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Morocco Will Soon Welcome a Second Group of Malian Imams – La Nouvel...
(Article in French) Last year, while visiting Mali for the inauguration of its new President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (right), Morocco’s King Mohammed VI (left) agreed to the training of 500 Malian...
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African Music Legends Pay Homage to Mandela at Morocco Festival – Global...
Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour peforms during the 20th edition of the World Sacred Music Festival in Fez, Morocco, on June 16 ,2014. Photo: AFP / Fadel Senna . Global Post, AFP (June 16, 2014) ―...
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Morocco: House of Representatives Committee Approves Agreement on American...
Moroccan Parliament. Photo: Lemag . Lemag, MAP (Rabat, Morocco, June 17, 2014) — The Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, Islamic Affairs and the Moroccan Expatriate Community at the House of...
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Morocco Protects Mosques from Religious Extremism – Magharebia
Instructor-imams will be tasked with supervising religious discourse in Moroccan mosques. Photo: Magharebia/Hassan Benmehdi .. * Morocco’s 50,000 mosques are now benefiting from a “Religious Guidance...
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Food Matters: In Fez, a Restaurant Starring the Finest Chefs in the World –...
Restaurant Numero 7 in Fez, designed by the creative director of the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh, has reopened as a showcase for a rotating cast of international chefs. Photo: The New York Times . *...
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Essaouira Gnaoua Festival Promotes Dialogue – Magharebia
The Gnaoua World Music Festival opened June 12th in Essaouira. Photo: Magharebia/Hassan Benmehdi . * “Culture helps open up channels of dialogue and resolve the conflicts that tear apart and divide...
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought – High Atlas Foundation
High Atlas Foundation works in arid and desert regions of Morocco such as Boujdour. Photos: HAF . * Ultimately Morocco’s success, built around the participatory approach to development and addressing...
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Dawn of Midi: Hypnotizing the World One Post-Jazz Groove at a Time –...
Dawn of Midi’s (from left) Qasim Naqvi, Aakaash Israni, and Amino Belyamani - Image: Falkwyn de Goyenche . * “Amino [Belyamani, the trio’s pianist] is from Morocco and has a pretty deep background in...
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As Moderate Islamists Retreat, Extremists Surge Unchecked – The New York Times
Rachid al-Ghannouchi leads Tunisia’s Islamist party, which gave up control of the transitional government. Credit Samuel Aranda for The New York Times . * “If moderates hope to counter the jihadists...
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Planet Appetite: MarrakChef Culinary Competition, Marrakech, Morocco –...
The concept is simple — each chef must create 2 dishes, a main and a dessert, creating a fusion between their own style of cooking and that of Morocco. Huffington Post . * Four top international chefs,...
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King Outlines 3 Pillars of Morocco’s South-South Cooperation for Stability &...
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI . Full text of King Mohammed VI’s remarks for 25th meeting of Crans Montana Forum in Rabat; outlines Morocco’s innovative approach for South-South cooperation to help make...
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Life’s journey: Sufi parable for tolerance, diversity in Fes, Morocco –...
Fes Festival launched in Morocco not long after the 1991 Gulf War, a deliberate effort to bridge divides that threatened to polarize “the West” and “Islam.” It brings together music and other art forms...
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Jajouka: The Master Musicians of Morocco – Detroit Performs
Detroit Performs: Jajouka Master Musicians at Arab-American National Museum . *The Arab American National Museum presents Jajouka: The Master Musicians of Morocco, a new exhibition featuring the...
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In Morocco, A Lasting Impact Means Building Trust – Huffington Post, Stefan...
Andradene Lowe and Phoebe Shelor, both students at Washington College and volunteers with America’s Unofficial Ambassadors, leading activities on their first day as French language teachers in the...
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From Morocco to Jakarta, Muslims Mark Ramadan – Washington Post, AP
Ramadan in Morocco 2012: Moroccan faithful pray in Hassan II Mosque on Laylat al-Qadr during the holy month of Ramadan, in Casablanca. Photo: Reuters . Washington Post, Associated Press, by Zeina...
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Morocco’s Moderate Muslim Model Attracts Regional Interest – Middle East Online
Members of the Tijaniyya Brotherhood pray as they take part in a remembrance for Sheikh Sidi Ahmed al-Tijani who lived during the eighteenth century on May 14, 2014 in the Moroccan city of Fez. Photo:...
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In Fes: A World Music Festival That’s a Beacon of Tolerance – theartsdesk
Not Glasto: Hamadcha of Fes. Photo: theartsdesk.com . * “Forget Glastonbury, Morocco’s Festival of World Sacred Music in Fes goes from strength to strength… The festival, which featured Christian and...
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Who do you know in Morocco? – Norman Greene, San Diego Jewish World
Roberta Greene stands at the aron kodesh in Casablanca synagogue. . * “We had started to gain an appreciation for the tolerant, ‘live and let live’ relationship of the peoples of Morocco… Even today,...
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Selling a Startup Takes Planning: 4 Tips From an Entrepreneur Who Did it...
Pictured above at LinkedIn’s headquarters, from left to right, CTO Mehdi Mehni, Senior Product Manager, Cédric Poirier, Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn Muhieddine El Kaissi, and COO Taoufik El...
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Morocco Reshapes its Image, Through Music Festivals – The Guardian
The massive pop Festival Mawazine in Rabat, which has starred the likes of Rihanna and Stevie Wonder, this year drew a record crowd of more than 2.6 million over nine days, and conveyed a message of...
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