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Female athletes run the streets of Rabat for Women’s Victory Race
Fez- Female runners from around Morocco will head to the capital of Rabat this weekend to participate in the 7th edition of the Women’s Victory Race. The 7-kilometer race will begin at the Avenue of...
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Morocco: 21-Year-Old Arrested for Internet Blackmail
Casablanca - Is Oued Zem, a city in Khouribga Province, becoming the capital of digital blackmailing? A 21-year-old man recently appeared in the court of Appeal of Khouribga after being accused of...
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Morocco: Woman Savagely Assaulted for “Speaking the Truth”
Casablanca - Jamila Aadi, an engineer from Rabat, recently told news outlet Febrayer that she was victim of physical assault for having cast light on a corruption case. According to the same source,...
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Benkirane To Increase Monthly Allowance of Moroccan MPs
Taroudant, Morocco - In a stark contradiction with the fiscal austerity advocated by Benkirane’s government, the PJD-led government gave the green light for a monthly MAD 4000 rise in the allowances of...
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President of Moroccan Football Federation to sue a newspaper
Rabat - The Moroccan Football Federation has denied in a statement allegations of corruption raised against its president Faouzi Lakjaa by a local daily newspaper. Moroccan daily newspaper Al Naas had...
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Tom Hanks Gets Lost in Moroccan Desert, Saved by Mules
Casablanca- Tom Hanks had come to Morocco to shoot scenes for the film “A Hologram for the King”, but the Oscar-winning actor ended up having an unprecedented adventure in the Moroccan desert that he...
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Man Arrested 51 Years After Murdering his Wife
Casablanca- The Royal Gendarmerie in El Ksiba, in the Ben Slimane region, recently arrested a man 51 years after he had murdered his wife. According to daily Aujourd’hui Le Maroc, the fugitive was on...
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Shopping Mall Carré Eden Opens in Marrakech
Marrakech - The Carré Eden Shopping centre on Avenue Mohammed V in Marrakech opened on May 8. The imposing building designed by architect Karim El Achak has a Starbucks Café beside it, the first in...
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Ban Ki-moon Appoints New head of MINURSO
United Nations, New York - The United Nations Secretary-General, BAN Ki-moon, appointed Canadian Kim Bolduc as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in...
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Colombian Senate did not adopt any resolution on “Western Sahara”: source
Bogota - The Colombian Senate did not adopt any resolution on the “Western Sahara” issue, said a Colombian parliamentary source, according to Maghreb Arab Press. The agenda of the Senate did not...
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French Ambassador of Algerian Origin Resigns Over “Racism”
Fez- A French Ambassador of Algerian origin stepped down from his post on Tuesday on allegations of racism. Zair Kedadouche, who was French Ambassador in Andorra, said he was victim of racism within...
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Moroccans Pessimistic about the Future: HCP Statistics
Casablanca- The alarming statistics revealed by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) last week on the rate of unemployment in Morocco have incited Moroccans’ pessimism about the future of employment...
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Australian Singer’s Song on Morocco Irritates Many Moroccans
Casablanca- After her visit to Morocco in 2007, during which she had the opportunity to go to Marrakech and Essaouira, the Australian singer Shelley Segal released a single along with a music video...
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Video of Cat Saving Boy from Dog Attack Goes Viral
Rabat- This new video is now going viral of a cat coming to the rescue of a little boy who was attacked by a dog while he was riding his bike in the driveway. A footage from home surveillance camera...
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U.S Think Tank highlights Uniqueness of Moroccan Islam
Washington - A study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a U.S. think tank based in Washington, highlighted the uniqueness of Moroccan Islam as a force for regional...
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TIZI Initiative to Award 20 Moroccan Young Leaders for 2014
Casablanca- Tariq Ibn Ziyad Initiative (TIZI) will hold the second edition of the TIZI Leadership Day on May 24, at the Hassania School of Public Works (EHTP) in Casablanca, during which 20 new...
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Marrakech: Three Women Dance Naked in the Street
Taroudant, Morocco - Three Moroccan girls took to the street almost naked this week in the neighborhood of Ben Saleh, in the old medina of Marrakech, according to the Moroccan daily Annass. Along the...
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Grand taxis shifting gears in Morocco
Fez - Riding in a grand taxi in Morocco often means cramming into the backseat of a Mercedes for an often too-close-for-comfort journey that has the car bursting at the seams with passengers. The...
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Only in Saudi Arabia: ‘divorced for driving’
Tangier - After she sent her Saudi Arabian husband a video of her driving the family car, he immediately divorced her. It is well known that Saudi women are not allowed to apply for licenses; they are...
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France: Uni’Sons to Hold the Ninth Annual Arabesque Festival
Casablanca - The Arabesques Festival is drawing near. The association Uni’Sons will hold the ninth edition of the festival from May 19th to the 25th at Domaine d’O in Montpellier, France. The festival...
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