“I’d rather be single”: Saudi Women Hit Back at Sexist Hashtag
Rabat – Titled “Would you marry a female doctor?” this new controversial hashtag is trending on the Saudi Twittersphere, sparking a heated debate on how the Arabian kingdom perceives female workers....
View ArticleMoroccan Religious Minorities Announce Unprecedented Conference in Rabat
Rabat – Morocco’s first conference for religious minorities will be held in Rabat on November 18 to discuss their “marginalization and exclusion” with an usual participation of some quasi-official...
View ArticleSaudi TV Presenter: Muslim Women Should Pray Alongside Men, Lead Prayer
By Sana Elouazi Rabat – Nadine Al-Budair, a well-known Saudi journalist and TV presenter, stirred controversy after calling for equality in the mosque prayer lines, stating that women should lead...
View ArticleMoroccan Children Spend More Than 3 Hours in Front of Screens per Day,...
Rabat – Moroccan children over five years old spend more than three hours a day in front of screens, reported the Moroccan daily Al Massae. Moroccan children spend three hours and 20 minutes watching...
View ArticlePolice Seize 6 Tons of Kief, 4 KG of Hashish in Northern Morocco
Rabat – Moroccan authorities seized on Friday 6.6 tons of Kief and 4 kilograms of Hashish from a home located in Ouazzane Province, north Morocco. The drug was seized after security services had gone...
View ArticleMoroccan Activist Karima Rhanem Wins Pan-African Humanitarian Award
Rabat – Karima Rhanem, a Moroccan civil society activist, has been named winner of the 2017 Pan-African Humanitarian Award. The activist is the first Moroccan young woman to be nominated for this...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Incl. Billionaire Alwaleed Bin Talal For...
Rabat – Saudi Arabia arrested on Saturday night 11 Saudi princes, including Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, four ministers, and 10 former ministers for corruption, following a royal decree issued by King...
View ArticleAttack on Restaurant in Northern Morocco, Police Arrest the Suspect
Rabat – A 36-years old man attempted on Sunday November 5 to set fire in a restaurant in Larach (a city near Tangier in Northern Morocco), before being arrested by the police and put under medical...
View ArticleSaudi Prince Dies in Helicopter Crash One Day After ‘Royal Purge’
Rabat – Saudi Prince Mansour Bin Muqrin was killed in a helicopter crash near the Yemeni border on Sunday, one day after Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the arrest of princes, ministers, and...
View ArticlePhoto of Derailed High-Speed Train Sparks Mockery in Morocco, ONCF Dismisses...
Rabat – A photo of a derailed high-speed train (TGV) car in Laouamra, a town near the city of Larache, has become the target of mockery by Moroccan netizens. The photo was widely shared by Moroccan...
View ArticleTariq Ramadan Takes ‘Leave of Absence’ from Oxford Following Sexual Assault...
By Sana Elouazi Rabat – Following the accusations against Tariq Ramadan of sexual assault in France and sexual abuse of minors in Switzerland, the Islamic scholar has taken a leave of absence from...
View ArticleTurkish Anti-Terrorist Police Arrest 101 Alleged Members of ISIS
Rabat – Turkish anti-terrorist police detained 101 alleged members of ISIS in Ankara, following a mass raid conducted Thursday at dawn of circles close to the terrorist organization. Turkish...
View ArticleMarrakech Cafe Shooting: What Really Happened
Rabat – While mafia-related crimes are uncommon in Morocco, the Dutch nationals arrested for their involvement in Marrakech’s La Créme café shooting have revealed that they received orders by an...
View ArticleCounter-Terror Bureau Arrests Two in Connection with Fez Terror Cell
Rabat – Police elements of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) made two arrests on Friday in connection with a Fez-based terror cell that was dismantled last month, reported Maghreb...
View ArticleWithout Warning US Immigration Moves to Deport Moroccan Single Mother
Washington D.C. – Moroccan immigrant Siham Byah, who has been in the US since 1999 when she arrived at the age of 15, was taken into custody without warning by ICE on Tuesday in Boston, Massachusetts,...
View ArticleWatch The Atlas Lions’ Victory in Rabat Local Bar – “Cheers!”
Rabat – Excitement builds in a middle class bar located in the city center of Rabat, as the two teams get ready for the 5:30 pm game in the Ivory Coast. While the majority prefer to catch all the...
View ArticleOver 2 Million Moroccans Aged 25 and Older Are Diabetic
Rabat – In Morocco, more than two million people aged 25 and older are diabetic, 50 percent of whom are women, said the Health ministry. In a statement published on the occasion of the World...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI in Pictures with the Moroccans of Qatar
Rabat – King Mohammed VI is taking time off his official meetings in Doha to take pictures with the Moroccan residents of the Gulf city. Both Qatari citizens and Moroccans enthusiastically greeted King...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Invites Morocco’s National Football Team to Perform Umrah
By Sana Elouazi Rabat – Saudi Arabia has invited the Atlas Lions to perform the Umrah pilgrimage, in appreciation of their qualification over the weekend to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The invitation...
View ArticleMorocco’s Internet Use ‘Partially Free’: Freedom House
Rabat – Crackdowns on online journalists and activists for covering protests, training reporters, and voicing dissent have led internet freedom to decline in Morocco over the past year, an independent...
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