Jazzablanca Festival Calls for Moroccan Performers
By Katya Schwenk Rabat – Jazzablanca Festival is seeking applications from Moroccan artists to perform, organizers said Wednesday. The annual festival showcases jazz and jazz fusion, attracting...
View ArticleDuchess of Cornwall Wears King Mohammed VI’s Gift for the Second Time
Rabat – Camilla, the UK’s Duchess of Cornwall, attended an early St. Patrick’s Day dinner Wednesday evening at the Irish embassy in London. Camilla shined in her green caftan, a gift from King Mohammed...
View ArticleFez Center Publishes ‘Child Brides in the Maghreb’ Collective Book
Moroccan author Moha Ennaji has published a new book, “Child Brides in the Maghreb,” which compiles 10 chapters written by various experts on the subject. Ennaji told Morocco World News the book seeks...
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5 Moroccan Women to Inspire You on International Women’s Day
Rabat – This International Women’s Day, pause to take a look at five of Morocco’s many influential women who shaped history and showed great innovation in their fields. Fatima al-Fihri, founder of the...
View ArticleWashington D.C. to Host First Morocco Day
Rabat – Moroccans and U.S. citizens in Washington D.C. will celebrate Morocco’s culture and history with an event dedicated to Morocco. The event will take place every March annually. The symposium...
View ArticleTasteAtlas Ranks Moroccan Tagine in World’s 100 Best Dishes
Rabat- TasteAtlas, a website that categorizes the best dishes from around the world, has ranked the tagine 34th in the world’s most popular dishes. TasteAtlas, launched late last year, has compiled...
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A Glimpse into Le Mandarin, Rabat’s Oldest Asian Restaurant
By Mary Bernard Rabat – Three generations of two families—one Vietnamese, the other Moroccan—have been in business together for nearly 70 years to keep Rabat’s first Asian restaurant open to the...
View ArticleMoroccan Mohamed Zineddiaine Wins 4 Awards at Tangier Film Festival
Rabat – The National Tangier Film Festival concluded March 9 with the announcement of winners at a ceremony on Saturday evening. One of the biggest winners in the festival, which began March 1, was...
View ArticleRebbah Launches Mobile Application of National Geoscience Maps
Rabat – Minister of Energy, Minerals, and Sustainable Development Aziz Rabbah inaugurated the re-opening of the ministry’s Museum of Geology, Minerals, and Energy on Tuesday after renovations were...
View ArticleCasablanca Patrimoine Launches Think Tank for Cultural Heritage
Rabat – An organization dedicated to Casablanca’s heritage, Casablanca Patrimoine, has launched its first think tank, “Blanche & Plurielle,” to enhance and promote local Casablanca cultural...
View ArticleMoroccan Archaeologist to Present at Major US Exhibition
Rabat – Moroccan archaeologist Abdallah Fili will travel to Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art in the US to present his research on trade and gold in the medieval Sahara, from April 22 to...
View ArticleNicolas Sarkozy’s Son ‘Mosey’ to DJ at Casablanca Restaurant
Rabat – Pierre Sarkozy, known professionally as Mosey, will come to the dance floor of La Bodega restaurant in Casablanca on March 29. Sarkozy is the oldest son of former French President Nicolas...
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Behind the Silver Screen: A Conversation with Morocco’s Nabil Ayouch
Casablanca – “I decided to settle here, to participate, and to the building of a house, somehow,” reflects filmmaker Nabil Ayouch, on his decision to relocate to Morocco nearly 20 years ago. Born in...
View ArticleMoroccan Novelist Wins the 2019 Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Rabat – On March 16, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced that the Moroccan author Bensalem Himmich won the literature award for his memoir “The Self: Between Existence and Creation.” The book was...
View ArticleSpanish King and Queen Give Translator Award to Moroccan Malika Lopez
Rabat – Spain’s King Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia awarded the “National Prize for the Work of a Translator” to Malika Embarek Lopez, a Moroccan-Spanish translator at the National Culture Awards...
View ArticleMorocco’s Abdelali Oudghiri Wins 2019 King Faisal International Prize
Rabat – A Moroccan professor at Mohammed V University of Letters and Human Sciences, Abdelali Mohamed Oudghiri, has won the 2019 King Faisal International Prize for his contributions to Arabic language...
View ArticleMorocco Nominates Tbourida Fantasia Festival to UNESCO’s Heritage List
Rabat – After submitting a request to UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee to add Gnawa music to its Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) list, Morocco has made a similar request for...
View ArticleEssaouira Signs Tourism Deal with Shengzhou, China, at Tea Conference
Rabat – Essaouira and Shengzhou, a city in eastern China, signed a memorandum of cooperation on Friday, March 22, to promote friendship, cooperation, and exchanges of experience in areas such as...
View ArticleFrench Animation Director Ocelot to Feature Morocco in Upcoming Film
Rabat – Award-winning French director Michel Ocelot is working on an animated film featuring Morocco and Turkey, reported UK-based news outlet Middle East Online (MEO) on Sunday. “The starting point is...
View Article‘Study in the US Fair’ Brings 30 US Universities to Casablanca, Tangier
Rabat – Approximately 30 American universities will participate in the “Study in the U.S. Fair” at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Casablanca and the Hilton Garden Inn in Tangier. Students can attend the...
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