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TIZI Initiative Awards 20 Young Moroccan Leaders for 2014
Casablanca - Moroccans were introduced on Friday, May 23, at the Hassania School of Public Works (EHTP) in Casablanca, to the new 20 distinguished Moroccan leaders who would carry the torch and lead...
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Moroccan National Debate Team Dominates National University Championships
Rabat – The Moroccan National (HIgh School) Debate Team competed and won this weekend against Morocco’s best university teams. In a full day tournament this past Saturday, hosted by The Great Debaters...
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UNICEF: Morocco Praised as Regional Leader in the War on Poverty
Tangier - At an international conference on human development methods and evaluation approaches to equality for new generations, Roberto Benes of UNICEF’s MENA Regional Office praised Morocco’s...
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Disabled Tourist Guide: A New Moroccan Experience
Casablanca - El Houssaine Ichen, known to friends and family as Houssaine, lives in Tounfite in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Houssaine’s family was not able to vaccinate him as a baby because...
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Malala to Stand Up for the Liberations of Nigeria’s Abducted Girls
Casablanca - Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani education activist, travelled to Nigeria to give hope and strength to the concerned families at an international hotel in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria....
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Tramdeen: The Anger of Ramadan
By Chafik Mohamed Oujda - One of the great paradoxes that marks the Moroccan community is the phenomenon of Tramdeen. Tramdeen, derived from the word “Ramadan” (Islam’s holy month of fasting and...
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Humans Of New York Creator Displaying Tender Portraits From Middle East
New Jersey - Images found on the popular blog Humans of New York are familiar to many of us: A man wearing dreads talking about his relationship with his father in Central Park. A woman sitting against...
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Morocco: Jailed Activist Student Mustapha Meziani Dies on Hunger Strike
Rabat - Jailed Moroccan student and far left activist, Mustapha Meziani, died on Wednesday after 72 days of being on a hunger strike in Fez. Moroccan human rights activists are blaming the government...
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The New Age of Media Literacy
By Ismail Elouafi Fez - Throughout the history of communication and information acquisition, the process of being informed has been a complicated task that requires critical thinking skills on the...
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Morocco: Khaoula Morchid Reverses Brain Drain through Entrepreneurial Leadership
By Ouassima Boujrad Fez - Some amazing women come from Morocco and Khaoula Morchid is one of them. She is the founder of Future Moroccan Entrepreneurs, and is a 20-year old Moroccan girl. Born and...
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Yunus & Youth Morocco Inspires Youth for Social Entrepreneurship
By Ismail Elouafi Fez - Yunus & Youth Morocco has organized its second social entrepreneurship event in Fez, on August 22, 2014. This event is part of a national tour being held in the largest...
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Egypt: Miss Morocco Accused in a Child Pornography and Human Trafficking Case
Rabat - A Moroccan beauty queen is believed to be involved in one of the biggest child pornography and human trafficking schemes in Egypt according to Egyptian media outlets. The unidentified Moroccan...
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Painting the road to freedom: An Egyptian activist uses visual arts to...
CAIRO — ‘Freedom to the Dream’ gallery founder aims to maintain her friends’ presence outside the prison cell using a paintbrush and a sketch As soon as the masses flocked inside the huge, colorful...
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Maroc Telecom Gives Scholarships to Outstanding Baccalaureate Students
By Asmae Nasri Rabat- Maroc Telecom, a pioneering telecommunications company, paid tribute to 150 baccalaureate students on September 8th. Sixty-six of the beneficiaries were sons and daughters of its...
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Tunisian woman allegedly burned pages of Quran with cigarette
Taroudant, Morocco - A Tunisian woman based in Paris has received a massive flood of accusations because she has allegedly "burned a page of the Quran with her cigarette." The Tunisian website Bouyafar...
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Morocco: British Council and World Bank to Launch Joint Social Enterprise...
Rabat - The World Bank (WB) and the British Council (BC) announced today that they will sign a memorandum of understanding on September 30 to promote the importance of social enterprises and launch a...
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US-Financed Anti-Child Labor Project Launched in Morocco
Marrakech - The Promise pathways, a program financed by the US department of labor to fight child labor, was launched on Monday in Marrakech. The Promise Pathways project, worth USD 5 million, seeks to...
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Malala Yousafzi Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Rabat - Pakistani young peace activist Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work in promoting children’s rights, including their right to education. She will share the award...
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#FreeOuldNass: Campaign to Stop Prosecution of British ‘Gay’ Tourist’s Friend
Rabat - A day after the release of British citizen Ray Cole, his Moroccan friend, Jamal Ould Nass has been granted provisional release, but is still likely to face prison time. After the release of the...
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The Politics of Representation in Video Games
By Ismail Frouni Rabat - “The Orient is watched, since its almost (but never quite) offensive behavior issues out of a reservoir of infinite peculiarity; the European, whose sensibility tours the...
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