Morocco

In Search of an Alliance of Civilizations: Part I

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: East-West Relations, Islam, Arab Spring, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Morocco, Middle East, Clash of Civilizations, United Nations, World News

Democratization, simply defined in the West as free and fair elections, is in and of itself an inadequate tool for changing the status quo in MENA societies. If the players change but the system does not, then there will be no 'Spring.'

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Conquering The Shops Of Marrakech

Tablet | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Hotels, Hotel News, Tablet Hotels, Shopping, Morocco, Traveling, Marrakech, Travel News, Travel, Vacation, Tablet Guides, Travel Guides, Tablet, Travel News

The Red City will eventually goad you towards the markets.

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Katharina Wulff's Whimsical Daydreams

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Sylvia Fein, Video, Morocco, New Works Sf Moma, Katharina Wulff, Slidepollajax, Paul Gauguin, Surrealism, Odilon Redon, Female Artists, San Francisco Art, Contemporary Painting, Berlin, Arts News

Katharina Wulff's paintings are as mysterious in their subject matter as they are in their varied influences. Her visual stories display mysterious ch...

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PHOTOS: A Moroccan Sahara Odyssey

Charlotte Temple | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Desert, Sahara, Sahara Camels, Fes, Blue Men, Marrakech, Morocco, International Destinations, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Slidepollajax, Travel News

The sun was setting and there was nothing but bright orange sand as far as the eye could see. No noise, no pollution and no one else for miles and miles.

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Reports: U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes In Morocco

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Morocco Crash, Helicopter Crash, Morocco, Reuters, Morocco Helicopter Crash, Morocco u.s. Military Helicopter Crash, US Military Helicopter Crash, World News

By Paul Schemm -- The Associated Press RABAT, Morocco — Two U.S. Marines were killed and two severely injured in the crash of a hybrid aircraft, ...

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African Country's New Plan To Fight Social Inequality

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Funds, Video, Arab Spring, Poverty, Dirhams, Morocco, Budget, Reuters, Beer, Spirits, Social Inequality, Gross Domestic Product, Business News

* Budget amendment extends reach of tax in 2012 * Funds to help develop poor areas to stem discontent * Two rates, depen...

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WATCH: Marrakech Rises

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Luxury Travel, North Africa, Travel, Morocco, Marrakech, Travel Blogs, Video, Travel News

The three-day trip was a whirlwind, but I managed to capture some initial impressions of the fantastical North African city whose crimson and ochre hues and purple haze inspired the likes of Yves Saint Laurent.

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Morocco's Stunning Roman Ruins

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Video, Morocco Roman City, International Destinations, Morocco, Africa Travel, Volubilis, Morocco Travel, Roman Ruins, Destinations, Travel News

MEKNES, Morocco — Visitors to Morocco usually head straight for the beaches or plunge into the winding alleys of exotic medieval markets, but th...

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Avoiding a Lost Generation

Nemat Shafik | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Debt, Lebanon, Youth, Jordan, Tunisia, Income Inequality, Low-Income, Morocco, Jobs, Spain, Recession, Brain Drain, Arab Spring, Unemployment, Greece, Egypt, Middle East, Financial Crisis, Imf, Europe, Syria, Euro Zone Debt, Euro Zone Crisis, Video, Business News

To solve the problems of youth unemployment restoring global growth is crucial, as are policies to support job creation and credit. None of this can be achieved without global cooperation.

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16-Year-Old Girl Kills Self After Forced Marriage To Rapist

AP | By PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Amina Filali, Amina Filali Suicide, Amina Filali Rape Victim, Rape, Morocco Suicide, Amina Filali Morocco, Morocco, Suicide, Morocco Rape, World News

RABAT, Morocco -- The case of a 16-year-old girl who killed herself after she was forced to marry her rapist has spurred outrage among Morocco's inter...

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Why Everyone Should Travel Globally as a Teenager

Taylor Michie | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Travel, Travel Bloggers, Morocco, Travel Blogs, Spain, Pueblo Inglés, Teen News

My recommendation is this: If you have the means and the desire to experience another culture, try to do so. It'll change your life, or at least the way that you view the world.

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PHOTOS: Marrakech's Kaleidoscopic Style

Simone Girner | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Design, Style, Morocco, Marrakech, Slidepollajax, Travel News

To get the scoop on what makes this Moroccan city so exciting now, Indagare reached out to insiders in the fields of fashion, design and culinaria.

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Prison Time For Insulting King In Video

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Morocco King, Mohammed VI, Abdelsamad Haydour Sentenced, Mohammed Vi Morocco, Morocco King Insults, Abdelsamad Haydour, Morocco, Abdelsamad Haydour King Insults, World News

RABAT, Morocco — A Moroccan court has convicted a student of "violating the sacred values" of the kingdom and sentenced him to three years in pr...

