Major media outlets write about the Gulf Cooperation Council and its decision on inclusion of Morocco and Jordan to the Council. The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday, 11/30, there was no consensus yet among Gulf Arab states on admitting Morocco and Jordan to the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). "We must learn from the experience of the European Union, which at some point accepted 10 countries to its membership and look now what happened with the euro," Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan told reporters in Abu Dhabi, referring to the euro zone debt crisis. "There is no consensus at the moment to include Morocco and Jordan," he said.
Also, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that the ratings on Morocco (BBB-/Stable/A-3) are not immediately affected by the outcome of the recent parliamentary elections.
Politics
Reuters (11/30) – UPDATE 1-No consensus on Morocco, Jordan joining GCC
Reuters (11/30) – TEXT-S&P:Ratings on Morocco unaffected by election result
Yahoo (11/30) – Analysis – Moroccan Islamists face tough ride at government helm
European Parliament News (11/30) – Opening: Yemeni visitors, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco
Eurasia Review (11/30) – Elections In Morocco And Egypt: Window Dressing? – OpEd
Inside Story (11/30) – How different is Morocco?
Yacout (11/30) – King Mohammed VI appointed Mr. Omar Azziman his Advisor
San Francisco Gate (11/30) – King chooses Islamist leader to head government
Alaska Dispatch (11/30) – Morrocco’s regime change protests undercut Western claims of Arab Spring model
On Islam (11/30) – Tough Ride for Morocco’s Islamists
The Hindu (11/30) – Morocco bound in quasi-democracy
Reuters (11/29) – The rise of Morocco’s moderate Islamist PJD party to the prime minister’s office
The New York Times (11/29) – Morocco: Islamist Named Premier
Associated Press (11/29) – Moroccan king appoints Islamist party chief as PM
CNN (11/29) – Morocco Islamist party set to form government
France 24 (11/29) – Islam in the Arab Spring: do elections mean more religion?
Huffington Post (11/29) – Abdelilah Benkirane, New Morocco Prime Minister, Named By King Mohammed VI
PR Web (11/29) – Morocco Elections – Morocco News Agency: Analysis
Euro News (11/29) – Benkirane named as Morocco’s new PM
Magharebia (11/29) – Morocco reflects on election results
Ansamed (11/29) – Arab Spring: conference, don’t be afraid of political Islam
Front Line Defenders (11/29) – Morocco: Violent raid on the premises of the local branch of Moroccan Human Rights Association in Bou Arafa
Economy/Business
Proactive Investors Australia (11/30) – Tangiers Petroleum defines new cretaceous prospects in Tarfaya, offshore Morocco
Hotel News Now.com (11/29) – Global hotel pulse: Middle East/Africa news
Invest in Morocco (11/25) – Tourism: A 20.8 billion Dirham investment under a Morocco-Gulf partnership
Society/Culture
Eurasia Review (11/30) – Algerian, Moroccan Hackers Trade Barbs
Time Light Box (11/30) – Insha’Allah: Morocco’s Changing Culture
Arab News (11/30) – The spice of life in Morocco
Lonely Planet (11/28) – Family-Friendly Sustainable Tourism in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains
MENA Region
The Nation (11/30) – UN ranks Pakistan 145 of 187 in human development
CBN.com (11/30) – Democracy Question Remains Amid ‘Arab Spring’
Irish Times (11/30) – Egyptian polls result due tomorrow
Daily Mail (11/30) – Muslim Brotherhood claims to have won 40% of vote in first round of Egypt elections
Haaretz.com (11/30) – Israel’s take on Arab Spring may undo peace with Egypt
