VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Moroccan-Folktales By Lory Hess* Is the folk tale dying? Will mass media wipe out the oral tradition, replacing that living and evolving heritage with ephemeral entertainment? Jilali El Koudia is afraid so. Born into a rural family in the ancient cultural crossroads of Morocco, he experienced his mother’s telling... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Laila-Lalami Morocco Post \ MAP \Washington, DC \  London By Aziz Rami With a vast linguistic knowledge, a diversified education and broad imagination, Laila Lalami has managed over the years to cleave a safe path through the demanding world of English-language literature. After only a few years, Lalami was able to... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) we-are-the-world Morocco Post \ Washington, DC When you look for a piece of bread on a cold night and  you can’t not find it in your house and you spend the night  hungry, remember the pain of many kids in Gaza, Somalia, Haiti and other parts of this crazy world. When there is no electricity in your home and you have to sleep in a cold... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 4.3/5 (3 votes cast) Please-don't-be-my-valentine By Rachid Chelouah Rachid-Chelouah. Not surprisingly, this week is highlighted on my calendar as a week of dislike. It is Valentine’s week indeed. On this week the high streets and avenues in Western countries are dressed in red and sexy lingerie offering an erotic panorama to the passers by, one of... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Nomad between Morocco and Europe Stefan Franzen \ Qantara Hindi Zahra is the new face of a young generation of emancipated, cosmopolitan songwriters in North Africa. Her album “Handmade” is due to be released in late February. Stefan Franzen caught up with Hindi Zahra in Paris Born in Khouribga in southern Morocco, she describes... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) A-Moroccan-King-of-Gypsies Morocco Post \ Washington, DC \ Hespress The daily Newspaper “France Soire” wrote “the leader of the Gipsy kings is a Moroccan Jeloul Albouchekhi “Chico”. The newspaper pointed out that Jeloul was born in Arles (South – east of France) of a Moroccan father and Algerian mother, known... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Angelina-Jolie-in-Haiti Washington Post \ Washington, DC Immediately after the Super Bowl The famous Hollywood star Angelina Jolie began two days trip to Haiti for a visit to earthquake victims. As a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency, the US actress met with U.N. officials in Port-au-Prince and visited an SOS Villages camp... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Jolie-&-Pitt-,-No-split Morocco Post \ Washington, DC In a statement made by their lawyer, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the most famous stars in Hollywood, denied rumors about their split and accused one of the British tabloids of starting this false news. “We can confirm unequivocally … that the allegations published by... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Moroccan-Movie-Industry Morocco Post \ Hespress \ Rabat Four Moroccan films occupied the first rank in the list of the top ten films seen in Morocco’s movie theaters, according to statistic on the achievements of the Moroccan cinema for the year 2009 issued by the Moroccan Cinematographic Center, beating the most famous American movies... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Beyoncé-the-first-ever-with 6 Grammys Morocco Post \ Washington, DC Not a surprise .. Not a Joke .. Beyoncé won six Grammy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles and sets a record for a female performer. Rihanna and Jay-Z accepted the Grammy for best rap song, “Run This Town,” The list of tonight’s winners Record of the Year:... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Social-Transformation-in-Early times By Dr. Mohamed Rabie Dr. Mohamed-Rabie During the age of hunting and gathering, a nomadic tribal society emerged and endured for tens of thousands of years without noticeable change. Members of that society organized themselves around customs and were tied to each other by blood and kinship relationships.... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)Social-Transformation By Dr. Mohamed Rabie www.yazour.com Human societies, since their formation, have been experiencing change and social transformation without interruption. At times, the pace of social change was fairly fast and noticeable; at others it was so slow as to be unnoticeable. For most of human history, the pace of change was... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)Jeff-Fahey Morocco Post \ Washington, DC In an interview with The Washington Post the American actor Jeff Fahey, known for his commitment to defending the refugees’ rights worldwide, said that it is time to end the sufferance   of the populations held against their will in the Tindouf camps, Southwestern Algeria, the Washington Post... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (3 votes cast) A-Human-Habit—-Wemberly-TX 1999 – Moroccan Artist MOHAMED SAID OUAFI Stages of Historical Development ( Part I ) By: Dr. Mohamed-Rabie By: Dr. Mohamed-Rabie Historical records seem to suggest that long before the development of agriculture; human beings were able to get enough food and had attained a level of physical... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Hespress-The-New-Era Rachid-Chelouah. By Rachid Chelouah The evolution of digital media outlet marks an agony to newspaper industry. In essence, the emergence of ‘liquid’ journalism, as a combination of journalism and technology, provides a new communication environment which underlines the demise of printed media owing to the fact... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)Kurt-Westergaard Morocco Post \ Paris Danish Police shot a 28-year-old A Somali man with ties to al-Qaeda who broke into the home of the controversial Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard who depicted Islam’s prophet Mohammed (PBUH), the suspect was arrested and charged with attempted murder, said Danish Security in a statement. Westergaard... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 2.5/5 (1 vote cast) Dr.anouar-majid By: Anouar Majid There is much debate these days about Moroccan immigrants’ assimilation in Spain. Moroccan immigrants, both legal and illegal, estimated to be close to one million, make up the largest single national group in that country, yet they are far from doing well or making their distinct mark on Spain’s culture... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) The Marrakech International Film Festival, under patronage of  H M King Mohammed VI, is a hotbed of local and international film talents located in one of the world’s most renowned resort towns. The festival is committed to revealing new talents by presenting feature films of quality which contribute to the evolution of the motion... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)the-making-of-history dr.mohamed-rabie History as the record of past events and human accomplishments has been of particular interest to all historical actors. The primary intention of such a record was and still is to glorify victory, idolize leaders, dehumanize the vanquished, and justify the evil acts committed to achieve victory. Since... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)2009-Goncourt-Prize Paris – Moroccan Poet, Abdellatif Laabi, won France’s prestigious Goncourt Prize, said, on Tuesday, the French Goncourt Academy.       Abdellatif Laâbi was awarded this prestigious literary honor for “his life achievements,” the Academy said in a statement.     The prize will be awarded on...