Morocco: 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...
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Moroccan 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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What makes life a love story
Fez - Today March 20, the international community celebrates the International Day of Happiness. The day comes as a reminder to human beings of the crucial effects of happiness on the well-being of...
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Amine Raghib, Moroccan Winner of YouTube Silver Award
Rabat- As social media has proven to be an outlet for creative and innovative people to showcase their interests and activities, Amine Raghib, a Moroccan young man from Marrakesh, stands out from the...
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Netherlands: A Moroccan selfie campaign in reaction to anti-Moroccan remarks
By Ezzoubeir Jabrane Casablanca- After insulting remarks made by anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders about the Moroccan community in the Netherlands, Dutch Moroccans have responded with a selfie...
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Are Moroccans Racist Towards Sub-Saharan Immigrants?
Marrakech - Today, Friday March 21st, was the first day of a new Moroccan campaign called “I’m not called Azzi” –Azzi meaning a dark skinned person in Moroccan Arabic- which was organized for the first...
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Youth Days kick off in Tangier
By Asmae Azzamouri Tangier - From 21-23 of March, the city of Tangier invites youth nationwide to discuss political participation in the younger generation. Believing in the power of youth and the...
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Exodus’ from Dutch Far-Right Leader after He Promised “Fewer Moroccans”
THE HAGUE- More members of Dutch populist Geert Wilders' party abandoned the anti-Muslim leader on Saturday amid an unprecedented storm of protest after he vowed "fewer Moroccans' in the Netherlands....
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Far-Right Leader Says He Won’t Apologize for “Fewer Moroccans”
The Hague - An unrepentant Geert Wilders fought back Saturday against a storm of protest and an exodus from within his own anti-Muslim party after he vowed "fewer Moroccans" in the Netherlands. The...
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More Than 1,000 Elderly Homeless People Were Aided in “Winter 2014” Campaign:...
Rabat-The Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, Bassima Hakkaoui, reported on Thursday that over 1,162 people have benefited from the Winter 2014 campaign that was created to...
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Netanyahu’s Wife Insults a Moroccan Jew
Rabat- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife are facing a legal battle after their housekeeping staffer, who is a Moroccan Jew, filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming he “was mistreated and...
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Moroccan Rural Women
By Azize Kour Sale - I decided to write about Moroccan women because of personal and psychological motives and needs. I grew up in the countryside, and never thought to question the suffering of women...
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The International Youth Foundation’s Passport to Success Program at Dar...
By Abdelaziz Askitou Zaio, Morocco - On March 15, 2014, a group of nearly 95 girls lodging at Dar Taliba, administrative staff, and the Passport to Success program facilitators and participants...
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FEMEN activists Interrupt an Islamic Conference Held in Berlin
Taroudant, Morocco- Three FEMEN activists interrupted an Islamic conference held Thursday March 20 in Berlin in the framework of the Berlin Islam Week event, according to the Dailymail. The same...
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Morocco: Despair Leads a Man To Offer Himself Up For Sale
Rabat- After spending half a month in a continuous sit-in,a Moroccan citizen offered himself up for sale on Saturday at “Almassira”yard in Beni Mellal, Morocco. In an unprecedented and unusual move,...
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Belgium: Far-Right Party Followers Chant “Fewer, Fewer Moroccans”
Rabat- Belgian Vlaams Belang party activists were chanting “fewer, fewer Moroccans” during their party’s electoral congress on Sunday in Antwerp-Belgium, in support of the Dutch right-wing party...
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Netherlands: Moroccan Entrepreneur Started as a Cleaner, Became a Millionaire
Rabat - Moroccan entrepreneur Rahma El Mouden is the founder & CEO of MAS Dienstverleners. She started as a cleaning woman in the Netherlands, and now she owns the Specialist Cleaner company with a...
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Morocco New Digital Code To Put An End to Online Anonymity
By Karima Rhanem Rabat - Morocco new digital code*, which has been retrieved for revision from the official website of the State General Secretariat of the Government, is generally believed to put an...
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Prophet’s wife Khadija Bint Khuwalid: A Woman that defied her Tribe
Goulmima - The story of the Prophet of Islam with his wife Khadija Bint Khuwaylid legitimized the fact that age or wealth should never be a hindrance to love. The Prophet of Islam earned a very...
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A Saudi Man“Mocks” Morocco’s English Name
Casablanca- Is there anything wrong with Morocco’s name in English? The video of a Saudi man recently uploaded to Al Arabiya’s website seems to claim so. “Why is ‘Morocco’ the English translation of...
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