Ahmed Reda Benchemsi and Pro-Israel Funders: What Relation?
By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 15, 2013 Many people around the Arab world have reservations on what is termed “The Arab Spring” and think that the upheavals in some Arab countries are...
View ArticleCasablanca loses Hollywood shine over growing slum
Sidi Moumen -May 15, 2013 (AFP) “There’s no water, no work and no future. There’s nothing at all here,” says Hamid bitterly as he walks through the sprawling slum of Sidi Moumen in Casablanca made...
View ArticleBenkirane meets with Algerian FM in Brussels
Brussels, May 15, 2013 (MAP) Head of government Abdelilah Benkirane met with Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci on the sidelines of the conference of donors for development in Mali held in...
View ArticleMorocco takes part in Mali Donors conference in Brussels
Brussels, May 15, 2013 (MAP) Morocco is taking part in the conference of aid donors to Mali held this Wednesday in Brussels. Theme “together for the renewal of Mali, the high-level conference is...
View ArticleMorocco’s foreign ministry “astonished” by Egyptian figures’ criticism of Al...
Rabat, May 15, 2013 (MAP) The Moroccan ministry of foreign affairs and cooperation expressed on Tuesday its "astonishment" following the remarks of some Egyptian figures playing down the role played by...
View Article216,000 scholarships awarded to Moroccan students this year: Minister
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 15, 2013 According to Mr. Lahcen Daoudi, the minister of higher education, scientific research and executive training, the number of scholarships...
View ArticleMoroccan Named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 16, 2013 From a pool of 200 individuals representing more than 70 countries, the Moroccan Soulaymane Kachani was named World Economic Forum Young Global...
View ArticleFight against cancer: symposium in Montréal pays tribute to Princess Lalla Salma
Montréal – May 16, 2013 (MAP) Participants in symposium “Cancer and cultures: behaving differently”, held on Wednesday in Montréal, paid tribute to action by HRH Princess Lalla Salma, chairwoman of...
View ArticleMorocco: NGO offers free vaccination for children attained by anemia
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablancsa, May 16, 2013 Dar Chifa is a non-profit organization whose main goal is helping needy children in the rural areas of the province of El Kenitra by...
View ArticleMorocco to ship in $ 5 mln for Mali’s reconstruction, Head of Govt.
Brussels, May 16, 2013 (MAP) Morocco will contribute with five million dollars to help with Mali's development and reconstruction, said on Wednesday head of government Abdelilah Benkirane who is...
View ArticleDo Moroccan women today enjoy their rights?
By Tansaoui Lekbir Morocco World News Ouedzem, Morocco, May 16, 2013 No one can deny that women in Morocco have gained far-reaching rights since the application of the most recent Moroccan family code,...
View ArticleUN to fire MINURSO’s member who sided with the Polisario
Morocco World News New York, May 19, 2013 The United Nations has proceeded to fire the Egyptian member of the MINURSO who appeared in a video last April expressing his support to the Polisario. “Sahara...
View ArticleSpain deports a Moroccan accused of supporting Catalan separatists
By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 16, 2013 Spanish authorities on Thursday expelled Noureddine Ziani, a Moroccan who heads the Union of Islamic Cultural Centers in Catalonia, for...
View ArticleReview of Moroccan editorials, May 17
Rabat - May 17, 2013 (MAP) The decision of the Istiqlal party to withdraw from the coalition government and the potential scenarios of the end of this crisis, and the active role of Al Quds Committee...
View ArticleThe Netherlands pays tribute to Moroccan soldiers of World War II
Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 17, 2013 Known as ‘mountain warriors,’ ‘Goumiers’ , and ‘Goums,’ Moroccan soldiers who sided with the Allied Forces in World War II showed incomparable...
View ArticleMAP launches its Tamazight online portal
By Youssef El kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 17, 2013 In a ceremony organized at its headquarters in Rabat on Wednesday, the Maghreb Arab News Agency (known of its French acronym MAP) launched its...
View ArticleNew York to allow women to go topless in public
By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 18, 2013 After the recent decision taken by the New York Police Department that going topless in public is an act of personal freedom that does not break...
View ArticleMorocco to harness the wind in energy hunt
by Guillaume KLEIN TARFAYA, Morocco, May 18, 2013 (AFP) Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest...
View ArticleMorocco terror cells had big plans, members confess
By Mohamed Saadouni Casablanca, May 18, 2013 Members of two Nador-based terror cells appeared in a Morocco court for arraignment on Tuesday (May 14th). The eight admitted "Al Mouahidoun" and...
View ArticleFirst Saudi woman makes it to Mount Everest
May 18, 2013 Raha Moharrak made history by becoming the first woman from Saudi Arabia to reach the world's highest peak Mount Everest. The 25-year-old is also considered to be the youngest Arab to...
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