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,...
View ArticleNass 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...
View ArticleExodus’ from Dutch Far-Right Leader after He Promised “Fewer Moroccans”
THE HAGUE- More members of Dutch populist Geert Wilders' party abandoned the anti-Muslim leader on Saturday amid an unprecedented storm of protest after he vowed "fewer Moroccans' in the Netherlands....
View ArticleFar-Right Leader Says He Won’t Apologize for “Fewer Moroccans”
The Hague - An unrepentant Geert Wilders fought back Saturday against a storm of protest and an exodus from within his own anti-Muslim party after he vowed "fewer Moroccans" in the Netherlands. The...
View ArticleAlgeria’s Bouteflika: health does not ‘disqualify’ re-election
ALGIERS- Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said Saturday his ailing health does not "disqualify" his bid to run for a fourth term in polls next month. "The difficulties linked to my health do no...
View ArticleAlgeria’s six presidential candidates
ALGIERS- Campaigning kicks off on Sunday in Algeria for the April 17 presidential vote, with incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika widely expected to clinch a fourth term. Below are short profiles of the...
View ArticleNetanyahu’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...
View ArticleMorocco: 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...
View ArticleSpain’s first post-Franco PM Suarez dead
Madrid— Adolfo Suarez, the prime minister who led post-Franco Spain to democracy, died on Sunday at a Madrid hospital, his family's spokesman said. He was 81. Suarez, Spain's first prime minister after...
View ArticleMoroccan 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...
View ArticleMorocco’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...
View ArticleKenitra: 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...
View ArticleMorocco: 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,...
View ArticleBelgium: 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...
View ArticleFlight of missing plane ended in Indian Ocean: Malaysian PM
Kuala Lumpur - The missing Malaysia Airlines jet came down in the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday, as the airline reportedly told relatives it had been lost and that none on board...
View ArticleMorocco Strongly Condemns Anti-Moroccan Remarks Of Dutch Politician
Rabat - Morocco's minister in charge of the Moroccan community abroad and of migration affairs Anis Birrou, strongly condemned anti-Moroccan remarks by Dutch MP Geert Wilders. "I strongly condemn the...
View ArticleMorocco’s Goulmima: the Pearl of the Desert
Goulmima - South Eastern Morocco is a treat to the desert lovers where the sun, the moon, the stars, the sky and the plain view spreading before their eyes offer them an escape towards the serenity of...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Launches Works of a Sports City in Tangier
Tangier - King Mohammed VI launched this Monday, in the Ziaten neighborhood in Tangier, works of a sports city matching international standards, another step in the Tangier-metropolis program,...
View ArticleMorocco’s Football Federation Adopts Statutes In Accordance With FIFA Laws
Rabat- The Moroccan football federation (FRFM) unanimously adopted on Sunday its updated statute to conform with the FIFA laws. The document was adopted during an extraordinary general assembly in...
View ArticleMorocco’s argan tree in decline: study
Taroudant, Morocco- According to the Worldagroforestry, argan tree density in Morocco “has decreased from 100 to 30 trees per hectare in less than a century.” Despite the country's efforts to preserve...
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