudant, Morocco - Local authorities reported that eight people were killed in a road accident early Thursday morning at Khmisset Chaouia, in the province of Settat, according to Maghreb Arab Press....
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Algeria: Firing Abdelaziz Belkhadem Should Be a Wake up Call for Morocco
By Majid Morceli San Francisco – Algerian authorities have been working very hard to eradicate the notion that Algeria has a system of corrupt governance. They have tried very hard to convince the...
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Mission Impossible 5 Closes the Marrakech Highway for 14 Days
Rabat- The Moroccan national highways company (Société nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc) has announced in a communiqué on Thursday that the highway bypass section of Marrakech will be closed between...
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Casablanca airport officer attacked by French national
Rabat- A French national had been reportedly arrested on August 26th at Mohammed V international airport in Casablanca for having assaulted a police officer, according to Le360.ma news website. The...
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Ronaldo voted best player in Europe
Rabat- Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo has been named UEFA's best player in Europe. The 29-year-old, who finished last season as both Champions League winner and top scorer with a staggering 17 goals...
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Lakhdar Ibrahimi: The Next President of Algeria?
Rabat - The unexpected resignation of the UN envoy for Syria, the seasoned Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Ibrahim from his lucrative and high –level diplomatic position has baffled more than one person. The...
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