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The 45th National Festival of Popular Arts

Yacout Info | 2010-07-06 | News

The 45th National Festival of Popular Arts (FNAP) will be held from July 16 to 24 in Marrakech, under the theme "Musical Mosaics of Patrimony". Placed under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, this cultural and artistic event, considered the oldest in Morocco, showcases the folk...

Festival of popular arts, FNAP, folk music, marrakech

Marrakech hosts 3rd National Youth and Music Festival

Yacout Info | 2010-07-06 | News

The 3rd National Youth and Music Festival “Sun Festival” is held from July 6 to 11 in Marrakech, on the initiative of the Association “MarocK'Jeunes”. Major musical event in the Red City, "Sun Festival" is part of a promising project entitled "Marrakech, City of the Arts". Through this...

marock'jeunes, marrakech, national youth and music festi, Sun Festival

The 2nd Winter-Biennale Fair of Marrakech

Yacout Info | 2010-07-05 | News

The 2nd Winter-Biennale Fair of Marrakech will be held from 16 to 19 December 2010 in Marrakech. The Winter-Biennale Fair of Marrakech is a venue for discovering established artists and new talent. Its goal is to be a biannual event for professionals and artists to promote contemporary art in...

art fair, conferences, exhibitions, marrakech, morocco, winter biennal

The Moroccan National Song Festival in Marrakech

Yacout Info | 2010-04-10 | News

The 14th Moroccan National Song Festival will take place on 7 and 8 May in Marrakech. Initiated by the Free Union of Moroccan Musicians (SLMM) in collaboration with the Grand Atlas Association this event aims to provide an opportunity for budding artists to present their innovations and promote...

marrakech, moroccan song, national festival

The Festival “Riders of the Desert” in the province of Rehamna

Yacout Info | 2010-03-26 | News

The 3rd Festival "Riders of the Desert" will be held from 30 March to 3 April in the rural town of Lamhara (Rehamna Province), under the theme "Action for plural sustainable development ". The aims of this cultural event, according to organisers, include promoting the cavalier and Bedouin culture,...

culture, desert, festival, marrakech, morocco, rhamna

Marrakech celebrated World Poetry Day

Yacout Info | 2010-03-22 | News

The celebration of World Poetry (March 21) was officially launched on Friday evening in Marrakech at a ceremony attended by an audience of personalities and talents who spoke to share their emotions, their vision and dreams with others. This ceremony was an opportunity for representatives of The...

cadi ayyad university, CDRT, marrakech, morocco, world poetry day

Al Mazar, the first mega "kissariat"

Yacout Info | 2010-02-19 | Tourism

"It has no equivalent in Morocco”, that's how Zouhaïr Bennani, President of Best Financial Group, described the shopping centre project in Marrakech Al Mazar. It is indeed a giant project which covers an area of nearly 100,000 m², including 40,000 of retail space for a total investment of 400...

Almazar, Best Real Estate, marrakech, megastore, shopping

Edinburgh Airport to connect Scotland with Marrakech

Yacout Info | 2010-02-13 | News

Edinburgh Airport has announced the creation of a new route which will connect Scotland with Marrakech for the first time. Flight Hotel Reservations (FRH) reported. Ryanair is set to launch the service between Edinburgh Airport and the Moroccan city from May this year. The move is part of a...

airport, edinburg, flight, marrakech, rayanair, scotland

CCEM to organise a Reception-Conference in honour of Ms Saadia Alami

Yacout Info | 2010-02-10 | News

CCEM, Euromed Cultural Center of Morocco, chaired by Mr Aziz Cherkaoui, will organise in Marrakech, a major reception-conference on 12 February 2010 in honour of a great lady in the history of Morocco, Ms. Saadia Alami. Created four years ago in Marrakech at the initiative of the city of Tours, in...

CCEM, Conference, council of europe, marrakech, Network of European Cultural C, Saadia Alami

An International Symposium "Judeo-Muslim Peaceful Coexistence", 13 March in Marrakech

Yacout Info | 2010-02-08 | News

An international conference under the theme " Judeo-Muslim Peaceful Coexistence: is it possible from the example of Morocco?" will take place on March 13, 2010 in Marrakech. Initiated by the Association "Permanence of Moroccan Judaism" (APJM), this meeting will bring together more than a hundred...

