Putting a price on normalization with Israel
BY BATU COŞKUN OP-ED DEC 25, 2020 White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP […]
Israeli envoys, Jared Kushner visit Morocco after establishing relations
US presidential advisor Jared Kushner (L) and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat arriving in the Moroccan capital Rabat. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/g2nqs Israeli delegation led by Led by […]
Trump administration moves forward with $1B Moroccan arms deal after normalization with Israel
BY REUTERS WASHINGTON AMERICAS DEC 12, 2020 President Donald Trump’s administration moved forward with $1 billion in sales of drones and precision-guided weapons to Morocco on Friday, sending a notice […]
Trump announces Morocco and Israel will normalize relations
US President Donald Trump announced on December 10 that Morocco is now the fourth Arab state this year to recognize Israel. (AFP/File Photos) Trump said Israel and Morocco would restore […]
Maghreb countries must take this opportunity to unite
Author ZAID M. BELBAGI December 09, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/m9gnj Representatives of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Rabat, February 18, 2012. (Reuters) Aside from the ties of heritage, religion and […]
Morocco calls Muhammad cartoons an ‘act of provocation’ as France urges Arab countries not to overreact
Mayank Aggarwal 2 hrs ago Morocco has become the latest Arab nation to hit out at France after cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were projected onto two French government buildings, […]
OIC body urges respect for religions
ISESCO said the abuse was causing anger, sadness and shock among the global Muslim population Source: Arab News RABAT: Religion should not be exploited for political gain or media propaganda, […]
Morocco hosting talks between warring Libyan sides, Anadolu Agency says
BY ANADOLU AGENCY RABAT DIPLOMACY SEP 05, 2020 From left to right, Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan warlord, Aguila Saleh Issa, president of the eastern Libyan House of Representatives, Libyan Prime Minister […]
A little known fact: How Sir Zafrullah Khan gave a Pakistani Passport to the Moroccan Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Zafarullah Khan overnight issued Pakistani Passport for Ahmed Balafrej Morocco’s First Foreign Minister to address General Assembly from Pakistan’s Platform ____________________ “The creators of Pakistan had worked tirelessly […]
A return to Africa: Why North African states are looking south
Policy Brief Anthony Dworkin 3rd July, 2020 SUMMARY North African countries, each for their own reasons, are increasingly turning their attention towards sub-Saharan Africa. Morocco is pursuing a comprehensive campaign to increase its influence and win support with regard to Western Sahara. Algeria may be showing new flexibility in its […]
The world’s first university was founded by a woman
Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Fihriya Al-Qurashiya (فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية) founded the world’s first university in 895 CE in Fez, which is now in Morocco. She is more usually known […]
Morocco: Struggling Morocco oasis risks becoming mirage
By AFP – Feb 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES SKOURA, Morocco — Dead palm trees lie on dry, yellowish earth near an abandoned adobe house in Morocco’s arid southeast, […]
As anti-Semitism increases, let’s remember how Morocco saved its Jews
By Menachem Genack, opinion contributor — 02/02/20 The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill “There are no Jews in […]
Netherlands King Appoints Moroccan Hassan Outaklla Personal Adviser
Outaklla will succeed Bram Gille, who has been the King’s deputy secretary general since February. By Morocco World News Rabat – Dutch royal family has appointed Moroccan Hassan Outaklla as […]
Moroccan women press to legalize abortion amid pending bill
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — It was a small demonstration on a big topic for some Moroccan women trying to make some abortions legal. Two dozen activists gathered in […]
Fatima Al-Fihri: The Mother of Moroccan Intellectuals
Source: Morocco World News Morocco’s history is full of figures who contributed to changing the course of humanity. Throughout time, Moroccans have influenced the fields of science, geography, philosophy, religion, […]
‘Wound’ of migration not solved by physical barriers, pope says
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 30, 2019 Pope Francis delivers a speech as he and King Mohammed VI of Morocco visit the Hassan Tower esplanade in Rabat, Morocco, […]
Conversion is not your mission, pope tells Catholics in Morocco
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 31, 2019 Pope Francis holds a mass at Prince Moulay Abdellah sports complex in Rabat, Morocco, March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (reuters_tickers) By […]
Pope, in Morocco, hopes to boost King’s moderate Islam vision
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 28, 2019 African Christian migrants pray in a church ahead of the Pope’s visit, in Rabat, Morocco March 24, 2019. Picture taken March […]
Pope to broaden Muslim dialogue with Morocco visit
By AFP – Mar 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES African Christian migrants pray in a church ahead of the Pope’s visit, in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday (Reuters photo) VATICANCITY — Pope Francis […]
