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Gadhafi Sues 3 Moroccan Newspapers

AFP | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Libya, Freedom of the Press, Africa, Morocco, Foreign Affairs, Press Freedom, Moammar Gadhafi, Gadhafi Sues Newspapers, Gadhafi, Advocacy, Moamer Kadhafi, World News

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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Free Wheelchair Mission: Helping the Disabled in Developing Countries Regain Mobility

Razoo | Razoo | Posted 07.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Morocco, Home News

On a trip to Morocco in 1977, mechanical engineer Don Schoendorfer saw an indigent woman who was unable to walk, reduced to crawling across the stree...

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Morocco: A Look At Women's Rights 5 Years After Reforms

GlobalPost | Erik German | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights in Morocco, Morocco, Africa, Paradise Beneath Her Feet: Women and Reform in the Middle East, Women's Movement, Iranian Feminists, Democratic League for Women's Rights, Moroccan Feminists, Feminism, Morocco's Democratic League for Women's Rights, Women's Rights, World News

RABAT, Morocco -- In the lottery of arranged marriage, winners and losers sometimes take years to reveal themselves. But one soft-spoken woman seat...

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The Student of History Needs to Go to Summer School

Mark Levine | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Islam, Obama, War on Terror, Islamic Radicalism, Middle East, Cairo, Obama Cairo, Obama Mideast Trip, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Western Sahara, Soviet Union, Morocco, Israel, Iraq, India, World News
Mark Levine

For all its well-intentioned rhetoric, President Obama's speech was, sadly, conceptually flawed, empirically challenged, and politically blind to the daily realities that drive hundreds of millions of Muslims to increasing despair.

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Obama's Muslim Engagement

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Islam, University of Cairo, African American President, Morocco, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Palestine, Michael Fauntroy, Joe Biden, Palestinians, President Hosni Mubarak, Iran, Muslims, Middle East, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mubarak, Obama Mideast Trip, Cairo Speech, World News
Michael Fauntroy

To be the first African-American president with a heritage that includes Islam gives him Obama legitimacy than any other president to make this speech.

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Arrested Moroccan Islamists Planned To Attack Jews

AFP | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Morocco Islamists, Jews, Africa, Morocco, Foreign Affairs, Moroccan Jews, Morocco Jews, Islamist Militants, Islamists, Advocacy, World News

A group of alleged Islamists recently arrested in Morocco planned to attack Jewish interests in the country, a court source said Thursday, citing the ...

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Think You'll Get on Jeopardy!? Sorry, Incorrect Answer!

Bill Mann | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jeopardy!, TV Game Shows, Ken Jennings, Morocco, Alex Trebek, Entertainment News
Bill Mann

You might do well on the show. But actually getting there is, well, brutal -- actually, almost impossible. I found out the hard way.

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Women in Morocco blend tradition and fashion

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Morocco, Home News

Women don jelabas in Morocco. See more photos from producer Rebecca Haggerty below. Worldfocus producer Rebecca Haggerty is currently reporti...

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Women in Morocco blend tradition, trend in fashion

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Morocco, Home News

Women don jelabas in Morocco. See more photos from producer Rebecca Haggerty below. Worldfocus producer Rebecca Haggerty is currently reporti...

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Metal Music Morocco: Where West and East Co-Exist

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.13.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Religion, Islam, America, Music, Middle East, Morocco, Africa, Heavy Metal, World News
Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

There is something really cool and special about seeing a girl wearing a Hijab who throws up the universal Metal/Rock sign with her hands.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Maritime Law, Naval Standoff, Brussels, US Troops, Israel Lobby, Pakistan, World Bank, Pakistan Protests, China, Chas Freeman, Iran, Nato, Economic Cooperation Organization Summit, Mauritania, Us, Zardari, Embassy, Morocco, Missle Launch, Fatah, Palestine, Hamas, Suicide Bombs, Satellite, Biden, Anbar, Ahmadinejad, Cairo, Sunni Insurgency, Afghanistan, Palestinian Unity Talks, Iraq, Prisoner Swap, Pullout, North Korea, Icbm, Fayyad, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Foreign Policy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan: Yet Another Path to Failure Facts: Pakistan's government arrests hundreds of "dissidents" includi...

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U2'S SACRED PILGRIMAGE: 'I found grace, it's all that I found'

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 04.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Daniel Lanois, Larry Mullen, Gospel Music, Pilgrimage, Morocco, Adam Clayton, No Line on the Horizon, U2, Sacred, Fez, The Edge, Bono, Living News
Cathleen Falsani

Without a line on the horizon, we may feel like there is no limit to how far we can go. But it also makes the seas difficult to navigate. That is, in...

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Morocco Cuts Ties With Iran

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Bahrain, Iran, Morocco, Shia, Sunnis, Sunni, Shiite Muslims, Sunni Muslims, Morocco Iran, Iran Morocco, World News

RABAT, Morocco — Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran in a rare public spat of trying to spread Shia Islam ...

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Who Is Binyam Mohamed, The British Resident Released From Guantanamo?

Andy Worthington | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Morocco, Pakistan, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Binyam Mohamed, Col. Ralph Kohlmann, Military Commissions, Uk Government, Politics, Clive Stafford Smith, Breaking Politics News, Dark Prison, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, World News
Andy Worthington

I thought it appropriate to relate a few anecdotes that bring Binyam the human being, rather than Binyam the prisoner, to life.

