Mehdi Qotbi Receives France’s Legion of Honor
Paris - President of the National Foundation of Morocco's Museums Mehdi Qotbi received from French President Francois Hollande the insignia of Commander of the Legion of Honor, the highest award in...
View ArticleAnti-Semitism in Morocco: A Complicated Issue
By Bourchachene Wail Rabat - It's not strange to find Hitler's book ''Mein Kampf'' sold on Moroccan streets. According to Hamid, a Casablanca book seller, many people come to him specifically to buy...
View ArticleCase Against ANRT for Blocking VoIP Services Scheduled For Hearing
Rabat - The first hearing for a case lodged against the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) for blocking VoIP services last January will held on April 21st, according to Medias24. The...
View ArticleDounia Boutazout Attacked by Woman While Waiting in Line in Casablanca
Rabat - Moroccan actress Dounia Boutazout was attacked by a woman on Monday during her visit to a district near Casablanca called Sidi Moumen to obtain an official document. Boutazout said another...
View ArticleBritish Library’s Oldest Quran Copies Now Online
Taroudant - The British Library's Digitized Manuscripts website claims to have one of the oldest copies of the Quran, dating back to the eighth century. The Library said that the old manuscript, which...
View ArticleFlorida Billboard Reading ‘Islam Bloody Islam’ Sparks Worldwide Outrage
Taroudante - A billboard in St. Augustine, Florida, has caused international outrage for its discriminatory message that criticizes Islam. The billboard along A1A which reads “Islam Bloody Islam,...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Calls for Facing Anti-Islam Rhetoric in the West
Istanbul - King Mohammed VI on Thursday called on Islamic countries to design and implement appropriate strategies and reform programs to face a situation that has worsened with the spread within...
View ArticleThe Chinese Foreign Policy and Cultural Soft Power
By Hassan Eziou Beijing - In modern international politics, the state’s foreign policy is highly measured by its ability to maintain its interests within a remarkably complex and challenging...
View ArticleCorpsAfrica: a new opportunity for moroccans to serve their own country
By Bochra Laghssais Marrakech - CorpsAfrica is a Moroccan-American nonprofit organization that addresses the critical need for professional and personal growth opportunities for young people across...
View ArticleDutch Football Analyst Blames Failure of Dutch Football Clubs on Moroccans
Rabat - 67-year-old Dutch football analyst, Johan Derksen, claimed on Monday’s Dutch sport program, “Voetbal Inside,” that the failure of many Dutch football clubs is due to the high percentage of...
View ArticleKenitra to Host Fourth Annual TEDxENCGK
Rabat - TEDxENCGK is scheduled to take place on April 17 at l’Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion (ENCG), a public academic institution of higher education in Kenitra. Under the theme “Just...
View ArticleLaunch of an Innovative, Multifunctional E-learning Platform for European...
Brussels - Nowadays, it is almost impossible to consider effective and innovative teaching and learning channels without linking them with the Virtual Learning Environment, Information and...
View ArticleUSA: Muslim Man Removed From Airplane For Speaking Arabic
Taroudante - A college student originally from Iraq was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight in California earlier this month after another passenger panicked when she heard him speaking Arabic....
View ArticleHomophobia in Morocco: Gay or Straight, It’s Personal
Fez - Recently, a horrible video was posted on YouTube showing a naked same-sex male couple being assualted in a house in Beni Mellal. The attackers, who allegedly broke into the couple’s place,...
View ArticleAatabou Urges Dounia Boutazout to Apologize for Her Controversial Altercation
Rabat - Moroccan singer Najat Aatabou spoke out against the actress Dounia Boutazout for her “misbehavior” following the actress’s altercation with a young woman in Casablanca that sent her to the...
View ArticleSurvey: Mustapha El Khalfi Has Highest Name Recognition in Morocco
Rabat - Mustapha El Khalfi, the minister of communication and the official government spokesperson, has the most “notoriety” among Moroccans according to a new survey by the Tariq Ibn Ziyad Initiative...
View ArticleCambridge Taxi Driver Provides Home For Homeless Dogs in Morocco
Rabat - Karl Scarr, a Cambridge animal expert turned taxi driver, gave up his taxiing career to care for 150 Moroccan street dogs in Tangier. On April 14, BBC published the inspiring story of Karl...
View ArticleMoroccan Man Accused of Stealing Mosque Donations in France
Rabat - Lyon police reported on Wednesday that they have arrested a man of Moroccan origin accused of stealing the money raised from the faithful in mosques in France for 4 years. The Moroccan man,...
View ArticleNew York Mosque Hosts Jewish Passover Seder
Rabat - The Islamic Society of Mid-Manhattan mosque hosted some 100 Jews and Muslims for a multifaith Jewish Passover Seder on April 14, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. A week before the...
View ArticleYouth Heroes: Moroccan Association to Promote Volunteerism
By Omar Allouche Ksar el Kebir - Do you believe youth can’t be heroes? If you say no, then you don’t know Hero Family, an association of Moroccan youth, created January 9, 2015. It now has more than...
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