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Morocco’s Prime Minister Comes Under Fire for Remarks on Women
Fez - Prime Minister Benkirane is under fire for his statements to Parliament regarding the role of women earlier this week. The prime minister, and head of the Justice and Development Party, made an...
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Moroccan among ten “Champions of Change” honored by Obama
Rabat - “Dreamers” or “Champions of Change” are ten young adults who have qualified for the U.S. government’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program. This year’s Champions will be honored by The...
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High Atlas Foundation, Morocco participate in World Day to Combat...
By Yossef Ben-Meir New York - On this world date to combat desertification - and when considering the great mountain ranges in Morocco as well as desert - we point to conditions replete with...
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Morocco: Two Medi1 Journalists Physically Assaulted by Two Security Officers
Casablanca- Two female correspondents for the Moroccan TV channel Medi1 were verbally and physically assaulted by security officers (gendarmes) on Thursday, on the highway connecting Casablanca to...
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Morocco: Police Officer Eats Rat Poison to Avoid Paying Child Support
Rabat- Since the beginning of 2014, Morocco has witnessed many cases of policemen committing suicide, an unusual phenomenon in the country. The latest case was registered on Thursday in Fes, when a...
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Samira Sitail to Protest With Women’s Rights Activists against Benkirane’s...
Rabat- Samira Sitail, head of the news department of channel 2M,announced her participation in the protests against Benkirane’s impassioned speech to Parliament where he told Moroccan women that their...
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Moroccan Women Exploited in Sex Trafficking in Middle East, Europe: US...
Rabat- The US State Department in a report released June 20, 2014, cited Morocco as a “source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced labor and sex...
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Reptile On the Run in Rabat
Casablanca- Rabat’s spine-chilling reptile is back. After many seemingly mythological narratives of its appearance, Rabat’s notorious crocodile has finally been proven to exist. It is believed that the...
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Nigerian man Sent to Mental Hospital After He Renounced Islam
Taroudant, Morocco- The Muslim community usually welcomes those who renounce their religions and convert to Islam, but when a Muslim openly renounces his or her faith, he or she may face ostracism or...
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Studies Show Social Media Contributes to Rudeness in Users
By Meriem Lahrizi Rabat - Recently, people have gone into hyper-IT-protective mode. This label means that everyone has become, more than ever, keener on protecting his or her laptop, mobile phone,...
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First Day of Ramadan in North America is Saturday: FCNA
New York - According to a press release by the Fiqh Council of North America the first day of Ramadan of this year is June 28. As in previous years, the Fiqh Council of North America bases its decision...
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Ramadan To Start on Sunday in Most Muslim Countries
Rabat - The holy month of Ramadan will start on Sunday in most Arab countries. The noon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Egypt, where they announced that the...
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Woman’s Picture Photoshopped in 25 Countries, Moroccan Version Leaves her...
Casablanca- 24-year-old Esther Honig, a journalist based in Kansas City, Missouri, asked forty people from twenty-five countries to edit a photo of her. She says the photo she received from Morocco...
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A Very Jewish Ramadan
Rabat - House cleaned, top to bottom? Check. Fridge stocked with dates and milk for ftur, and a new tagine for 'aesha? Check. Psychologically prepared for fasting 16 hour days, 30 days in a row? Not so...
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Morocco World News Wishes Happy Ramadan to Muslims Around the World
Rabat-Responding to God’s call to fast the holy month of Ramadan, today some Muslims in different parts of the world started fasting, and others will start tomorrow morning. On this very religious and...
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Obama Wishes Happy Ramdan to Muslims Around the World
Taroudant- At the beginning of Ramadan, the holy month observed by Muslims around the world, the President of the United States Barak Obama sent his best wishes to Muslims in the United States and all...
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Five Things You Should Know About Ramadan
Taroudant- Muslims around the world started the month of Ramadan this weekend. The following are the five things every person should know about this holy month. 1. What is Ramadan? Ramadan is the ninth...
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David Cameron says Muslims are the biggest donors
Tinejdad, Morocco- The British Prime Minister David Cameron delivered yesterday his annual Ramadan message to British Muslims, saying that “Muslims are the biggest donors”. In a video posted on...
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The Right to Information, the other Side of Freedom of Expression
By Abdallah Namli - Safi, Morocco In the days of Driss El Bassri, rulers considered the possession of information as an integral part of power and its practice. They thought that, only one who holds...
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Morocco eyes regional clout as a moderate Muslim model
Rabat - Morocco is promoting its moderate version of Islam as a counterweight to the widening jihadist threat in the Sahara, training hundreds of imams from affected countries, but analysts question...
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