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Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:59:02 +0000
Maison Artc: Morocco’s Modernized Vintage Fashion House
At Maison Artc, Artsi Ifrah, the founder of a peculiarly Moroccan fashion line, is a self-taught Moroccan designer that uses a juxtaposition of materials, colors, and shapes for his designs. Established in Marrakech, Maison Artc strives to break the ...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:37:49 +0000
Recoveries Outpace New Cases As COVID-19 in Morocco Continues Decline
Rabat – Morocco’s Ministry of Health today announced that the country’s health authorities have recorded 701 new cases of COVID-19 as well as 13 related deaths over the past 24 hours.  The government’s daily COVID-19 epidemiologi...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:35:07 +0000
Minister: Morocco Needs to Invest in Female Entrepreneurship, Empowerment
Morocco’s Minister of Solidarity, Social Development, and Equality,  Jamila El Moussali has said that female entrepreneurship is an essential tool in the fight to promote gender equality and women empowerment. Fatima Barkan, the director o...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:52:00 +0000
Morocco’s Royal Navy Preparing for Cutting-Edge Maritime Research
 Morocco’s Abdelmalek Saadi University (UAE) and the Moroccan Royal Navy this week organized their first-ever joint oceanographic research.  The event took place in Tangier, northern Morocco, and was meant to  Reinforce scientific cooperatio...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:25:49 +0000
EU Backs Off ‘Europe First’ Vaccine Export Ban After WHO, UK Complain
Rabat – The EU has reversed its plan to block the export of COVID-19 vaccines until EU orders had been delivered in-full.  The WHO came out strongly against the EU’s plan, highlighting it as an example of “vaccine nationalism” that could...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 13:44:41 +0000
Morocco Briefs UN in Geneva, WHO on Vaccination Campaign
Omar Zniber, Morocco’s permanent representative at the United Nations Office in Geneva, briefed on Friday the French-speaking diplomatic corps based in Geneva and the World Health Organization on Morocco’s national vaccination campaign agains...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:26:18 +0000
Peaking in Polls, Marine Le Pen Proposes Hijab Ban in France
Rabat – With national polls showing her popularity peaking (48%) in France’s increasingly anti-Islam political landscape, Marine Le Pen is proposing a “Hijab ban” in France.  At a time of unprecedented fear and anxiety in France, Le ...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:25:37 +0000
France Bans Travel To, From Non-EU States, Including Morocco
Starting Sunday, January 31, at midnight, France will shut down its borders with all countries outside of the EU, including Morocco. Travel between France and non-EU states will be banned, except for “compelling reasons,” announced French Prime M...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 11:38:35 +0000
Algerian Media Attack Morocco’s Hakim Ziyech in Anti-Semitic Report
Algerian news outlet Ennahar TV has used an anti-Semitic discourse to attack Moroccan football player Hakim Ziyech. In a report published on Friday, January 29, Ennahar TV shared a photo showing Ziyech with his teammates at Chelsea FC paying tribute ...

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:34:55 +0000
Spanish King: Morocco, Spain ‘Share Common Interests and Challenges’
Rabat – Spanish King Felipe VI this Thursday chose to highlight the “closeness and friendship” of his country’s relations with Morocco. The Spanish monarch invited foreign diplomats serving in Madrid to the royal palace for a reception wh...



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