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NGOs Outraged As Saudi Arabia Wants to Execute 55 Men in One Day
Rabat - Saudi Arabia is moving forward to execute over 55 men convicted of terrorism in one single day. The move has been slammed by NGOs and mocked by Russian media. A report by Saudi daily Okaz...
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King Mohammed VI to Pay Official Visit to UAE
Rabat - King Mohammed VI of Morocco is due to pay on official visit to the United Arab of Emirates, on Monday. Multiple Moroccan media outlets said that the Moroccan monarch will fly to UAE from...
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More than 10,000 People Protest in Casablanca Against Government
Taroudant - Thousands of people took to the streets in Casablanca on Sunday to protest “the unilateral policy” of Abdelilah Benkirane, Morocco’s Head of Government, and the “deplorable financial...
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Morocco’s Sociologist Fatima Mernissi Dies at 75
Rabat - One of Morocco’s most celebrated feminist writers and sociologists passed away aged 75, on Monday. Born in 1940, in Fes, Fatima Mernissi became known for her significant contributions in the...
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King Mohammed VI Takes Part in Paris COP21 Opening Session
Rabat - King Mohammed VI is taking part this Monday in Paris the 21st conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate changes (COP21), announced the Ministry of Royal...
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Moroccan Cleric: Haifae Wahbe’s Visit to Casablanca Will Sully Morocco’s Soil
Rabat - Mohammed Fizazi, a reformed Moroccan Salafi-jihadist sheikh, posted on his Facebook page a statement, calling on the Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe not to visit Morocco. The controversial imam...
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Morocco Participates in Africities Summit in South Africa
Rabat - A Moroccan delegation along with hundreds of officials from across Africa have gathered for the seventh Africities Summit held in Johannesburg from November 29 to December 3, to discuss the...
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Real Madrid ‘Worried’ About Ronaldo’s Continuous Trips to Morocco
Rabat - Real Madrid has allegedly expressed its concerns over Cristiano Ronaldo’s continuous trips to Morocco to visit his Moroccan kick boxer friend Badr Hari. A report by Spain’s Extra Confidencial...
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Tribute to Fatima Mernissi, an Exceptional Woman in a Troubled Era
By Fatima Sadiqi Fez - Born in 1940 in Fez, Fatima Mernissi received her primary and secondary education in one of the first co-ed private schools in Morocco. She then studied sociology at Mohamed V...
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Fatima Mernissi, Greatest Female Sociologist Ever in Contemporary Morocco
Fez - Morocco has just lost the great progressive sociologist Fatima Mernissi, who was one of the cultural and intellectual icons of the country. The deceased has spent her entire life defending...
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Morocco and British Council Sign Connecting Classrooms Program Memorandum
Taroudant - Morocco’s Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training and the British Council signed on Monday, November 30, 2015, in Rabat the Memorandum of Understanding for the Connecting...
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Saudi Arabia to Build the World’s Tallest Tower
Cindy Basha Rabat - Saudi Arabia’s government unveiled on Sunday its plan to build the Jeddah Tower, the world’s tallest tower. This tower will be nearly a kilometer tall and cost $1.23 billion dollar...
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Al Mouloud Holiday to Occur Twice in 2015, Coincides With Christmas this Year
Rabat - This year “Eid Al Mouloud,” or simply “Al Mouloud,” the observance of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, and Christmas Day will fall on the same day for the first time in 457 years. In 2015,...
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Morocco: 55% of Married Women Suffer Domestic Violence
New York - More than half of married women in Morocco have been victims of at least one act of domestic violence inflicted either by their partners or other family members. According to a national...
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COP21: King Mohammed VI Visits Moroccan Pavilions (video)
Rabat - King Mohammed VI on Monday visited the Moroccan pavilion and COP 22, built on the site of the UN Climate Conference (COP 21), held from November 30 to December 11 at Le Bourget, Paris. Hakima...
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Moroccan Man Arrested in Spain For Attempting to Join ISIS
Rabat - A Moroccan man was arrested this Tuesday in Pamplona, northern Span for planning to travel to Syria in order to join the ranks of the so called Islamic State. A statement by Spanish Ministry...
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‘Russia 24’ Channel Urges Russian Travelers to Visit Morocco
Rabat - State-owned channel Russia 24 has aired a special reports, inviting Russian travelers to visit Morocco. Russia’s report highlighted Morocco’s tourism assets and portrayed the North African...
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Nine People Dead, Four Injured in Traffic Accident in Morocco
Rabat - Nine people were killed and four others were injured in a traffic accident this Tuesda , when a grand taxi and a compact vehicle collided near El Jadida. Local authorities said the accident...
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Amid World AIDS Epidemic, Morocco Making Progress
By Kaitlin Junod Rabat - While HIV and AIDS infections are rising in the Middle East and North Africa, Morocco has made substantial progress in fighting HIV/ AIDS, wrote Navid Mandani for Nature...
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Moroccan Intelligence Services Help Spain Thwart Terrorist Attack in Barcelona
Rabat - Moroccan intelligence services have allegedly helped their Spanish counterparts thwart a terrorist attack in Barcelona, according to the Moroccan daily Assabah. Morocco’s General Directorate...
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