New York School Apologizes for Reciting US Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic
Rabat - A high school in upstate New York has apologized for reciting the US Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic. The pledge was read in Arabic in an effort to celebrate National Foreign Language week at...
View ArticleMorocco on High Alert after Terrorist Attacks in Tunisia
Rabat - Police across Morocco have been put on high alert in the wake of the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 22 people, including many foreign tourists, at Tunisia's National Bardo Museum...
View ArticleMorocco’s ESCA Partners with Africa’s Top Business Schools to Enhance...
Rabat - Esca Maroc Ecole De Management of Casablanca has signed a novel partnership agreement with a consortium of leading African business schools from four major countries. The newly formed...
View ArticleMoroccan Girl Pulls Car With Her Hair
Taroudant - A Moroccan young girl stunned the audience after pulling a Mercedes-Benz weighing one-and-a-half tone with her hair. Representing Morocco for a new reality TV show 'World's Most Talented',...
View ArticleMorocco Dismantles Terrorist Cell That Planned to Carry out Terrorists Attacks
Rabat - The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), an offshoot of Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency (DGST), has dismantled a terrorist cell that was plotting to perpetrate terrorist...
View ArticleClasico: Barca Members Resell Their Tickets to Arab, Chinese Fans
Rabat- The economic crisis that has been affecting a large segment of the Spanish population since 2008 is pushing some members (socios) of FC Barcelona to resell their seats for high-demand matches,...
View ArticleEgypt: Preacher Receives 5-year Sentence for Publicly Burning Bible
Rabat - Egypt's top court has affirmed the imposition of a five-year prison sentence for a radical preacher convicted of publicly burning a copy of the bible next to the US Embassy in Cairo in 2012....
View ArticleTwo Individuals Arrested in Casablanca for Trying to Bribe Police Officers
Rabat - Two individuals were arrested in Casablanca after they tried to bribe police officers. A motorcyclist was arrested at the crossroad of Ibn Tachafin Avenue after he attempted to bribe a law...
View ArticleEgyptian Teacher Shaves Schoolgirl’s Head for Not Wearing Hijab
Rabat - A teacher of religious education in Egypt shaved a schoolgirl's head in front of her colleagues because she was not wearing the Hijab. According to Egyptian media reports, the primary school...
View ArticleCasablanca Finance City among Top 42 Best Performing Financial Centers Worldwide
Rabat - Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has moved up by 9 points in the 17 Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI 17) to rank 42nd. CFC has been ranked 42nd best performing financial center in the world...
View ArticleMorocco’s Exchange Office to Liberate Its Foreign Exchange Rate Regime
Rabat - Morocco is moving towards the liberalization of its foreign exchange rate regime in what appears to be an attempt to install confidence in foreign investors. The country's Exchange Office is...
View ArticleZakia Khattabi, First Belgian of Moroccan Origins to Lead a Political Party...
Rabat - Zakia Khattabi, a Belgian MP of Moroccan origin, has been elected co-chair of Ecolo, a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. Thus, Khattabi becomes the first...
View ArticleCasablanca: King Mohammed VI launches Operation to Rehouse 8,400 Households
Casablanca- King Mohammed VI launched, on Monday at the rural commune of Sidi Hajjaj Oued Hassar (Mediouna province), the construction works of the "Riad" operation to rehouse around 8,400 shanties'...
View ArticleRussian Ice Stars to Perform in Casablanca
Rabat - The Russian Ice Stars company will perform their famous musical production, "Peter Pan on Ice,” on March 28 and 29 in the theater of Mohamed V in Casablanca. For the first time in Morocco, the...
View ArticleDismantled Terrorist Cell Planed to Assassinate Ahmed Assid
Rabat- A terrorist cell that was recently dismantled reportedly planned to assassinate many Moroccan politicians and public figures, including the Amazigh and Secular activist, Ahmed Assid, according...
View ArticleMorocco Condemns Algeria’s ‘Maneuvers’ Before UN Human Rights Council
Geneva - Morocco condemned, on Monday in Geneva, Algeria's maneuvers before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to mislead the international community regarding the situation in the Kingdom's southern...
View ArticleMorocco Opens Tourism Office in Abu Dhabi
Rabat- The Moroccan National Tourist Office will open a new office in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. In a statement issued on Monday, the Office stated that the new premises will serve as a regional platform...
View ArticleMorocco Dismantled 132 Terrorist Cell in 2002-2015
Salé - Some 132 terrorist cells have been busted by Moroccan security services over 2002-2015, Prefect of Police, Director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) Abdelhak Khiame said...
View ArticleMoroccan Woman To Be Awarded Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling
Rabat - Aicha El Basri, former Moroccan spokesperson for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID, will be awarded the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling on April 29th in...
View ArticleMEPs Urge EU to Halt humanitarian Aid to Tindouf Camps Till Census is Conducted
Rabat - Brussels - On the backdrop of the embezzlement disclosures involving the Polisario and their mentor Algeria, several members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different EU member states...
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