Moroccan Born Disabled Painter Makes Beautiful Artwork With Her Mouth
Taroudant - Moroccan-born artist Mariam Fatima Paré learned to paint wonderful drawings with her mouth and develop her passion for painting after a stray bullet struck her while driving nearly 20 years...
View ArticleModel of Moroccan Origin to Represent Belgium in Miss World 2014
Fez - Anissa Blondin, a young model of Moroccan origin, will represent Belgium at the 64th edition of Miss World pageant, Miss World 2014, which will be held on December 14 in London, according to the...
View ArticleRAM Flight Carrying Moroccan Pilgrims Catches Fire at Cairo Airport
Rabat- 275 Moroccans returning from their Hajj in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) had a nightmarish experience on Friday, when the landing gear of their Jeddah-Casablanca flight exploded. According to Anadolu...
View ArticleNour Festival Brings Light and Art to London Audiences
Rabat - The annual month-long Nour Festival of the Council of Arts and Culture Services of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is taking place in London on October 20 through November 30th. The...
View ArticleFrance: Member of Far-right Party Suspended After He Converted to Islam
Rabat- The French far-right party “Front National” (FN) suspended one of its members after he converted to Islam and sent a video to his colleagues praising the virtues of his new religion. According...
View ArticleBecause of Ebola ICANN Postpones Its Meeting in Marrakech
Rabat- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to postpone its 52 meeting initially scheduled to take place in Marrakech. The event, which was set to gather about...
View ArticleMorocco’s Open-air Museum of Prehistoric Fossils, the Largest in the World
Marrakech - Along the Ziz Valley crossing the city of Erfoud, one of the largest palm oases of Morocco located about 305 km from Ouarzazate in southeastern Morocco, visitors run across fossils of...
View ArticleMorocco: First Thermal Station Via Solar Energy to Enter into Action in 2015
Marrakech - The first thermal solar power station in Morocco, which is a part of a development project costing seven billion Euros, will be launched in 2015. In a statement to AFP, the chairman of the...
View ArticleMorocco Ranks Second in Enactus World Cup 2014
Marrakech - Spurred on by their leadership, and education and citizenship maxims of "Tell me and I forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I will remember" and "Give a man a fish, he eats...
View ArticleMorocco’s BMCE Prepares Islamic Finance Subsidiary with Gulf Partner
Rabat - Morocco’s “Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur” (BMCE) will join an alliance with an Islamic financial institution in the Middle East to launch its halal subsidiary, according to Reuters....
View ArticleUproar After Algerian Woman Accused Moroccans of Sorcery
Rabat - An Algerian woman has caused an uproar in social media in Morocco after she accused it of being a country of sorcery. The allegations were made live during an episode of Star Academy, a reality...
View ArticleMoscow Hotel Goes “Halal” to Attract Muslim Tourists
Taroudant, Morocco- Russia joins the many popular international tourist destinations offering halal products and services to increase tourism of visitors from the Muslim world. Due to the growing...
View ArticleMoroccan Unions to Stage National Strike on October 29
Rabat- Moroccan unions confirmed their decision to take part in a national strike on October 29 as a warning to the government's lack of communication and dialogue. The Union Marocaine du Travail...
View ArticleSamsung to Donate 3,000 Smartphones to Help the Fight Against Ebola
Rabat- Samsung announced on October 21, 2014, that it will donate 3,000 smartphones at a cost of about $1 million to help fight the battle against the Ebola virus in Africa. According to Samsung’s...
View ArticleLargest Moroccan Mosque Opens in the Netherlands
Marrakech- The largest Moroccan mosque in the North Brabant (southern Netherlands) opened its doors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Roosendaal in the Netherlands on Friday, according to Maghreb Arab...
View ArticleQPR Manager says Adil Taarabt is a “blatant liar”
Rabat - The Queens Park Rangers (QPR) manager Harry Redknapp accused the Moroccan football player Adil Taarabt of being a “blatant liar,” but “he can still save QPR” Redknapp said: “None of what he...
View ArticleMoroccan Woman Caught Taking Pictures of Naked Women in Hammam
Rabat- Thirty-year-old woman was caught last Friday taking pictures of naked women in a Hammam (public bath) in the Oulfa neighborhood of Casablanca. According to the Moroccan daily Assabah in its...
View ArticleUnions: “the decision to strike is final”
Rabat - On a conference held Saturday, October 25, three Moroccan unions including Union of Moroccan Workers (UMT), Moroccan Confederation of Work (CDT), and Democratic Federation of Labour (FDT)...
View ArticleMoroccan Policeman Arrested, Charged with Leading Cocaïne Distribution Network
Rabat- A cocaine trafficking network led by a police officer stationed at the Police Academy in Kenitra that supplied cocaïne to affluent areas of the capital of the Gharb, was dismantled on Saturday...
View ArticleAammori Mbarek, One of the Pioneers of Amazigh Song
Marrakech - Aammori Mbarek, one of the pioneers of Amazigh song and a lover and singer of freedom, alienation and continuous traveling, was born in a rural area in Taroudant, (88km southeast of...
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