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Morocco’s Samira Said Wins World Music Award for Best Song
Fez- Moroccan singer Samira Said has been awarded the World Music Award for her single “Mazal” sung in Moroccan darija, according to a statement posted on her official Facebook page. “The Diva Samira...
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Emirati Poet’s Ode to Moroccan Women Stirs Up a Controversy
Casablanca - Emirati Poet Saoud Al Muzaini’s recent ode dedicated to Moroccan women has seemingly stirred up a polemic among Emiratis on social media. The Emirati poet dedicated his lyrical poem “Bent...
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The Patrol Filmed in Morocco receives international recognition
Marrakech - Last Friday, the first showing in Morocco of The Patrol took place at Café du Livre in Marrakesh. The film, directed by Tom Petch of Salt Films from the UK, was shot in 2013 and filmed...
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Why Should I Look for Other Eyes?
Rabat Your beautiful eyes make me dream, Dream of happiness and all the beautiful things of life. **** Why should I look for other eyes? **** When I can sail the rough seas on yours And discover the...
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A Star Has Blown up Itself – Poem
Safi, Morocco All living babies squall at birth Though welcomed with mirth; Do they feel life’s misery flare Or see death brandish in the air? **** Soon they forget; they’ve just been told, Enjoying...
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Morocco to take part in Beauty World Middle East on May 27-29 in Dubai
Rabat - Morocco will participate for the first time in cosmetics international exhibition "Beauty World Middle East" to be held on May 27-29 in Dubai, said on Monday, Moroccan exports center "Maroc...
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Lifeless – Poem
By Sara El Bekri - Casablanca As my soul begins to fray, All the skies turn gray. My being is in denial Of all that makes you smile. **** Very hard I try But Lord! I can only cry. Disillusioned I feel...
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Morocco’s Mawazine Festival To Open Friday
Taroudante- The Moroccan international festival, Mawazine — Rhythms of the World, kicks off on Friday, May 30, featuring 100 concerts, on seven stages in Rabat and Salé. “It is with great pleasure that...
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Justin Timberlake Headlines Mawazine Opening Night
By Melissa Smyth Rabat - The streets of Rabat are filled with a robust bustle that can only mean one thing: Mawazine is back. Now in its thirteenth year, the free, ten-day annual music festival opened...
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Wanderer Wonderer: The art of saying goodbye
Penang Island, Malaysia - The same dream came again. In it, I’m in this awe-inspiring place, a big city with different faces. But, this time, it really wasn’t just a dream because I actually woke up in...
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Jennifer Grout Wows Audience, Donates $5,000 Prize to Moroccan Artists
Rabat - Since her first appearance on Arab’s Got Talent when she performed Egyptian singer Umm Kalthum’s song, Jennifer Grout has created a global buzz. On Saturday, she not only mesmerized the...
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Hey you tyrant oppressor! – Poem
By Tunisian poet Abu El Kacem Chebbi Translated by Asma Azza - Tunis Hey you tyrant oppressor! Lover of darkness, enemy of life You sneered at the soughs of an oppressed nation And your hands are...
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Nancy Ajram Says She Wants to Sing a Moroccan Song
Casablanca- Lebanese star Nancy Ajram has expressed her desire to sing in Moroccan Arabic. According to Moroccan news portal Hesspress, Nancy Ajram, one of the international artists taking part in...
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Jennifer Grout Asked to Show Her Passport After Amazing Performance in Arabic
Casablanca - American singer Jennifer Grout, now one of the Arab World’s most popular sensations, stunned her Arab fans in her recent performance on the TV show “Shaklak Mich Gharib,” broadcast on...
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Morocco World News Exclusive: Mawazine Update
Rabat- Hello music lovers! We are just four days into the 13th Mawazine festival, and we’ve already seen dozens of dynamic performances from around the world. Attending multiple free concerts every day...
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‘Moroccan King of Rap” Performs in front of an Enthusiastic Mawazine Audience
Rabat - Mawazine, a festival billed to bring the ‘Rhythms of the World’ to Rabat and project an image of the capital as a multicultural, dynamic, international city to the world, has separated...
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Mawazine Festival, one of the world’s biggest music events: Kadim Al Sahir
Taroudant, Morocco - Iraqi singer Kadim Al Sahir said at a press briefing held an hour after his performance Tuesday at the 13th annual Mawazine international festival, Rhythms of the World that the...
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Kadem Saher honors Arab Classical music in Mawazine
Rabat - Famous Iraqi singer Kadem Saher gave on Tuesday evening, at the 13th edition of the Mawazine Fest, a wonderful performance celebrating refined Arab classical music. Even if this is Saher's...
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Ramadan TV Programs for this year to cost MAD 70 million: Minister
Rabat- The TV programs slated to run during the forthcoming month of Ramadan will cost taxpayers MAD 70 million compared to MAD 100 in 2012, according to Mustafa El Khalfi. The cost decline, 30 percent...
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1st edition of student festival for culture, creativity and sports in Tangier
Tangier - The first edition of students' cultural creativity and sports' festival kicked off on Tuesday in Tangier. As an initiative from the Ministry of National Education, Tangier-Asilah branch, the...
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