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Morocco King French President Follow Presentation about Future Moroccan Cultural Centre in Paris
HM King Mohammed VI and French President François Hollande on Wednesday visited the Arab World Institute at the invitation of its President Jack Lang. This visit was an opportunity to present to the Sovereign and the French President, the…
MENA: Morocco’s Cadi Ayyad University in Top 10 in 2015
Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech featured among the top 10 universities in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) in 2015, the president of the university, Abdellatif Miraoui, said here on Tuesday. The university also ranked in…
France Honors three Moroccan Women for their Work in Medicine, Sociology and Finance
France's ambassador in Morocco, Jean-François Girault, handed on Tuesday evening prestigious distinctions to three Moroccan women: Nadia Bezad, a medical doctor, Soumaya Guessous, sociologist and Faouzia Zaaboul, treasury manager at the…
World Bank Grants Morocco US $300 Million to Support Green Growth Strategy
The World Bank announced on Friday a US $300 million loan to support the implementation of Morocco’s comprehensive green growth strategy. The second in a program of two operations designed to support the shift towards a low carbon economy,…
New Measure Expected to More Than Double Filming in Kingdom
Less than a week after the 15th Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco’s parliament has approved a new 2016 Finance Law that includes a new 20% cash rebate scheme for foreign shoots. The final text will enter into force on March 31. The new…
Minister Rabbah Highlights in Washington D.C. Morocco’s Structural Reforms
Aziz Rabbah, Morocco’s Minister of Equipment, Transport, and Logistics, delivered a keynote speech at the 2015 Moroccan American Bridges conference organized by the Association of Moroccan Professionals in America (AMPA) on December 4 in…
15th Marrakech International Film Festival Opens
Curtains went up on Friday night on the 15th Marrakech International Film Festival, under the patronage of King Mohammed VI. Like every year, the opening ceremony of this international event was marked by the presence of several figures…
King of Morocco opens Moroccan-Heritage Week in Abu Dhabi
Welcomed by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco, this evening inaugurated the Moroccan-Heritage Week, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and the Abu Dhabi Equestrian…
Initiatives for Strategic Partnership Between African News Agencies
The Executive Council of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) examined, here Wednesday, a series of measures and initiatives to make this structure a strategic partnership platform between the African news agencies and…
Moroccan Cinema Critic Mustapha Mesnaoui Died of heart Attack
Moroccan researcher and cinema critic, Mustapha Mesnaoui, passed away on Tuesday morning in Cairo of a heart attack. The late Mesnaoui, 62, died on the way to hospital where he was transferred from the hotel in Cairo where he was scheduled…