Huge blunder: AP Sports mistook Minister of Youth for King of Morocco
New York- Here is what happens when Journalists are under heavy deadlines to be the first ones to beat the world to the news without checking their sources and crossing their dots. A monumental blunder...
View ArticleAltercation between Dounia Batma and her husband on her wedding night
Rabat- Moroccan singer Dounia Batma celebrated her wedding on Saturday night in Casablanca. She is now officially married to Bahraini millionaire Mohamed Al Turk. But according to some Moroccan...
View ArticleWomen in Morocco: political party calls for gender equality in inheritance
Casablanca- Compared to other countries in the MENA region, gender equality in Morocco has reached remarkable stages, especially with the implementation of Moudawana (family code) 2013. Today, USFP is...
View ArticleMoroccan hackers take down official websites of South Africa’s government
Taroudant- Anonymous Hacker group going under the name 'Moroccan Islamic Union- Mail' hacked and defaced The National Department of Health- Government of South Africa website. The hacker group wrote on...
View ArticleTrial of Ali Anouzla postponed until February 18
Rabat- The judge in charge of terrorism cases in the Court of Appeal in Sale on Monday decided to postpone until February 18 the trial of Ali Anouzl, editor-in-chief of the Arabic version of...
View ArticleMikhail Kalashnikov, a man whose invention killed millions
Mohamed Ouhemou, Casablanca- The man whose invention has killed more people than nuclear weapons, HIV and many other diseases all together is dead. Mikhail Kalashnikov, famous for his invention, the...
View ArticlePrincess Lala Salma, “Efflorescence of an icon”: French Magazine Gala
Casablanca- “Lala Salma, princess consort of Morocco and wife of King Mohammed VI, shines up as a towering inspiration and an emblem of hope for all Moroccan women,” says Gala, the French celebrity...
View ArticleEmir of Qatar to visit Morocco on 27-28 December
Rabat- The Emir of the State of Qatar is set to visit Morocco on December 27-28 at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. The official visit will be crowned with the signing of a number of bilateral...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Mohammed VI receives Raja Casablanca
Rabat- King Mohammed VI received Tuesday, in Casablanca royal palace, players and the staff of the Raja Casablanca Club Athletic football team, in recognition to their outstanding performance during...
View ArticlePictures of luxurious cars driven by Gulf Students in Europe Go Viral
Casablanca- Pictures of affluent Gulf citizens riding their deluxe cars down some European avenues have swept the internet, stirring versatile reactions to them. A number of luxurious cars, driven by...
View ArticleMoroccan officer given 3 years in prison for espionage for Algeria
Fez- A Moroccan military officer was sentenced by the military court of Rabat to 3 years in jail and a MAD 500 fine for espionage for a foreign country. According to the Moroccan daily news Assabah, a...
View ArticleMorocco: Islamist MP tells racist” joke about Amazigh
Casablanca- Manifestations of the traditional, skin-color racism as well as cultural or “new racism” have assumed new shapes nowadays. Today, for instance, one can be freely racist/ discriminatory in a...
View ArticleWatch out! Extremely dangerous spam SMS being circulated
Taroudant- According to Lemag, many phone users in Morocco reported that they were victims of an extremely dangerous spam SMS, which is being circulated these days. The mobile owners have received an...
View ArticleSaudi blogger sentenced to death for apostasy
Taroudant- According to CNN, the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, founder of a website for political and social debate, “Saudi Arabian Liberals”, has been found guilty of insulting Islam through his...
View ArticleMorocco, the new favored destination for Israeli Runaways?
Casablanca- Earlier this year, founder of the Shuvu Bonim religious seminary in Israel, Eliezer Berland, 76, had fled to Morocco after being incriminated of sexually abusing two women. The Chasidic...
View ArticleMore than 6000 Moroccan teachers stage a hunger strike
By Monaim EL Azzouzi Rabat - More than 6000 Moroccan teachers are staging a hunger strike to protest against their exclusion from their legitimate right of promotion and to demand integration in the...
View ArticleMorocco’s Cadi Ayyad University among top 100 universities in 22 emerging...
Taroudant- The TimesHigher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014 powered by Thomson Reuters placed the Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) best university in Morocco and among the best...
View ArticleEmir of Qatar arrives in Morocco on official visit
Marrakech-Menara airport- The Emir of Qatar Sheik Tamim Ben Hamad Al-Thani arrived this Friday in Marrakech on an official visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. The Emir of Qatar was...
View ArticleMorocco: two officers injured while chasing a drug dealer
Casablanca- According to the Moroccan daily Al Massae, two police officers were injured Friday 27 in Tangier whilst attempting to get their hands on the city’s biggest drug dealers. According to the...
View ArticleIraqi Prime Minister says Qiblah for prayer should be Kerbala not Mecca
Taroudant- According to AlArabaiya, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that the Shiite holy city of Kerbala must be the Qibla - direction, towards which Muslims pray – instead of the Kaaba in...
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