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Crans Montana Forum In Dakhla, Opportunity To Develop Renewable Energy In Africa
Dakhla - Crans Montana Forum, to be held in Dakhla on March 12-14, is an opportunity to develop Africa's renewable energy, civil society stakeholders in the southern region of Oued Eddahab-Laguira...
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Benkirane calls for adopting English as first foreign language in Morocco
Taroudant - The Moroccan government is moving towards elevating the position of English over French within the Moroccan educational system. After the statements of many Moroccan ministers and...
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PJD Rejects Using Moroccan Darija in Preschool
Rabat - The debate over using Moroccan Darija in schools took a new twist a few weeks before the submission to the king of the Strategic Report of the Supreme Council for Education, Training and...
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Saudi Arabia Ranks Third in the World in Military Spending
Rabat- Saudi Arabia has become the world's third leading country in terms of military spending, according to a report published by the Wall Street Journal. Weapon purchases by the oil-rich monarchies...
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Beatrice Poggio to Exhibit Her Work at Marrakech Henna Art Café
Rabat - Beatrice Poggio, an Italian photographer and artist, will be showing her work at the Marrakech Henna Art Café in an exhibition starting on March 1st and running until the end of the month....
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Representation of Moroccan Women in Hollywood
By Abdelatif Ait Aazzi Casablanca - Throughout history, Hollywood has used repetition as a teaching tool to affect people’s thoughts and beliefs. Many writers and American filmmakers support this...
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Morocco’s Political Reforms, ‘Success Story’ In Arab World: Brookings...
Washington - Morocco’s gradual approach to political reforms and democratization stands as a "success story" in the Arab World, said the Brookings Institution in a recently published paper. "Morocco...
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Number of French Tourists to Morocco Decreases 60% in January
Rabat - According to figures from the French National Union of Travel Agencies (SNAV), the number of French bookings for vacations in Morocco decreased in January by 60 percent. The figures reveal...
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Brussels: King Mohammed VI Pays Costs of Moroccan Suffering from Heart Disease
Rabat - King Mohammed VI has responded to a Facebook solidarity campaign launched to raise donations for Mohammad Laamarie, a Moroccan citizen in Belgium, who suffers from a heart condition that...
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Will English Become the First Foreign Language in Morocco?
By Kristina Fried Rabat - English is quickly replacing French as Morocco’s second language, both among educators and politicians. This is due in part to the growing desire among young Moroccans to...
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The Practical Imperative of Youth Participation, A Moroccan Perspective
Marrakech – Historically and socially, Moroccan youth have been deprived of a meaningful participation in political, economic and social life. They lack basic access to information and education...
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Coalition for Protection of Arabic Calls on Morocco’s Minister of Education...
Rabat - The National Coalition for the Protection of Arabic has reportedly called on Rachid Belmokhtar, Morocco’s Minister of Education, to resign over his recent statements to a journalist at...
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5 Hours Walking in Milan as a Muslim Imam
Rabat - A Muslim student -wearing a traditional white robe and a hat while holding a Quran- faced a barrage of abuse and offensive insults as he walks for five hours around the streets of Milan,...
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Former Miss Turkey Faces Prison For Instagram Post “Insulting” Erdogan
Rabat- Merve Buyuksarac, Miss Turkey 2006, appeared before an Istanbul court on Wednesday for “insulting” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Buyuksarac is being sued for sharing a satirical poem...
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ENS Rabat Hosts a Conference on Journalism & English-language Teaching
By Amine Mechaal Rabat – The English department at L’ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) will host a conference under the theme “Journalism and English-language Teaching” in Rabat in association with...
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Moroccan Prodigy Hashim Mastour to Play for Morocco’s National Team
Rabat- Moroccan football prodigy Hashim Mastour has allegedly decided to play for Morocco, according to Moroccan football new website Mountakhab.net. The same source quoted Mustapha Mdhoun who works...
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No to Collective Punishment in Football
Rabat - The Confederation of African Football Executive Committee’s (CAF-FEC) recent disciplinary decisions concerning Morocco and Tunisia pushed us out of our moral comfort zone. The CAF-FEC was...
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In Pictures: Blaze Rips a Shanty Slum in Casablanca
Casablanca - Violent fire broke out on Saturday night in a shanty slum at Ben Msick region in Casablanca, causing significant property damages but no casualties. According to Le360, three families...
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Moroccans Consumed Around 6 million Viagra Pills in 2014
Rabat- More than 5.6 million tablets of Viagra, drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension, have been reportedly sold in Morocco in 2014, according to the Moroccan...
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Is the UN Shifting Its Approach on Western Sahara?
New York- After an absence that lasted almost a year, Christopher Ross, the United Nations Secretary General’s Personal Envoy to the Western Sahara, has finally made a trip to the region in an attempt...
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