VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast) Women's-Rights-in-Morocco As Published By the Freedom House By Fatima Sadiqi ITRODUCTION The Moroccan feminist movement can be traced back to 1946, when the Sisters of Purity Association publically issued a set of demands including the abolition of polygamy, full and equal political rights, and increased visibility... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Said Hajem Morocco Post \ Washington, DC As featured by The New York Times on 2\ 28 \ 2010 As the New York Police Department has initiated and expanded counter terrorism efforts in foreign countries over the last several years, it has also aggressively tried to recruit speakers of Arabic and other languages of countries where Islam holds... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Berbers-against-Islamists By Anouar Hamama Lahoucine Amouzay, like many Berbers, wants greater rights and respect for Morocco’s Amazigh citizens. His activism puts him at odds with those who want an exclusively Arab and Islamic identity for Morocco. “We live in the margins,” Amouzay told Magharebia. “All we get are... 

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 of folktales as a... 

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 ensure an honorable place... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Togo-National-Team Morocco Post \ Casablanca \ Morocco Togo national soccer team’s bus was attacked by gunmen who killed the driver of the bus and injured at least 7 members. Two day before the inauguration of the African soccer tournament (Africa Cup of Nations) the Togo team was arriving to the Angola when Police cars and surrounded the... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast) The-new-arsenal Rachid-Chelouah. By Rachid Chelouah Whenever we talk about number one in Al Qaeda network, we immediately formulate an image of Osama Bin Laden, a peasant man with a white turban, a soldier jacket and a walking stick somewhere in Tora Bora in the White Mountains of Eastern Afghanistan with Alzawahiri behind him. But where... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast) One-Nation-,-One-Law Morocco Post \ Rabat \ Morocco: The Moroccan Foreign Ministry reconfirm Thursday in a press release the strict position of morocco regarding the ìfull compliance with the Moroccan law by everyone, without exception and throughout the nation’s territory ì. The press release:. “Throughout the last few... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (3 votes cast) Immigrants-and-the-Financial crisis By : Rachid-Chelouah. Rachid-Chelouah. Are you worried about cooking your perfect Christmas turkey? You do not need to be so! Decision makers have already prepared the recipe for you. Your turkey this year has been bred in accordance with the requirements of high standard catering: organic, free range... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Hassan Samrhouni, WMC, President Bill Clinton, and Sec of States Mrs H. Clinto Washington Moroccan American Club Sets Goal of 20 Events to Celebrate 20th Anniversary in March 2010 Washington, DC. Since its inception in March 1990, the Washington Moroccan American Club (WMC) has continued to grow significantly and today includes people from... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)Stick-to-soccer L'Houssaine-Oulbaz By: L’Houssaine Oulbaz:  The easiest way to embrace fame is, first of all, get rid of your conscientiousness, then take advantage of your host generosity, travel around the world using the money that you stole from the poor and starving people and most importantly, I advise you to make use of your... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)Aminatou-Haidar-Born-in-Morocco Beniazza-Mohammed By :Beni Azza Mohammed* The world must understand that Aminatou Haidar is being manipulated by the Algerian secret services and that her seeking support from foreign parties will not undermine Morocco’s will to go ahead in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity .Ms.Aminatou... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast) Sahara-UN United Nations – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted, Thursday without a vote, a draft resolution that reiterates the United Nations’ support for the process of negotiations on the Sahara, calling upon “all the parties and the states of the region to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General and... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)The-Iraqui-way-of-receiving guests BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, but the prime minister said he was too busy to see Mr. Gates because he had to defend himself before a Parliament outraged by a recent series of bombings. American defense officials insisted... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Aminatou-Haidar-Polisario Ataib-Alfasi-Alfihri Rabat – The activities of Aminatou Haidar match a political agenda set outside Morocco, Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, said. “We already know that the job she has been doing does not fall under the positive and noble umbrella of human rights, but it was a part of a political agenda... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast) Arab-media-in-the-US Atef-Abdel-Gawad By Atef Abdel Gawad….Twenty one years ago, Arab-Americans woke up one morning to an Arabic language voice talking to them through the Arab Network of America, the first nation-wide Arabic radio and television network in the U.S. The ANA network soon became an important source of news, commentary... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)Aminatou-Haidar Rabat – The Kingdom of Morocco expressed on Friday its astonishment at the news reported by some Spanish media saying that the government of HM the King has authorized the landing in Laâyoune of a special plane carrying the so-called Aminatou Haidar. A statement by the Foreign Ministry said that Morocco is surprised by... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)Morocco-Spain Laâyoune – The Moroccan-Spanish relations are based on solid foundations and cannot be affected by the case of Aminatou Haidar, secretary general of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM-opposition), Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, said on Saturday. Speaking at a press conference attended by the members of the Party’s... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)   RABAT, December 4, 2009 (WAFA) The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) condemned the decision taken by the Israeli occupation authorities to prevent Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, from entering the mosque and exercising the religious functions he has been performing since 1973. In a communiqué... 

VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)     By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writer – Fri Dec 4, 6:27 pm ET CONAKRY, Guinea – The wounded president of Guinea was airlifted to a hospital in Morocco on Friday, opening a dangerous power vacuum in this mineral-rich country one year after he took over in a military coup. The...