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Spanish Media Reports on Jennifer Lopez’s Controversial Performance in Morocco
Rabat- Following the opening of the Mawazine Festival in Rabat on Friday, May 29th, several Spanish media outlets have reported on the subsequent controversy surrounding the headlining performance of...
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Yassine Salmi Wins US Embassy’s Race to Space Voting Stage
By Salah Eddine Salmi Rabat - Yassine Salmi, a first year baccalaureate student of Math Sciences at "Les Ecoles Scientifiques" in Temara, and originally from Tinghir, won the voting competition of...
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Belgium: Muslim Students Denied School Entry Because of Their Long Skirts
By Illah Soussi Tamli Orlando, Florida - Long skirts, particularly those of darker colors, are no longer acceptable in certain institutions in Europe. Sarah a 15-year-old Muslim student in France set...
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Morocco Lags Behind in OECD’s Global Education Ranking
Rabat - Moroccan students are lagging behind peers from other nations in basic math and science skills, a new OECD report has revealed. The kingdom is ranked 73rd in a ranking of school performances...
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US Muslims and Jews Pray Side by Side
Taroudant - Around twenty Muslims and Jews performed a united prayer before the sunrise on a Los Angeles beach. In a video posted on YouTube, Muslims and Jews prayed together side-by-side in the beach...
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Attack of “Much Loved” Actor is a Lie
Rabat - The alleged attack against Sidi Dehou Idrissi, who plays the role of a Saudi in Nabil Ayouch’s controversial film, Much Loved , has nothing to with his participation in the movie, according to...
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Moroccans Most Confident in Military, Least in Politics
Rabat - Moroccans express greater confidence in the military and public schools than in any other national institutions. A poll conducted by the Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) has asked...
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Inauguration of 300-Crocodile Park in Southern Morocco
Rabat - A crocodile park was inaugurated in Agadir with the release of 300 crocodiles in the basins of CROCOPARC on Saturday, May 30. The crocodiles released during the inauguration ceremony are of...
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Morocco: Young Man Killed by Lightning
Rabat- A young man died after being struck by lightning on Monday afternoon at Ait Ishaq, twenty kilometers to the South of the city of Khenifra. Authorities said the man was in a field in Ait Ishaq...
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Corruption Scandal Forces FIFA President Sepp Blatter to Resign
Rabat - Sepp Blatter has announced that he will step down as FIFA president in the wake of recent bribery scandals that have taken the sport's governing body by surprise. The Swiss, who has been at...
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Moroccans in Spain Absent From Spanish Political Life
Rabat- The Moroccan immigrant community in Spain is known for being disengaged and having little interest in Spanish political life, a reputation that has resulted in their low representation and...
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Spain: Moroccan Injured in Alleged Racially Motivated Arson Attack
Rabat - A fire destroyed two homes in San Fernando de Henares, Spain on Saturday, injuring two people, including one Moroccan. The fire was possibly an intentional racist attack against the Moroccan...
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Morocco Deports Two Femen for Shooting ‘Obscene’ Video in Hassan Tour
Rabat – Morocco on Tuesday deported two FEMEN activists who posed topless in front of Hassan mosque in the country's capital. The two French nationals shot "an obscene video in Hassan Tour in Rabat,...
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King Mohammed VI Donates Two Tons of Medicines to Ivorian Anti-Aids Program
Abidjan- King Mohammed VI handed, Tuesday at the University Hospital Center of Yopougon in Abidjan, a donation of two tons of medicines to the Ivorian Anti-Aids Program. The royal donation, offered by...
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Mawazine Festival: British Artist Condemns Criminalization of Homosexuality...
Rabat - English rock band Placebo protested the criminalization of homosexuality in Morocco on Tuesday at the OLM Souissi Stage. Long-time supporters of the LGBT community, Placebo took to the stage...
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Morocco Slips Three Places in Global Rule of Law Index
Rabat - Morocco slipped three places to 55th in the 2015 Rule of Law Index Global Ranking. The World Justice Project (WJP) released the WJP Rule of Law Index 2015, an annual report which measures the...
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2010 World Cup Bribe Scandal behind Sepp Blatter’s Resignation
Rabat - Sepp Blatter took world football by surprise when he has decided Tuesday to step down from FIFA after 17 years in charge of the sport's world governing body. The stunning decision comes only...
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Banning ‘Much Loved’ is Protecting Freedom of Expression: Minister
Taroudant- Mustapha Elkhalfi, Minister of Communication, said on Thursday in Rabat that the decision to ban the projection of Much Loved (Fik Zine Li) in Morocco serves to protect freedom of...
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2M Channel Cancels Flagship Discussion Show on Controversial Film ‘Much Loved’
Rabat- Morocco TV channel 2M has decided not to air Wednesday's episode of its flagship interview program "Moubacharatan Maâkoum" that was meant to discuss the government's decision to ban Nabil...
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American Agency to Organize 5th Annual Meeting on Adopted Children in Morocco
New York — The first Muslim adoption agency in the United States will hold its fifth annual reunion and gathering for parents who have adopted children from Morocco for the first time this year after...
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