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Berber Musicians Test Limits of Post-Revolutionary Arab States – Bloomberg
Amazigh Singer Dania Ben Sasi, left, performs with Amazigh musician Idir at 1st international Amazigh music festival, in Paris, Sept. 29, 2013. Photo: Aksel Ben Sasi via Bloomberg . * “Morocco, where...
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King’s Address to the Moroccan-Ivorian Economic Forum: “Africa Should Learn...
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan, presides over opening ceremony and delivers remarks at Moroccan-Ivorian economic forum last week in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire....
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A Crowning Achievement for a Continent on the Rise – Huffington Post, Ahmed...
. * “The King’s message and approach to development in Africa resonates among the people who stand to be affected most. This new dynamic, in turn, carries significant implications for Morocco’s...
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Moroccan King Plays up Business, Religious Ties on African Tour – France 24
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI in Conakry, Guinea on March 3, 2014. Photo: AFP .* * Enthusiastic crowds gathered to welcome him in the regions’ capitals — a sign of Morocco’s growing influence in the...
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Morocco King’s Africa tour travels to Guinea & Gabon, building partnerships...
King Mohammed VI and Gabonese President, Ali Bongo Ondimba preside over the signing of 24 bilateral cooperation agreements in Libreville, Gabon on Friday. Earlier in the week, in Guinea, the Moroccan...
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Maghreb Islamist Movements Go Mainstream – Magharebia
Political change in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia had a profound impact on salafist movements and Islamist parties, Amel Boubekeur said at Casablanca conference in October. Photo: Imrane Binoual ....
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A Jewish Voice on Arabic Radio – The Huffington Post, Joseph Braude
New York City-based author and broadcaster writes that his “listenership has begun to spread beyond [Morocco's] borders, moreover, Risalat New York presents a case in point of how the broader...
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Morocco has Adopted Series of Major Reforms to Strengthen Gender Equality –...
Morocco’s Minister Del. for Foreign Affairs, Mbarka Bouaida, underscored the major reforms Morocco has undertaken to promote gender equality, on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8,...
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USS Simpson Arrives in Casablanca, Morocco – AFRICOM, NNS
The guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) arrived in Casablanca, Morocco for a scheduled port visit 0n March 6. The visit serves to continue U.S. 6th Fleet’s efforts to strengthen maritime...
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Morocco-Gabon Inventing African Future Together – African Bulletin
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI in Libreville, Gabon with President Ali Bongo Ondimba on final leg of African tour also visiting Mali, Cote d’Ivoire & Guinea. Photo: MAP African Bulletin (March 10,...
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Moroccan King, Gabonese President Chair Signing of 24 Bilateral Agreements – MAP
King Mohammed VI and Gabonese President, Ali Bongo Ondimba preside over signing 24 bilateral agreements in Libreville on Friday. Earlier in the week, the King and Guinean President Alpha Condé chaired...
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Zoubida Charrouf and the Story Behind Morocco’s Argan Oil – CNN’s African Voices
The passion of one Moroccan professor, Zoubida Charrouf, to save her country’s argan tree forests helped unlocked the door to what is now a remarkable story of environmental success, women’s...
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Maghreb Countries Unite at Berlin Tourism Convention – Magharebia
Tourists stroll through the markets of the Tunis medina. Photo: AFP/Fethi Belaid . Magharebia, by Mohamed Saadouni (Berlin, Germany, March 11, 2014) — Tourism professionals from Morocco, Algeria,...
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King Mohammed VI’s Four-Nation Tour Deepens Morocco’s Partnerships in Africa
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI wrapped up his four-nation Africa trip in Gabon, after stops in Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, and Guinea, and presiding over the signing of more than 80 bilateral agreements that...
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Moroccan Argan Oil: The ‘Gold’ that Grows on Trees – Financial Times
Berber women gather fruits in an argan grove. Once dried, the kernels are pressed for oil and the husk used to feed livestock. Argan oil has been a component of Berber folk medicine for centuries, used...
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Anthony Horowitz’s Marrakesh – London Telegraph
Anthony Horowitz on Marrakesh: “There really is nowhere else that’s so far away and so near at the same time.” Photo: Alistair Laming / Alamy .. * Introducing a new monthly column, novelist and...
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Shining a Spotlight on Arab Artists, Fotofest Biennial Opens in Houston –...
Kesh Angels. Metallic lambda print on 3mm white dibond. TIME Magazine – Photo: Hassan Hajjaj, Marrakesh, Morocco. . Out There * Curator of 15th Biennial Fotofest in Houston, Karin Adrian von Roques,...
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New York Times looks at Morocco’s efforts to overcome gender inequality,...
* Morocco’s Family Law reforms and Constitution have been hailed as big steps forward by women’s rights activists. But with conservative social traditions, one expert says, “it takes much more time...
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Two UAB Clinton Scholars Win Critical Languages Scholarships – UAB News
* Leah Berkebile, a double major in biology and international studies, will study at the Arab American Language Institute in Tangier, Morocco, and plans to practice medicine in the Middle East. * ....
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Morocco Sees Record 2013 Tourism, 10 Million Visitors – ABC News, AP
In 2013, a record-breaking 10 million tourists visited Morocco, whose beaches, exotic cities and pristine mountains are popular among Europeans, relies on tourism for 10 percent of its GDP, the...
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