BuzzFeed Ranks Fez 11 in List of 18 Top Travel Destinations in 2016
Fez - BuzzFeed ranked Fez among the 18 top travel places for 2016 based on its charm reflecting both authenticity and modernity. BuzzFeed, a social news and entertainment site, ranked Fez at no. 11...
View ArticleMoroccan Police Operations and Communications To Be Digitized
Fez - Abdellatif Hammouchi, the Director of Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security, has launched the second and final stage of the new information system, known as GESTARR, that will...
View ArticleTourism in Morocco: Government’s 2020 Vision and Plans for 2016
Fez - Morocco’s Ministry of Tourism has adopted a rigorous strategy for developing Morocco’s tourism sector to make Morocco one of the world’s leading travel destinations and to sustain tourism as the...
View ArticleSpanish Association to Sue Polisario for ‘Crimes Against Humanity’
Fez - The Canary Association of Victims of Terrorism (ACAVITE), intends to sue the Polisario Front for committing “crimes against humanity”, according to Spain’s ‘’El Confidencial’’ newspaper. ACAVITE...
View ArticleNew Project to Develop Moroccan-Made Solar-Powered Water Heaters
Fez - Two weeks after King Mohammed VI launched the first phase of the world’s largest solar power complex in Ouarzazate, a new milestone has been reached this week in Fez with the launching of a...
View ArticleHomophobia in Morocco: Gay or Straight, It’s Personal
Fez - Recently, a horrible video was posted on YouTube showing a naked same-sex male couple being assualted in a house in Beni Mellal. The attackers, who allegedly broke into the couple’s place,...
View ArticleMawazine Festival: Wyclef Jean Sings for Peace, Attacks Donald Trump
Rabat – The Grammy award-winner and hip hop legend Wyclef Jean left thousands of Moroccan fans in a frenzy on Sunday at OLM Suissi stage during the Mawazine Festival and did not miss the opportunity...
View ArticleRights Organization Calls on Morocco to Adopt Minimum Employment Age
Fez - The Executive Branch of the Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humains (OMDH) released a statement calling for Morocco to adopt a minimum age of employment of 18 years old. The organization based...
View ArticleEight Key Characteristics About Princess Lalla Salma
Fez - Lalla Salma, consort of Mohammed VI, the King of Morocco, has attracted the attention of international mass media thanks to her elegance, benevolence, and involvement in social projects. Here...
View ArticleJewish and Muslim Coexistence in Morocco: A Lesson to Learn From
Rabat - Since ancient times, Morocco has been a safe haven for Jews. Throughout its history, Morocco has protected its Jewish population in times of conflict and persecution in the world. Now in the...
View ArticleMinistry of Health Reduces Prices for Medicines for 139 Chronic Diseases
Rabat - Morocco’s Ministry of Health released a statement on Monday indicating that it will reduce the prices of medicines used to treat 139 chronic diseases. The reform aims to encourage the...
View ArticleHarhoura to Host the First Ciné –Plage’Festival
Rabat - The first annual Ciné –Plage Festival, a large open-air cinema festival, will take place on Sidi Abed beach in Harhoura from July 26 to 30. This cultural project aims to promote quality...
View ArticleMeditel to Become Part of Orange Before End of This Year.
Rabat - As Moroccan company Meditel prepares to become a part of French telecommunications network Orange , it appointed Yves Gauthier as the new director of Meditel on Monday at a meeting of...
View ArticleCountries Impose Forced Anal Exams to Determine “Evidence” of Homosexuality
Rabat - Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on July 12, indicating that at least eight countries around the world, including Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and...
View ArticleMoroccan Victim’s Son in Truck Attack: ‘’My Mother Practiced Islam and Was a...
Fez - Following the death of a Moroccan woman in the deadly attack on Thursday which targeted crowds in Nice during Bastille Day celebrations the son of the Moroccan victim woman expressed poignantly...
View ArticleRachid Yazami Nominated for Highest Official Order in France
Fez - On July 14, France’s Bastille Day, France nominated Rachid Yazami, a French Moroccan inventor, for the highest official order in France: the National Order of the Legion of Honor. Commenting...
View ArticleTunisian Ambassador to France: “We Must Stop Identifying Nice Lorry Attacker...
Fez - On the wake of the terrorist attack in Nice that left 84 dead after a lorry ploughed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, Mohamed Ali Chihi, the Tunisian ambassador to France, expressed his...
View ArticleErdogan Vows to Punish Perpetrators of the Failed Coup in Turkey
Fez - In his first statement after the failed coup, Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that those involved in the coup will receive the appropriate response whatever institution they belong...
View ArticleErdogan: A Massive Campaign of Arrests Is Taking Place Within the Army
Fez - Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Saturday that security forces stopped 1500 military personnel in various regions of the country in connection with attempted bloody coup carried out...
View ArticleBrother Strangles Pakistani Social Media Starlet in Suspected “Honor Killing”
Fez - Qandeel Baloch, 26, a Pakistani social media celebrity famous for posting titillating videos, was killed by her brother two days ago in what the Pakistani press has described as an “honour...
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