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Caracas, Venezuela - Esther Benchimol de Roffe arrived in Venezuela as a young bride, leaving northern Morocco more than 50 years ago to meet her groo...
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Mourning the loss of life at one of the world's largest bases
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home
President Obama at the Ft. Hood memorial service. Photo: Flickr user USarmy Ambassador S. Azmat Hassan is a former Ambassador of Pakistan to ...
Clinton Praises World's Oldest Peace Corps Volunteer
Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the most senior member of the Peace Corps in the world on Tuesday, an 85-year-old Florida woman serving in ...
Timidity Vs. Audacity? The Tests Are Yet to Come
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
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So far this year, there has been a tendency to vocalize intent and engage in convenient can-kicking, rather than actionable resolve. That's not timidity -- that's testing the state of the ship's rudder.
Jaouad Gharib: NYC Marathon Runner May Win Top Prize
Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
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Moroccan Jaouad Gharib will compete in Sunday's New York City Marathon. Gharib has competed 8 times before and at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. He ...
No Toilets or Air For "Forgotten Prisoners"
Betwa Sharma | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
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Prison conditions worldwide are worse than the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture could have imagined. Jails without air, toilets and food are not rare.
Getting the shot while wearing a sauna tracksuit
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home
Megan in her sauna tracksuit. Megan Thompson is a producer and editor at Worldfocus. She blogs about how she films such stunning shots for he...
Sufism in Morocco: Music, mysticism and moderation
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home
Mokhtar Ghambou is an English professor at Yale University and the founder and president of the American Moroccan Institute. This article appeared in ...
Sufism in Morocco: Music, Mysticism, and Moderation
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home
Mokhtar Ghambou is an English professor at Yale University and the founder and president of the American Moroccan Institute. This article appeared in ...
U.S. mulls military options in Afghanistan
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 10.12.2009 | Home
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An Afghan villager in late 2008. Photo: Flickr user RugNug S. Azmat Hassan is a career diplomat and former ambassador of Pakistan, where his ...
Top Fall Travel Destinations (SLIDESHOW, POLL)
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
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Who says the summer fun has to end just because we're in the middle of September? We've compiled a list of places you can visit to stay warm and enjoy...
Moroccan Reforms Slow Down Due To Islamic Radicalism
nytimes.com | STEVEN ERLANGER and SOUAD MEKHENNET | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
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CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Morocco has long been viewed as a rare liberalizing, modernizing Islamic state, open to the West and a potential bridge to a ca...
McDonald's, Western Chains Spice Up Food For Global Franchises
Global Post | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
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By Erik German | GlobalPost RABAT, Morocco -- Walk into a McDonald's in Morocco and you'll find a sandwich you can't get anywhere else in the world...
Arabia Felix 102: Yemeni Government Fingers Iran as Arms Supplier to Northern Houthi Rebels
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.23.2009 | World
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The sixth Sa'ada war between central government forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen's north is well underway and expected to drag on, according to the country's ruling party.
In Morocco, 91% Approval isn't Good Enough
Jillian York | Posted 09.11.2009 | World
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When popular glossies TelQuel and Nichane published approval ratings for the Moroccan king, they found 100,000 copies of the magazines seized by the Ministry of Communication.
Is There a Life After New York?
Aida Alami | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York
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When I decided to move away from New York, I was confident about my decision. I felt that the city had nothing to offer me anymore; I'd heard or seen everything before.
An American Retiree, Jailed In Morocco For 13 Months, Shares His Story
GlobalPost | Posted 09.06.2009 | World
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RABAT, Morocco -- When Moroccan guards came to release Illinois retiree James Douglas Willson from prison, he believed that they'd come to shoot him. ...
Video: Marathon of the Sands (Marathons Sands)
SnagFilms | SnagFilms | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home
The best-known ultra marathon in the world, and the most grueling, the Marathon of the Sands is 150 miles in six torturous races over seven days acr...
Top 10 Places I Want to Travel to Before I Die
Maria Rodale | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
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I am going to share my list of the top 10 places I want to go to before I die (in no particular order, although I hope dying comes last).
The Exchange Experience Changed My Life Forever
Imane Karroumi | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
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I didn't believe the power of being in an exchange program until last year, when I participated in the U.S. Department of State's Youth Exchange and Study Program, or YES.
The Arabs Need a Nelson Mandela, Who Knows When to Go
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.20.2009 | World
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We desperately need a visionary leader in the Arab world, monarch or republican, who steps aside and oversees in his lifetime a peaceful democratic transfer of power.
Moroccan Djellaba: 'Jedi Robes' Dominate Fashion Scene (VIDEO)
GlobalPost | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
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By Solana Pyne | GlobalPost RABAT, Morocco -- Star Wars fans can't help but notice: Jedi robes are everywhere in Morocco. These long-hooded cloaks ...
Half A Woman 'Found In A Suitcase' In Morocco
Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2009 | World
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Private security guards discovered an abandoned suitcase in a Casablanca, Morocco train station that contained the upper half of a woman, the AFP repo...
Medvedev's Africa Trip Expected To Focus On Accessing African Resources
Moscow Times | Posted 07.23.2009 | World
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President Dmitry Medvedev is embarking Tuesday on a four-day African tour, beginning with a visit to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak before moving on...
Gadhafi Sues 3 Moroccan Newspapers
AFP | Posted 07.16.2009 | World
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Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Monday sued three Moroccan newspapers for defamation, seeking eight million euros in damages for "attacks on the digni...
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