Moroccan Salafist Cleric Defends Heroine of Controversial Film ‘Much Loved’
Rabat - Mohammed Fizazi, a reformed Moroccan Salafi-jihadist sheikh, has defended the heroine of the controversial film by Nabil Ayouch"Much Loved”. In a video posted on YouTube, the cleric said that...
View ArticleEU Reaffirms its Support for Morocco’s Migration, Asylum Policy
Brussels - The European Union reaffirmed its support to Morocco's new migration and asylum policy, which is based on full respect for human rights and aims to integrate legal migrants and recognize...
View ArticleMoroccan Artist Participates in Global Competition on Sculpture Arts
By Yasyn Mouhir Marrakech - Moroccan artist Mohamed El Aadi participates in the biggest competition of sculpture arts on wood in Japan, taking place August 18-30, 2015. According to Media24, Mohammed...
View ArticleIsrael Urges Its Citizens to Avoid Morocco for Non-Essential Travel
Rabat - The Counter-Terrorism Bureau of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has called upon Israeli citizens to avoid Morocco for non-essential travel. Last week, Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau...
View ArticleMorocco has the Arab World’s Cheapest ADSL: Survey
Rabat - Morocco has the cheapest digital subscription for ADSL in the Arab world in 2015, a new report from the Arab Advisors Group revealed. The report, which provides an analysis for the price of...
View ArticleAfter Tangier Money Truck Robbery, DGSN Presses Banks to Boost Security
Rabat - Following the attempted robbery of a cash-transit truck in Tangier, Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has hired a special committee to carry out checks on banks’...
View ArticleMarrakech’s ESAV Among Top 15 International Film Schools
Rabat - Marrakech's Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels (the School of Visual Arts) ESAV has been selected among the best international film schools, according to the Hollywood Reporter. ESAV has made...
View ArticleYemeni President Flies to Tangier to Meet Saudi King
Rabat - Yemeni President, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, is due to arrive on Thursday evening in Tangier, northern Morocco, to meet with Saudi Arabia’s king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Morocco’s daily...
View ArticleLeon Reiterates Gratitude to Morocco for Supporting Inter-Libyan Peace Talks
New York (UN) - UNSG special representative for Libya Bernardino Leon reiterated, on Wednesday before the UNSC, his gratitude to Morocco for supporting the inter-Libyan dialogue process which led to...
View ArticleNumber of Tourist Arrivals in Morocco Drops 2.9% in First Quarter of 2015
By Yasyn Mouhir Marrakech - According to the Directorate of Studies and Financial Projections of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, approximately 4.3 million tourists visited Morocco during the...
View ArticleChina Wants to Translate Over 25 Moroccan Books
Rabat - China is moving forward to translate 25 Moroccan books to Chinese, announced Hassan El Ouazzani, director of the Book Department at Morocco’s Ministry of Culture. Ouazzani made this...
View ArticleEight Moroccan Artists Take Part in a Program in the US
Rabat - Eight of the best young Moroccan artists are participating in an artistic program in the United States co-organized by the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange...
View ArticleMorocco: Circle Oil Abandons Second Well in One Month Over Disappointing Results
Rabat - After abandoning the NFA-1 well located in Lalla Mimouna earlier this month, Irish energy company Circle Oil announced on Wednesday that it has plugged and abandoned the Ksiri South (KSS-A)...
View ArticleCanadian Actress Shay Mitchell in Love with Morocco
Casablanca - The Pretty Little Liars (PLL) star, Shay Mitchell was left fascinated of what Marrakech had to offer during her short stay in Morocco. Shay Mitchell, born Shannon Ashley Mitchell (28), is...
View ArticleFrench Journalists who Blackmailed King Mohammed VI Face a Minimum of 5 Years...
Rabat - King Mohammed VI’s French lawyer, Eric Dupont-Moretti has revealed that former French journalists, Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet could face a minimum of five years in jail for their...
View ArticleMorocco Expels France’s TF1 Journalists For Lack of Compliance
Rabat - Morocco has reportedly expelled a TV crew working for French channel TF1 for shooting an interview with the brother of Ayoub El Khazzani, the Moroccan who opened fire onboard a high-speed...
View ArticleOil Company SAMIR Accused of Smuggling Oil Outside Morocco
Fez - The problems of oil company SAMIR seem endless. Following a scandal over unpaid taxes, now a high-ranking Moroccan official has accused the CEO of the company, Saudi billionaire Mohamed Houssein...
View ArticleBlackmail: French TV Publishes Documents Incriminating Two French Journalists
Rabat - French investigative journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet pledged they would "not write anything about the kingdom of Morocco" if they were given € 3 million in hush money, a letter...
View ArticleBelgian Imam Calls for Not Observing Feast Sacrifice in Eid al Adha
Taroudante - The imam of Forest Mosque in Brussels called on Muslims in Belgium to not observe the feast of the sacrifice during the upcoming Eid Al Adha in protest of the Belgian government ban on...
View ArticleMoroccan Hammam Among Seven Places Qataris Go to Relax
Rabat - Emirati magazine Step Feed has ranked one of Morocco’s Hammams among the seven places in the world where Qatari nationals go to relax. Step Feed ranked Morocco’s Hammam of Bab Doukkala,...
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