Lamiaa Returns to Morocco Following King Mohammed VI’s Intervention
Rabat – Lamiaa Moatamid returned to Morocco today after king Mohammed VI interceded to bring her back. The story of Lamiaa Moatamid gained a happy ending today when Moatamid arrived in Mohammed V...
View ArticleOn Being Single and Fully Accomplished
Rabat – I have decided to write this after having gone through quite a bit of criticism over the past few months (or is it years, I don’t remember). My ideas and beliefs are apparently so outlandish...
View ArticleFrench Intelligence Uses Moroccan Women to Spy on Salafists
Rabat – Moroccan women are used in the French intelligence services to spy on Salafists, Moroccan daily Al Massae said in its weekend issue. The report says that Moroccan women were far “more...
View ArticleJordanian Writer Gunned Down Over Cartoon ‘Offensive’ to Islam
Rabat – A controversial Jordanian writer was assassinated on the steps of the courthouse where he was on trial for publishing a cartoon considered offensive to Islam. Nahed Hattar was killed by three...
View ArticleThe Financial Audacity of Moroccan Millennials
Luxembourg – I recently returned to Luxembourg from one of my regular trips to Rabat to touch base with my parents and friends. Each time any fellow expat or I are heading back to our host countries,...
View Article5.1% of Moroccan Population Is Disabled (Census)
Rabat – Nearly 5.1 % of Morocco’s population was disabled (1,703,424 people) in 2014, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) said. The prevalence of disability is relatively higher in rural areas...
View ArticleSpanish Police Arrest 2 Moroccan Men for Supporting ISIS
Rabat – Spanish police have arrested two Moroccan men accused of supporting Islamist militants and potentially planning an attack on European soil, Spain’s Interior Ministry said Monday. The ministry...
View ArticleClimate Change in Africa on the Eve of COP22
By Beryl Kessio Rabat – Many eyes will soon be on Morocco as it hosts a United Nations conference on climate change. COP22 will take place in Marrakech from November 7 to 18, drawing thousands of...
View ArticleMoroccan Caricaturist Threatened to Be Slaughtered
Casablanca – Kahlid Gueddar Moroccan Caricaturist and editor in chief of Babobi newspaper calls upon Moroccan authorities to protect his life after he shared the cartoon that caused the death of...
View ArticleMoroccan Scholar Authorizes Skipping Friday Prayer on Election Day
Rabat – A Moroccan preacher has come out with a fatwa (ruling) authorizing Muslims to skip the Friday prayer on Election Day on October 7. Mohamed Boloz, a Moroccan preacher and member of the...
View ArticleNew York Launches Social Media Campaign to Fight Islamophobia
New York – The City of New York has launched a social media campaign in response to a sharp increase in hate crimes against Muslims. Showing an array of photographs of Muslim men and women, the...
View ArticleParis Agreement Nears Threshold for Adoption
By Beryl Kessio Rabat – UN climate change negotiations will take place in Marrakech at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) from...
View Article10-Year-old Moroccan Boy Commits Suicide Over School Supplies
Casablanca – The suicide of a ten year-old boy near the Moroccan city of Ifrane shakes social media in Morocco. A boy was found hanged using an electric wire in a small village in the province of...
View ArticleI Am a Moroccan Woman and I am Sick of Being Catcalled
Casablanca — It happened yesterday. I was driving back home and stopped at a red light. The man in the car next to me rolls down his window and starts talking to me. Naively, I think I must have...
View ArticleMissing Toddler Is Returned to Her Parents, King to Pay for Her Medication
Rabat – The missing toddler whose story mobilized Moroccan social media users was returned to her parents, and King Mohammed VI has offered to pay for her medication. The news of an infant abducted...
View ArticleMoroccan Fog-Water Harvesting Project Wins United Nations Award
New York – The United Nations has awarded on Thursday in Bonn (Germany) a climate change prize to a Moroccan fog-water harvesting project, considered to be The world’s largest operational fog-water...
View ArticleMorocco Broadened its Strategy Against Religious Extremism: El Pais
Madrid – Morocco has broadened in recent years its strategy to fight religious extremism, says Thursday Spanish paper “El Pais”, mentioning the numerous initiatives launched by the Kingdom in this area...
View ArticleMoroccan Medical Delegation Visits Israel Amid Denunciation
Rabat – A Moroccan medical delegation paid a visit to an Israeli medical complex in Haifa, Israel, prompting the Moroccan Anti-Normalization Observatory to condemn the move. The Israeli Ministry of...
View ArticleMoroccan Businessman Brahim Zniber Dies at 96
Rabat – Moroccan businessman Brahim Zniber died on Thursday in Meknes at the age of 96 following a long illness. The deceased will be buried on Friday in Meknés after the prayer of Al-Asr. Born in 1920...
View ArticleMortality & causes of death: 2015 vs 2030
New York – This infographic displays data from the World Health Organization’s “Projections of mortality and causes of death, 2015 and 2030”. The report details all deaths in 2015 by cause and makes...
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