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Montana High School Senior Learns Language and More in Morocco – Missoulian
“I am loving every minute of my time here in Morocco. Really, every day I wake up and I still have to pinch myself to make sure that I’m not dreaming,” says Kalyn Campbell of Missoula, shown above...
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What If Wealthy College Kids Were Required to Do Low-Wage Jobs? – The Atlantic
Miguel Villagran/AP Images * From Rabat, Morocco: The pros & cons of an internship program that tries to teach students about class divisions * . The Atlantic, Michelle Sutherland (Rabat,...
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Morocco Berbers Mark New Year, Call for Public Holiday – AFP
Amazighan women with thir children are pictured in Anfgou, High Atlas mountains, on January 11, 2013. AFP Photo/Fadel Senna AFP (Rabat, Morocco, January 11, 2013) — Thirty months after winning official...
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12 Delicious Doughnut Variations From Around the World – USA Today
Sfenj, from Morocco — The ring shape of these Moroccan treats might be similar to the classic American doughnut, but instead of being smooth-edged, sfenj are quite rough-hewn. The yeast dough used for...
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Maghreb Celebrates Yennayer 2964 – Magharebia
Amazigh youth in Rabat, Morocco on January 12th called for the government to make the Amazigh calendar official. Photo: Hassan Benmehdi Magharebia, by Hayam El Hadi in Algiers, Yasmin Najjar in...
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Ten Top Facts About Casablanca – Express/UK
The world’s tallest minaret is in Casablanca reaching 210 meters. Photo: Getty * January 14, 1943, saw the beginning of the Casablanca Conference at which Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and...
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The ‘Jerusalem Committee’ Reconsidered – Huffington Post, Ahmed Charai
. * “The Al-Quds Committee — which is chaired by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and supports Muslim claims to Jerusalem and the upkeep of its Islamic holy places – will hold its annual gathering in the...
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Zoukak’s Ibsen Will Speak Arabic – Daily Star
Moroccan theatre troupe DABATEATR presents the theater-concet ”Hadda,” telling the story of a tortured woman’s life. Daily Star The Daily Star, by Chirine Lahoud (Beirut, Lebanon, January 15,...
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Morocco Economy ‘On Track’– Magharebia
“We will do nothing to rock the [economy's] boat,” Moroccan Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid said on January 8th. AFP/Abdelhak Senna. * “The Moroccan economy is on track,” Finance Minister Mohamed...
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Moroccan Government Adopts Islamic Finance Law, Seeks Vote in Parliament – Al...
Morocco’s government adopted a bill to regulate Islamic banks and sukuk issues, said the country’s communication minister. Photo: Reuters . Al Arabiya, Reuters (Tunis, Tunisia, January 16, 2014) —...
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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Praises Obama, Kerry on Middle East Peace Initiative
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI delivers address to members of the al-Quds Committee in Marrakech Jan. 17-18 to advance Middle East peace process. Photo: MAP . * Speech to al-Quds Committee backs two-state...
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At Al-Quds meeting, King Mohammed VI urges “consensus, realism, courage” to...
“Our meeting today sends out a message to the world, saying that we are a nation committed to peace and to the alliance of civilizations and cultures,” said King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds...
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New Release: ‘My love from Paris’ by Moroccan author Ahmed Al-Madini – Ahram...
Nassiby Min Paris (My love from Paris) by: Ahmed El-Madini, Cairo: Al-Dar Al-Masriah Allubnaniah, 2014. 280pp Ahram Online *The latest novel from the famed Moroccan author reflects on love, writing...
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Morocco Calls for Fostering Trust between Parties to Mideast Peace Process –...
“We call on the parties involved (in the Middle East peace process) to strengthen trust between them, abstain from any provocative act which might derail the peace process and to show a sense of...
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Interview: Moroccan Actress Zineb Oukach Talks The Wolf of Wall Street –...
Moroccan actress Zineb Oukach talks about working with Martin Scorcese on the new film she stars in, The Wolf of Wall Street, and about her next project – entitled I am Morocco – which she is set to...
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Ethnic Moroccan Beauty Pageant Won by 19-year-old – Al Arabiya
Asmaa Sarah, 19, was crowned Miss Amazigh 2014 in Agadir. Al Arabiya . Al Arabiya News (Agadir, Morocco, Saturday, January 18, 2014) — Asmaa Sarah, 19, who hails from the Amazigh ethnic group, was...
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The Morocco Option – Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Silobreaker
Assia Bensalah Alaoui,Professor, International Law, Mohammed V University Assia Bensalah Alaoui Silobreaker January 20, 2014 RABAT – Three years after the Arab Spring revolutions, the democratic world...
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On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco – The Daily Beast, Joanna Eede
On foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The Daily Beast, Photo by Joanna Eede * “ ‘Morocco to me was a revelation,’ wrote Churchill decades ago. I wonder, now, if he’d been to M’goun.” “Time...
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Word of Mouth: ‘Arganic,’ Argan Oil From Morocco for the Table – London...
Dana Elemara: ‘There was a risk because argan oil is more expensive than olive oil, but I was fascinated. It has been part of the Berber diet for centuries.’ London Telegraph. Photo: Luisa Whitton . *...
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Majorelle Garden, Morocco: Photo of the Day – Serenity in the Garden
Majorelle Garden in Marrakech, Morocco. Serenity in the Garden . * “The air is laden with sugared fragrance and songbirds’ chirping… My Blue Heaven.” * . Serenity in the Garden, by Jan Johnsen...
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