Mawazine 2019: Which African Artists will Dominate the Bouregreg Stage?
Rabat’s Mawazine Festival has announced that “the best of the African scene will be once again on the mythical Bouregreg stage.” Opening the festival on Friday, June 19, is South African band Bantu...
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Selling Books in a Country That Cannot Read
Rabat – Sprawled on a rug, under the shade of a street-side tree, Mohammed Aziz began taking his revenge by re-reading one of the nine books he owned. Orphaned at the age of six, Aziz attempted to fish...
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BBC Adventurer Alice Morrison: ‘In Morocco, You Walk on History’
Rabat – Even for somebody with her pedigree in adventure and travelling as well as her religious attachment to what she calls “our shared humanity, common experiences,” Alice Morrison evinces an...
View ArticleMoroccan American Network Considers Moroccan Cities for 2020 Morocco Day
Rabat – The Moroccan American Network (MAN), an organization dedicated to create business opportunities for Moroccan small enterprises in the US, is preparing a list of Moroccan city candidates for the...
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Hip-Hop Music at the Heart of Mawazine 2019
Rabat – Hip-hop will echo through the streets of Rabat for two days straight during the 18th Mawazine Festival. Organizers have just announced that artists Bigflo & Oli, Dadju, Orelsan and Future...
View ArticleEssaouira’s ‘Printemps Musical des Alizes’ to Feature Beethoven, Vivaldi
Rabat – Essaouira, a walled 18th-century seafront city 200 kilometers away from Marrakech, will host the annual 19th Printemps Musical des Alizés (Spring Trade Winds Music festival), an event dedicated...
View ArticleNetflix’s ‘Huge In France’ Stars Moroccan Comedian Gad Elmaleh
Rabat – The new Netflix original show, “Huge in France,” tells the semi-autobiographical story of Moroccan-French comedian Gad Elmaleh. In the show, the French comedian wants to reconnect with his son...
View ArticleUAE Celebrates Morocco’s Cultural Heritage and Moroccan Women
Rabat – Abu Dhabi has opened the “Morocco in Abu Dhabi 2019” festival, an event devoted to celebrating the cultural and artistic heritage of Morocco. The UAE’s capital is hosting the festival for the...
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From Terrorist to Disciple: Moroccan Hollywood’s Longest-Serving Extra
Ouarzazate – With a lit cigarette between his lips and a walking cane in hand, “Osama Bin Laden” left his clay home to begin his daily neighborhood stroll. Dressed in his classic white gandoura tunic...
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Fez’s Annual Festival Celebrates Andalusian Music Across Cultures
Fez – Their feet tapped in unison as the Andalusian music coming from their instruments filled every corner of the auditorium. All wearing matching white gandoura tunic dresses and traditional red Fez...
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The Diplomacy of Couscous in the Maghreb
Rabat – The traditional dish of couscous continues to span borders and boundaries in North Africa, where conflicts divide. Couscous remains at the foundation of food culture in Algeria, Morocco,...
View ArticleMoroccan Director Hicham Lasri: Creativity Is Important for Its Own Sake
Rabat – Hicham Lasri is a Moroccan filmmaker who, even at an early age, had released many television and cinematic works. The majority of his works raise controversy, which is especially clear in his...
View ArticleFaouzi Bensaidi’s ‘Volubilis’ Presents True Art in Morocco
By Afifa Hassainate Rabat – It was a nice warm winter afternoon in Marrakech when, as part of an international film festival, we decided to watch a movie and searched for one with so-called real deep...
View ArticleMaitre Gims, Colombia’s Maluma to Shoot Music Video in Marrakech
Rabat – French-Congolese renowned rapper Gandhi Djuna, commonly known as Maitre Gims and Colombian superstar Maluma chose Marrakech to shoot the music video for their new hit. The new song is part of...
View ArticleRabat’s Jidar Street Art Festival Returns This Week With More Murals
Rabat – The fifth Jidar Street Art Festival will be back in Rabat April 22-28. Organized by the Artistic and Cultural Education-L’Boulvart (EAC-L’Boulvart) Association, the festival will bring 12 local...
View ArticleMorocco Opens Museum at Lixus, 1200 B.C. Phoenician Archeological Site
Rabat – Morocco’s Minister of Culture Mohamed Laaraj has overseen the opening of a new museum at Lixus, an ancient Phoenician archeological site dating to the 12th century B.C. The Ministry of Culture...
View ArticleAlgeria Arrests 5 Billionaires on Corruption Charges
Rabat – Algerian authorities arrested five billionaire businessmen on Monday, April 22, who were allegedly closely allied to the ousted Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. According to Algerian...
View ArticleMawazine Festival Line-Up: Black Eyed Peas Coming to Rabat June 25
Rabat – The Grammy-winning dance-pop band Black Eyed Peas will join the line-up of stars at Rabat’s 18th Mawazine Festival Rhythms of the World. Organizers of the event announced on Tuesday, April 23,...
View ArticleToronto Hot Docs Film Festival to Premiere Moroccan Amazigh Amussu Film
The documentary film “Amussu” about protests in Imider, a village in south-east Morocco against exploitative action from a local mining company, has been chosen for premiere at the Hot Docs...
View ArticleCNN Ranks Morocco’s Mount Toubkal Among World’s Most Beautiful Places
Rabat – American television channel CNN has listed Morocco’s Mount Toubkal as one of the 25 most beautiful places around the world to visit. The channel said that Mount Toubkal “lays claim to the title...
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