Morocco: Senior official at Ministry of Higher Education Commits Suicide
Rabat- A senior official of the Ministry of Higher Education committed suicide last Thursday afternoon, in Temara, near Rabat, by jumping from the window of his apartment, according to Moroccan news...
View ArticleItaly: Unknown People vandalize Mosque, Burn the Quran
Taroudant, Morocco- According to the Italian newspaper Ilmessaggero, “Moschea della Pace” the mosque of peace in the city of Rieti in the Lazio region, 80 kilometer from Rome, Italy, was damaged Sunday...
View ArticleMorocco: Group of Young Men Gang-Rape 97-Year-Old Woman
Casablanca - A group of young men, aged between 25 and 27, raped a 97-year-old elderly woman in Sidi Sliman (68 miles northeast of Rabat). The crime took place last Thursday, March 13, when a group of...
View ArticleCasablanca Among World’s Top Financial Centers
Rabat- Casablanca has made a remarkable entry into the GFCI ranking of global financial centers, according to a statement published on Monday in London by Z / Yen, the institution in charge of the...
View ArticleKenitra’s Police Prefect Slaps, Humiliates a Moroccan Citizen
Casablanca- Kenitra’s new Police Prefect, Mr. Abdellah Mahsoun, recently slapped a Moroccan citizen in public, according to daily Assabah. The new Police Prefect of Kenitra, Abdellah Mahsoun, who was...
View ArticleWill Herve Renard Coach Morocco’s National Team?
Rabat- After the Moroccan media published many articles about the failure of Moroccan officials to convince French coach Herve Renard to lead the Moroccan national team, the manager of French FC...
View ArticleMorocco, Algeria, Top Africa’s Arms Importers: Report
Rabat - Morocco received 22% of Africa’s global arms imports while Algeria headed the region’s ranking, with 36% of Africa’s imports, according to a new report. In a tight arms race, Algeria and...
View ArticleNotorious Moroccan Hacker Arrested in Thailand
Rabat- Farid Essebar, a notorious Moroccan-Russian hacker wanted by the authorities in Switzerland, was arrested on Tuesday by Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in Bangkok. He is...
View Article75 Kg of Cocaine Seized in Casablanca Mohammed V Airport: police
Casablanca - The police of Casablanca Mohammed V international airport arrested on Tuesday night two sub -Saharan Africans who were in possession of 75 kilograms of cocaine, according to Maghreb Arab...
View ArticleCasablanca: 800 families living inside ‘caves’
Rabat - Whoever has said that the era of caves has ended in Morocco is mistaken. While Casablanca has developed into a metropolitan city, the engine of the national economy, and a financial center, a...
View ArticleExpired Medicines Dating Back to 1973 Found in Casablanca
Casablanca - The Minister of Health, Mr. El Houssaine Louardi, has recently announced the discovery of expired medications in Casablanca, dating back to 1973. The Minister announced this shocking news...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI to Visit China Next June
Rabat - King Mohammed is expected to visit China next summer, according to the Chinese Ambassador to Rabat. The Chinese Ambassador, who was speaking on Tuesday at a meeting organized by the Party of...
View ArticleMelilla: Moroccan Sentenced to 7 years in Prison for Illegal Immigration
Casablanca - A court in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in northern Morocco, sentenced a Moroccan citizen to 7 years in prison on Monday for allegedly assisting in illegal immigration and human trafficking....
View ArticleInterview with Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi, the Green Sheikh
By Maria Bolevich Croatia - I was lucky enough to recently interview Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi, known as The Green Sheikh. The Sheikh worked in the oil industry for about three years before...
View ArticleCasablanca: Algerian arrested in possession of 10 thousand ecstasy pills
Rabat - The Narcotics squad of Casablanca arrested on Monday an Algerian national in possession of over ten thousand ecstasy pills known as "karkoubi." Police sources said that defendant had concealed...
View ArticleAt Morocco’s Initiative: UN declares 6 April International Sports Day
Rabat – Each year on April 6, International Sports Day will be celebrated. This holiday first started as a Moroccan proposition and was adopted by the UN General Assembly. The idea of International...
View ArticleMoroccan women in the countryside
By Azize Kour - Sale I have chosen to endeavour investigating this topic basically because of personal and psychological motives and needs. Actually, Igrew up in the countryside, and I never gave a...
View ArticleMorocco: 96-Year-Old Woman, Victim of Rape, Tells Her Story
Casablanca- Her name is Rahma Bent Larbi, and she is the 96-year-old woman who was raped in Sidi Sliman (68 miles northeast of Rabat). News website LE360 sent a group of journalists on Wednesday, March...
View ArticleAudiopharmacy Tours Morocco
By Said Hanin - Tangier The American band “Audiopharmacy” toured in four cities in Morocco, including Casablaca, Fez, Mohamadia, Salé, and Meknes from March 6-12, 2014. The band is comprised of 5...
View ArticleMoroccan writer Fatema Mernissi discusses women’s issues in Rabat
RABAT - Moroccan writer Fatema Mernissi discussed women’s issues, tackling different points from feminism to globalization’s impact on women, during a lecture on Tuesday, March 18 at the Faculty of...
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