Friday January 27, 2012

Mariah Carey to Perform, Debut New Songs in Morocco in May

Mariah Carey has a Moroccan-themed room in her apartment, and she named her son Moroccan because that’s the room where hubby Nick Cannon proposed to her. Now, Mariah will actually travel to the country of Morocco, for a performance at a music festival there in May. According to a posting on...

London: Launch of a Project to Promote the Skills of Young Moroccans in GB

Tribute paid to late King Mohammed V for his protection of Jews during World War II

Olivier Fecherolle, Chief Strategy and Development Officer at Viadeo, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Paris October 19, 2011. Credit: Reuters/John Schults

Viadeo vies for Arab expansion with Moroccan branch

News - 2012-01-27

(Reuters) - Viadeo, the world's second-biggest online networking site for professionals after LinkedIn (LNKD.N), said on Friday it had opened a regional branch...

Starbucks Corporation: Starbucks Coffee Launches in Morocco

Economy - 2012-01-27

Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) in partnership with Alshaya Morocco S.A.S, a subsidiary of M.H.Alshaya Co., the Middle East’s leading retailer, opened their...

American Marilyn Hacker wins Argana international poetry award 2011

Culture - 2012-01-26

American poetess Marilyn Hacker won the international Argana poetry award 2011, granted by Morocco’s Bayt Achiir (House of Poetry). The award was created in 2002 as a sign...

Tourism showed slight positive increase in 2011

Tourism - 2012-01-24

Tourism industry showed “slight increase” in 2011, according to the managing director of the Moroccan National Office of Tourism (ONMT) Abdelhamid Addou, amid the economic crisis...

[Image Credit: Shutterstock] The Central Square is the heart of the city in the truest sense, a vibrant hub of trade, culture and food.

Marrakech: A Moroccan muse

Patrimony - 2012-01-21

Morocco's fabled ‘pink city' Marrakech has long been a magnet for travellers, whether they are backpackers or wealthy jet-setters. And chances are, the first stop for any visitor...

Renewable energy: Morocco put on a green future

Yacoupedia - 2012-01-24

Morocco was among the first African countries to engage in a strategy of promoting renewable energy including solar and wind that will allow, in the medium term, a diversification...

Wadia Boutaba: The Moroccan Artist

Interview - 2011-12-02

Her name is Wadia Boutaba, 34, born in England to Moroccan parents originally from Nador, north of Morocco. Her “full of colour” paintings depict her roots and represent the...

Emir Kusturica on City Building and a New Renaissance

Portrait - 2011-12-24

Fresh off an Ecuadorian tour with his No Smoking Orchestra, the twice-awarded Palme d'Or director Emir Kusturica flew to Morocco for the closest thing he can get to downtime. As...

Painting & Photo Gallery

Editorial

Democracy and the Market: the Fratricidal War!

In our last editorial, we wrote: "Today the picture is different as we await a global crisis that is both severe, long-lasting and whose end is...

Calendar

Today
Hafid Marbou exhibits at Gallery Sous Sol - Agadir (to 2012-02-28)
Tuesday February 7
National Salon for Young Contemporary Talent (to 2012-02-12)
Wednesday February 29
Arts in Marrakech (AIM) Biennale (to 2012-03-04)

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Parties clash over RBS boss bonus

Ministers and Labour clash over who is responsible for RBS chief executive Stephen Hester'...

2012-01-27 18:15
UN in closed-door talks on Syria

The UN Security Council is meeting to consider a possible resolution against Syrian leader Basha...

2012-01-27 20:19

Viadeo vies for Arab expansion with Moroccan branch

News - 2012-01-27

Starbucks Corporation: Starbucks Coffee Launches in Morocco

Economy - 2012-01-27

American Marilyn Hacker wins Argana international poetry award 2011

Culture - 2012-01-26

Tourism showed slight positive increase in 2011

Tourism - 2012-01-24

Marrakech: A Moroccan muse

Patrimony - 2012-01-21

Renewable energy: Morocco put on a green future

Yacoupedia - 2012-01-24

Wadia Boutaba: The Moroccan Artist

Interview - 2011-12-02

Emir Kusturica on City Building and a New Renaissance

Portrait - 2011-12-24

Editorial

Democracy and the Market: the Fratricidal War!

Parties clash over RBS boss bonus

UN in closed-door talks on Syria

Tribute paid to late King Mohammed V for his protection of Jews during World War II

Viadeo vies for Arab expansion with Moroccan branch

Mariah Carey to Perform, Debut New Songs in Morocco in May

15th World Sacred Music Fez Festival slated for May 29 to June 6

The Success of Tangier Free Zone

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