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Latifa Echakhch Explores Depth And Magic Of Simple Objects

Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Latifa Echakhch, Video, Latifa Echakhch Currents, Morocco, Currents Columbus Museum of Art, Women Artists, Female Artists, Columbus Museum of Art, Arts News

The significance of objects eventually becomes so second nature it is easy to forget the entire process of learning an object's meaning, history and w...

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Syria: Russia-West Argue It Out; Damascus Waits It Out

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Jean-Marie-Guehenno, Morocco, Libya War, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Russia, Arab League, UN Security Council, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, Syria Violence, Qatar, Syria, World News

Western nations in the U.N. Security Council have two choices on Syria: soften the wording on their resolution that asks the Syrian president to delegate his "full authority" to his deputy or face a Russian-Chinese veto.

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5 Unemployed Moroccans Set Selves On Fire

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Morocco Unemployment, Morocco Protests Unemployment, Rabat, Morocco, Moroccans Set Selves on Fire, Morocco Self-Immolation, Morocco University Graduates, Video, World News

RABAT, Morocco — Five unemployed Moroccan men set themselves on fire in the capital Rabat as part of widespread demonstrations in the country ov...

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Alien Space Rocks Fell to Earth

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Nasa, Video, Rare, Morocco, Africa, Earth, Mars, Martian, Meteorites, Science News

WASHINGTON — They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces. Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fe...

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Islamist Party Takes Top Positions In Morocco's New Government

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 03.04.2012

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RABAT, Morocco — Morocco's ruling coalition formed a new government on Tuesday that gives top posts to an Islamist party but also keeps close al...

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Morocco's New Mega Mall

AP | By PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Morocco Shopping, Shopping Travel, Morocco Travel, Morocco Mall, Shopping, International Destinations, Morocco, Destinations, Morocco Mega Mall, Travel News

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Inaugurated by pop star Jennifer Lopez in front of the cream of Moroccan society, Casablanca's first mega mall, complete with t...

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A True Spiritual Warrior -- Robert Easton

Laura Mola | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Jordan, Egypt, Forest Whitaker, John-Roger, Spiritual Warrior, Films, Morocco, Peter Stormare, Eric Roberts, Movies, Actors, Msia, Charlton Heston, Dialect Coach, Jsu Garcia, Spirituality, Wayshower, Culture News

Robert Easton was a teacher, a guru, and a support to a myriad of acting students who treasured him as the gem he was and treated him accordingly.

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Joseph Braude And Morocco's 'Honored Dead'

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Corruption, Murder, Islam, Amazigh, Human Rights, Arab Spring, Police, Crime, Morocco, Terrorism, Holocaust, Sephardic Jews, Iraqi Jews, Sorcery, Berbers, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, Moroccan King Mohammed V, Religious Books, Religion News

The Honored Dead relates, with the quirky pace of a post-modern detective story, Braude's dedicated investigation of the murder of the poor and obscure Casablanca denizen Ibrahim Dey, by a Moroccan soldier, Al-Raddad Murtaziq.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Twilight, and the Return of Women's Blockbuster Films

Govindini Murty | Posted 02.19.2012

Hollywood is finally making an effort to give women and their stories the blockbuster treatment. In doing so, the film industry is hearkening back to what was once a strength of classic Hollywood: the blockbuster women's film.

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Investigating Truth in Midst of Arab Spring

Rana F. Sweis | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Egypt, Hisham Allam, Ahmed Benchamsi, Rana Sweis, Media, Investigative Journalism, Iraq, Masry Al Yawm, Freedom of the Press, Amman, Hanan Khandagky, Tahrir Square, Daoud Kuttab, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Arab Press, Marg Prison, Rana Sabbagh, Arij, Arab Spring, Journalism, Ahmad Ragab, Cairo, Depleted Uranium Weapons, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalists, Baghdad, Ammar Saleh, Self-Censorship, Telquel, Nishan, World News

Contrary to the saying that truth is the first casualty of war, the Arab Spring has overwhelmingly broken a barrier of fear that has presided over the Middle East for decades.

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Chicken Little and the Arab Spring Elections

John Feffer | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Islamists, World News

Citizens went to the polls in Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt. After Islamist parties won three elections in a row, columnists and pundits in the West threw up their hands in horror.

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In Morocco, Justice Can Be Bought

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Morocco Trials, Morocco Justice System, Morocco, Morocco Courts, Morocco New Government, Morocco Government, Ap, World News

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