British Magazine Chooses Morocco Best Destination of the Week
New York - United Kingdom’s tourist and travel magazine “Conference & Incentive Travel” has chosen Morocco as the best destination of the week for British tourists. The magazine regards Morocco...
View ArticleMoroccan Singer Amazes Judges of The Voice Arab
When Soraya El Awad, a Moroccan singer who lives in the Netherlands took the stage of “The Voice Arab”, her breathtaking voice captured the jury of the television show. Soraya seduced all four judges...
View ArticleFez Hosts the 9th Annual International Festival of Expressive Dance
By Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi Tangier - The 9th Annual International Festival of Expressive Dance, organized by the initiative of the “Babylon Cult-Art” association, will take place in Fez under the...
View ArticleMoroccan Singers Douzi and Daoudi to Perform in Boston, New York in November
New York - Moroccan singers Hafid Douzi and Abdellah Daoudi will perform in Boston and New York next November. The events, which will be organized by Achraf Rami Production, will take place in Boston...
View ArticleAesthetics and Politics of FUNdamentalism: The Controversial Case of Little...
By Jamal Akabli Rabat - Little Mosque on the Prairie, the Muslim Cosby Show, as it has been judiciously christened, has been praised, and dispraised as well, for its heretofore unheard-of capacity to...
View ArticleMarouane Sitti: “Art Is the Only Language I Speak”
Meknes - Marouane Sitti, a self-made Moroccan graphic designer and photographer has become known amongst influential artists through his passion for symbolizing the actual face of Morocco and...
View ArticleBook Review: “Straight Talking” By Jane Green
By Mourad El Hanafi Straight Talking is a novel of beauty, love, sex, and heartbreak. The narrator–the heroine–Tasha, as her intimate friends like to call her, is a young lady who is in constant...
View ArticleInterview with the Moroccan Amazigh Music Band “Tawargit”
By Jamal Bellahsen Rabat - Tawargit is a Moroccan Amazigh music band in the south east of Morocco. The group has won the national modern Amazigh music awards, given by the Royal Institute of Amazigh...
View ArticleCCM to Digitize 100 Years of Moroccan Film Archives
Rabat - The Moroccan Cinematographic Center (CCM) has recently announced that one hundred years’ worth of Moroccan film archives will be digitized. CCM’s digitization project will start with 20...
View ArticleTangier Top Tourist Destination of the Month, According to Vogue
By Kaitlin Junod Rabat - Known for its scenic beaches and ideal location on the Mediterranean, Tangier has been named destination of the month by Vogue. The article on the magazine’s website...
View ArticleAgadir’s Atlas Kasbah Hotel Gets Worlds Responsible Tourism Award 2015
Rabat - Morocco’s Atlas Kasbah Ecolodge in Agadir has won the award for “Best Hotel for Local Sourcing” at the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2015 in London. The Atlas Kasbah Ecolodge received the...
View ArticleBrad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in New American Movie Set in Casablanca
New York - A new American feature film, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard has selected the city of Casablanca to develop its plot, according to The Hollywood Reporter website. The drama, which...
View ArticleDounia Batma Decorated by King Mohammed VI For Second Time
Rabat - Moroccan singer Dounnia Batma along with a number of Moroccan and foreign figures were decorated by King Mohammed VI on Saturday in Laayoune, on the 40th anniversary of the Green March. This...
View ArticleFrancis Ford Coppola to chair 15th international Marrakech Film Festival Jury
Rabat - American Legendary film director, Francis Ford Coppola, will chair the jury of the 15th international Marrakech Film Festival to take place next December 2-4. ''It's a strong and diversified...
View ArticleMorocco Launches Platform to Promote Hassani Culture
By Cindy Basha Rabat - Morocco's Minister of Communications, Mustapha Khalfi, announced in Laâyoune the launching of a new platform to celebrate and share the Hassani culture. According to Khalfi,...
View ArticleLoubna Abidar Claims She was Insulted For Being a ‘Free Woman’
Rabat - Moroccan actress Loubna Abidar, who played a prostitute in the Cannes hit Much Loved, has published an open letter on Thursday on Le Monde, explaining why she left Morocco for France. Loubna...
View ArticleFrench Institutes in Morocco Closed For 3 Days
Rabat - French Institutes in Morocco will remain closed for 72 hours following the terrorist attacks that hit Paris on Friday night. French President François Hollande declared three days of national...
View ArticleICFLIX Producing Morrocan Filmaker’s Next Feature Film
By Cindy Basha Rabat - Acclaimed Moroccan director Noureddine Lakhmari will be working with the online streaming service ICFLIX to produce the feature film Burn Out. The film is ICFLIX's first...
View ArticleMarrakech International Film Festival to Honor two American Film Stars
Fez - Two American film celebrities, Bill Murray and Willem Dafoe, and Moroccan cinematographer, Kamal Derkaoui, are among those to be honored at the 15th Annual Marrakech International Film Festival...
View ArticleMoroccan Movie Wins Three Awards at a Belgian Film Festival
Rabat - A Moroccan movie won three awards at the inaugural Brussels International Film Festival (FIFB), which has recently concluded in the Belgian capital. The film, ‘The Blind Orchestra’ directed...
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