Demnate, Essaouira, Goulmima and Merzouga., Judeo-Muslim Peaceful Coexiste, marrakech, Ouarzazate, Oukaïmeden, Permanence of Moroccan Judaism, symposium, the Ourika valley, Tinghir

Hamid Bentahar President of Marrakech CRT: ready for the upturn

Yacout Info | 2009-11-09 | Tourism

Hamid Bentahar is optimistic about the future of Marrakech's tourism development. The firgure for arrivals at Marrakech Airport is only 0.17 per cent down from last year which is a far more robust performance than other countires in the region. He feels Marrakech has come through the worst period...

hamid bentahar, marrakech, morrocan stand at WTM, riads, tourism, wtm, yacout info

Press Conference given by Secretary of State Clinton and Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri

Yacout Info | 2009-11-03 | News

Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri and US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton gave a joint press conference in Marrakech on Monday evening on the sidelines of the 6th session of the Forum for the Future. Yacout Info covers the main points raised during the press conference. Foreign...

forum for the future, hillary clinton, marrakech, middle east, minister of foreign affairs an, press conference, secretary of state, taieb fassi fihri, treaty of peace and friendship

The 6th ministerial meeting of the "Forum for the Future", 2-3 November in Marrakech

Yacout Info | 2009-10-22 | News

Marrakech will host the sixth ministerial meeting of Forum for the Future from 2 to3 November. The event is to be held under the joint chairmanship of Italy, president of the G8 this year, according to a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. This session will bring together...

Bahrain, forum for the future, italy, marrakech, ministerial meeting, ministry of foreign affairs an, morocco, palestenian authority, USA

The 2nd World Policy Conference, 30 Oct. - 1 Nov. in Marrakech

Yacout Info | 2009-10-13 | News

The 2nd Conference on the state of the world by the World Policy Conference (WPC) will take place from 30 October to 1 November 2009 in Marrakech. Involving politicians, leaders of multinational organizations, CEOs of large companies, experts and researchers, the WPC is designed as a forum for...

governance, marrakech, strategies, world policy conference, world problems, WPC

The 9th International Film Festival of Marrakech, 4-12 December

Yacout Info | 2009-10-06 | News

The 9th International Film Festival of Marrakech will be held from 4 to 12 December and will pay tribute to Korean cinema. Held under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, this Festival will pay tribute to Korean cinema which, with a hundred years of existence, is now one of the most dynamic...

FOFM, IFFM, international film festival of, marrakech, morocco

Tahir Shah: Writer and Explorer

Colin Kilkelly-Yacout Info | 2009-09-30 | Portrait

Tahir Shah is the author of 12 books which mostly chronicle his journeys in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Like his father, Idries Shah, he believes that the surest way to understand a country is through its tales. His two books on Morocco are The Caliph's House (Time Magazine Top 10) and In...

marrakech, morocco, tangier, tarik shah, tourists, writing

Business Tourism: Moroccan Convention Bureau

Rabii Agoujgal - Yacout Info | 2009-07-23 | Tourism

Morocco has recently adopted the Moroccan Convention Bureau (MCB), a structure dedicated to the promotion of MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Congress, & Events), commonly known as congress tourism. An agreement was signed in this regard, in Rabat last week, between the founding members of the MCB:...

africa, business convention bureau, business tourism, marrakech, morocco, rabat, rabii agoujgal, tourism agencies

The 44th edition of The National Festval of Popular Arts (FNAP), Marrakech

Rabii Agoujgal - Yacout Info | 2009-07-19 | News

Moroccan folklore is being celebrated from the 17th -27th July by the 44th edition of FNAP which has been organized by the The Foundation for Festivals of Marrakech for the 3rd consecutive year. It aims to create a more modern approach for FNAP which is attractive to young people with a wider...

badii palace, festival, foundation of festivals of mar, journalists, marrakech, parade, popular music, rabii agoujgal

Sufism: 1,000 participants took part in the global meeting of Sidi Chiker in Marrakech 10-12 July 2009.

Rabii Agoujgal - Yacout Info | 2009-07-14 | Yacoupedia

The Ministry of Religious Endowment and Islamic Affairs allocated five million dirhams for Sidi Chiker project. This was confirmed by Minister of Religious Endowment and Islamic Affairs, Ahmed Taoufik at a press conference last Saturday, during the Sidi Chiker meetings of global followers of...

culture of peace, islam, marrakech, rabii agoujgal, sidi chiker, sufism, sufist, sufists

The 44th edition of the National Festival of Popular Arts (FNAP) 17-25 July 2009

Rabii Agoujgal - Yacout Info | 2009-06-08 | Tourism

The 44th edition of the National Festival of Popular Arts is to be held as usual in Marrakech from 17-25 July. The organisers are extending the programme over 8 days rather than 6 days as was the case last year. Moroccan traditional arts will be honoured by a mosaic of events involving the whole...

dreams and reality in badii pa, festival des arts populaires, fnap, marrakech, national festival of popular a, rabii agoujgal, yacout info

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Forging ahead with Visionary Growth

The strategy of His Majesty King Mohammed VI for Morocco’s development forges ahead with steady progress in an uncertain world. Few countries are seeing this level of confident...

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