Moroccan Cuisine: Five Soups You Should Integrate Into Your Diet
Morocco might be most famous for its delicious couscous and tajine, but many also celebrate the country for its tasty and healthy Moroccan soups. The North African kingdom’s food is as diverse as its...
View ArticleMichael Conduit: The Journey of A British Digital Artist in Morocco
Michael Conduit is a British digital artist based in Rabat, raised in Zimbabwe, and then moved to England at 16 years old. Michael currently works two jobs, one in education management, which allows...
View ArticleMoroccan Cultural Center in Nouakchott Builds Bridges With Mauritania
The Moroccan Cultural Center in Nouakchott, Mauritania, has organized a series of cultural, artistic, and scientific events over the past year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded in 1987 under...
View ArticleMinister of Culture: Morocco’s Cultural Heritage Needs Legal Protection
Morocco’s Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports, Othman El Ferdaous stressed the need to update the legal framework that is used to protect the country’s material and symbolic patrimony. Ferdaous...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie is Selling Churchill’s Koutoubia Mosque Painting
Famous American actress Angelina Jolie is selling Winston Churchill’s World War II-era painting of Morocco’s landscape of the tower of Koutoubia mosque for a price of 2.05 to 3.42 million dollars....
View ArticleMarrakech to Host 24th General Assembly of World Tourism Organization
Morocco is set to host in Marrakech the 24th General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The event will take place in the fourth quarter of 2021. Meeting in Rabat on February 3,...
View ArticleMoroccan Cuisine: 8 Traditional Street Foods You Must Try in Morocco
Morocco’s cuisine is rich with diverse and delicious traditional foods that you will find in each Moroccan house, restaurant, and of course the streets of the North African kingdom. The country’s...
View ArticleAlgeria’s Yasmina Khadra Accuses Morocco’s Tahar Ben Jelloun of Sabotage
Algerian writer Mohammed Moulessehoul, known under the pen name Yasmina Khadra, has accused well-respected Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun of sabotaging his career. Speaking to French channel...
View ArticleMoroccan-French Singer Receives Award from New York City
Moroccan-French opera singer David Serero received on Monday, February 8, the Certificate of Recognition from the City of New York for his Artistic contribution to New York’s Cultural and Performing...
View ArticleMoroccan Company to Participate in Rehabilitation of Agadir Oufella
Moroccan construction company Jet Contractors has earned the first contract for the rehabilitation project of the historical Kasbah (Fortress) of Agadir, known as Agadir Oufella. The Souss-Massa...
View ArticleUS Honors Memory of Estevanico, 1st Moroccan to Explore America
As part of Black History Month, celebrated every February, the US Embassy in Morocco has commemorated Mustafa Zemmouri, known as Estevanico or Estevan the Moor. Zemmouri is believed to be the first...
View ArticleRobert Purvis, Moroccan-American Who Helped 9,000 Slaves Gain Freedom
The US Embassy in Morocco has paid tribute to Robert Purvis, an American man of Moroccan descent who dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery. “He helped over 9,000 American slaves to freedom,...
View ArticleMoroccan Professor Wins 2021 King Faisal Arabic Literature Award
On February 11, Mohamed Mechbal, a professor of rhetoric and literary criticism at the university of Abdelmalek Essaadi in Tetouan, won the King Faisal International Prize for Arabic Language...
View ArticleIsrael’s Envoy to Morocco David Govrin Poses in Moroccan Djellaba
Israel’s Charge d’Affaires in Morocco, David Govrin, has expressed his “immense happiness” for wearing Moroccan traditional clothing. Sharing a picture of himself wearing a djellaba and a traditional...
View ArticleMoroccan Poet Abdellatif Laabi Wins 2021 Roger Kowalski Award
Moroccan francophone poet Abdellatif Laabi has won the 2021 Roger Kowalski Award for Poetry, organized by the city council of Lyon, in east-central France. The Moroccan author earned the award for his...
View ArticleMoroccan Recipes 101: Taktouka
Moroccan cuisine holds a special place in the hearts of those who grew up with its delights and those who only had a feeling taste of it while visiting the country. From the beautiful colors of its...
View ArticleMorocco Receives Certificate of Couscous’ UNESCO Heritage Registration
Rabat – Samir Addahre, Morocco’s ambassador to the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), received on Wednesday the certificate of registration of couscous on the Intangible...
View ArticleMoroccan Poet Mohamed Achaari Wins 2020 Argana International Poetry Prize
Rabat – Moroccan poet Mohamed Achaari has won the 15th annual Argana International Poetry Prize for the year 2020. Achaari’s works “have contributed for more than four decades to the consecration of...
View ArticleDiscovery of 2.5 Million Year Old Macaque Fossil In Morocco
Research by a team of scientists from Moroccan and Spanish universities has led to the discovery of a 2.5 million year old macaque fossil in Guefait, Morocco. The six cercopithecid teeth that the...
View ArticleMoroccan Street Food at Home: Recipe for Maaqouda, Potato Fritters
Rabat – In the streets of an old Moroccan medina, or in weekly souks (open-air markets), you are likely to come across a sandwich stand that sells Maaqouda. It is a delicious potato fritter that you...
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