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The Fez Festival of World Sacred Music to be held on June 13-21
By Mary Finnigan - Fez - Celebrating 20 years of musical inspiration from across the globe Music lovers from all corners of the earth will gather in the Moroccan city of Fez this year to celebrate the...
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Notorious Moroccan Hacker Arrested in Thailand
Rabat- Farid Essebar, a notorious Moroccan-Russian hacker wanted by the authorities in Switzerland, was arrested on Tuesday by Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in Bangkok. He is...
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Morocco: One in Every Two Women is illiterate
Taroudant, Morocco- According to a report of the High Commissioner for Planning released last week, nearly 53% of Moroccan women can neither read nor write. More than half of Moroccans in "working...
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Morocco Sees High Revenues from Tourism in 2013: Minister
Rabat- In spite of a difficult geo-strategic situation proximate to other countries experiencing the so-called “Arab Spring,” Morocco’s tourism sector generated 60 billion dirhams in revenues in...
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75 Kg of Cocaine Seized in Casablanca Mohammed V Airport: police
Casablanca - The police of Casablanca Mohammed V international airport arrested on Tuesday night two sub -Saharan Africans who were in possession of 75 kilograms of cocaine, according to Maghreb Arab...
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Expired Medicines Dating Back to 1973 Found in Casablanca
Casablanca - The Minister of Health, Mr. El Houssaine Louardi, has recently announced the discovery of expired medications in Casablanca, dating back to 1973. The Minister announced this shocking news...
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King Mohammed VI to Visit China Next June
Rabat - King Mohammed is expected to visit China next summer, according to the Chinese Ambassador to Rabat. The Chinese Ambassador, who was speaking on Tuesday at a meeting organized by the Party of...
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Melilla: Moroccan Sentenced to 7 years in Prison for Illegal Immigration
Casablanca - A court in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in northern Morocco, sentenced a Moroccan citizen to 7 years in prison on Monday for allegedly assisting in illegal immigration and human trafficking....
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Japan Donates Morocco 170 New Generation Eco-Friendly Vehicles
Rabat- Japan donated Morocco 170 new generation eco-friendly vehicles worth 50 million MAD. "The donation, worth 500 million Yens, 50 million MAD, means to support Morocco's efforts to promote clean...
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At Morocco’s Initiative: UN declares 6 April International Sports Day
Rabat – Each year on April 6, International Sports Day will be celebrated. This holiday first started as a Moroccan proposition and was adopted by the UN General Assembly. The idea of International...
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Washington Welcomes Reform of Morocco’s Military Code of justice
Washington - The United States "welcomes" the Moroccan government’s initiative to reform the Military Code of Justice and to exempt civilians from trial by military tribunals, a U.S. State Department...
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Chicago Welcomes Moroccan Ambassador Rachad Bouhlal
By Manon McGuigan Chicago - Yesterday, March 19, Chicago Mayor and former Chief of Staff for President Obama Rahm Emanuel received a visit from Moroccan Ambassador Rachad Bouhlal. Both parties...
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What makes life a love story
Fez - Today March 20, the international community celebrates the International Day of Happiness. The day comes as a reminder to human beings of the crucial effects of happiness on the well-being of...
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Morocco lifts the ban on Amazigh names
Taroudant, Morocco- The High Commission of the Civil Registry confirmed on Monday the freedom of Moroccans to choose the names of their children, provided the names do not breach morality or public...
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Amine Raghib, Moroccan Winner of YouTube Silver Award
Rabat- As social media has proven to be an outlet for creative and innovative people to showcase their interests and activities, Amine Raghib, a Moroccan young man from Marrakesh, stands out from the...
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Egypt: video of student sexually harassed at university goes viral
By Abdelatif Ait Aazi Casablanca- In a video that went viral on social media, a female university student who can be described as having long blond hair, wearing black pants and a pink sweater, was...
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Netherlands: A Moroccan selfie campaign in reaction to anti-Moroccan remarks
By Ezzoubeir Jabrane Casablanca- After insulting remarks made by anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders about the Moroccan community in the Netherlands, Dutch Moroccans have responded with a selfie...
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Dutch Far-Right Politician Resigns Over Racist, Anti-Moroccan Remarks
Taroudant, Morocco- The Dutch parliamentarian and former tax adviser Roland van Vliet, member of the far-right Party for Freedom, resigned from the party on Thursday over the latest comments of Geert...
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Suspended sentence for Morocco civil servant who flagged ‘graft’
RABAT - A Moroccan civil servant who leaked documents to the press showing that senior officials had awarded each other large monthly bonuses received a two month suspended sentence Friday for...
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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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