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Wall Street, Somalia, and Jack Sparrow

John Feffer | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Pirates, Somalia, John Thain, Wall Street, Jack Sparrow, Russia, John Thain Decorator, Suez Canal, Debt, Ethiopia, Algeria, Horn of Africa, Merrill Lynch, Pirates of the Caribbean, Saudi Arabia, Somalia Ethiopia, Frank Lambert, Wall Street Bonuses, Somalia Pirates, Morocco, Somali Pirates, European Union, United States, John Thain Merrill Lynch, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, New York City, Rubrick Biegon, Foreign Policy, Pirates Ship Somalia, Brooks Brothers, John Thain Bonus, Ethiopian Troops Somalia, Bonuses, Tripoli, Citigroup, World News
John Feffer

Why are more than a dozen of the world's navies converging on Somalia to battle pirates there instead of sailing into New York to capture the Wall Street pirates?

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Admiring Continents

Pablo Ganguli | Posted 03.01.2009 | Style

Read More: India, Michel Foucault, South Pacific, Morocco, New Delhi, Mumbai, Travel, Film, Mothers, Paris, Papua New Guinea, Jacques Derrida, Calcutta, North Africa, Quentin Crisp, Sagittarius, Marrakesh, Traveling, Africa, Moms, Europe, Style News
Pablo Ganguli

I still do not know what possessing Indian nationality signifies. I have always felt so very un-Indian with only rare flashbacks of nostalgia for things from the sub-continent.

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"Abu" Obama's Muslim Stimulus Package

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Arab World, Muslim World, Al Qaeda, Casablanca, Layalina Productions, Al Arabiya, Morocco, Middle East, President Obama, Bin Laden, Public Diplomacy, Obama Al Arabiya Interview, Obama Al Arabiya, Obama Al Qaeda, Stimulus Package, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The true test of Obama's presidency will not only be the innovative statecraft of its regional diplomacy, but also his ability to mobilize a comprehensive initiative to lift the Arab world out of its economic and social poverty.

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Morocco: Disappearing the Amazigh

Jillian York | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Amazigh, Moroccan, Ethnic Cleansing, King of Morocco, Morocco, Ethnicity, Names, Arabs, World, Ethnicities, Conflict, Middle East, Ethnic Names, Baby Names, World News
Jillian York

What is Moroccan identity? Is it Arab identity? The official language of Morocco certainly is Arabic, but it is estimated that 23 of Morocco's 30 million people speak one of three Amazigh dialects.

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The View from Abroad: Obama to Speak in Morocco?

Jillian York | Posted 01.26.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama Morocco, Obama, Barack Obama, Morocco, Obama Inauguration, World News
Jillian York

Algerian-American blogger The Moor Next Door has reported on a campaign set up by Moroccans to encourage President-Elect Barack Obama to make his first speech abroad in Morocco.

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The View from Morocco on the Eve of Election Day

Jillian York | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Elections, Movies in Morocco, John McCain, Morocco, Barack Obama, Hollywood, Home News
Jillian York

Bloggers based in Morocco -- both Moroccan natives and foreign residents -- are musing over potential election outcomes. They have more to say than "Yes we can!" Here's a peek.

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U.S. Justice Department drops "dirty bomb plot" allegation against Binyam Mohamed

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paul Wolfowitz, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, UK High Court, Morocco, Terrorism, Jose Padilla, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, CIA Torture, Clive Stafford Smith, Washington Post, Dark Prison, Binyam Mohamed, Justice Department, Defense Department, Dick Cheney, Military Commissions, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Andy Worthington

As the Washington Post reported yesterday, the U.S. Justice Department has dropped the key allegation against British resident and Guantánamo prisone...

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International Bloggers: "Arab" Is America's New Political Weapon

Jillian York | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Palestine, Arabs, John McCain, Obama Arab World, Morocco, Barack Obama, Obama Racism, Election 2008, Offthebus, Home News
Jillian York

One second Obama is Arab, the next he's Muslim. These words are thrown around and serve as an insult. So basically, in the United States, instead of telling someone his mama is a whore, telling him that his mama is an Arab will now suffice.

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Social Networking Site Provides Glimpse Into Global Community

Jane Wylen | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Global View of United States, Morocco, Middle East, Mexico, Obama Biden, Palin Mccain, Barack Obama, Livemocha, Iraq War, Sarah Palin, Arab World, Election 2008, John McCain, China, Home News
Jane Wylen

I thought that, by interviewing some of my contacts on Livemocha, I could gain some insight into how we Americans look from the outside. One man living in China wrote: "The U.S. has good education and good medical care. Americans enjoy every minute."

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Morocco's Gift

Pablo Ganguli | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Arab World, North Africa, Marrakesh, Royal Family, Morocco, King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, Queen Elizabeth II, Hollywood in Morocco, Politics News
Pablo Ganguli

Morocco has earned itself a reputation as a tolerant, nascent democracy in North Africa. In reality, it is a very different story.

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Hollywood's Iraq Can Be Found In Morocco

Wall Street Journal | YOCHI DREAZEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Hollywood in Morocco, Movies in Morocco, Iraq, Hollywood, Morocco, Business News

Youssef Salim had been hearing rumors for weeks that an American movie was about to start filming in his trash-strewn neighborhood on the outskirts of...

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