GCC Tourists Spent Over $418 Million In Morocco In 2013
CPI Financial by Matthew Amlôt Stephan Killinger, President, Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort, and tourism expert in North Africa said that cultural and family tourism was being fuelled by rising popularity among families, especially from the GCC, an indication of a...
Morocco Jails 10 In Terror-linked Cases
Gulf Today A Moroccan court specialising in cases related to “terrorism” has sentenced 10 people to jail terms, including some accused of recruiting fighters for Syria and Iraq, official media said on Saturday. Three defendants accused of plotting to “carry out acts...
Morocco’s Economy On Track For Growth
The Financial Times Borzou Daragahi in Rabat Morocco may be entering a growth phase, after a seven years during which its economy struggled but avoided the turmoil that has affected some of its Arab neighbours. Having previously notched up double-digit growth rates,...
Exodus: Gods And Kings’ Banned By United Arab Emirates For ‘Many Mistakes’ About Islam, ‘Other Religions’
By Jethro Nededog UAE joins Egypt and reportedly Morocco in not releasing the Ridley Scott film. The United Arab Emirates have reportedly joined a growing list of countries which won’t release Ridley Scott‘s biblical epic, “Exodus: Gods and Kings.” Gulf News, a daily...
Morocco Says Exodus Film ‘Represents God’ And Is Forbidden In Islam
The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Rabat Film’s distributor receives written notice to ban Hollywood import because scene depicts God in the form of a ‘child who gives a revelation to the prophet Moses’ Egypt bans ‘Zionist’ biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings...
Morocco’s Young Entrepreneurs Face Barriers
Al Jazeera Ali Aaouine had no job but one big dream; to start a rental car company in this town near the historic city of Fez. In 2011, the 30-year-old joined a US-supported government programme called Moukawalati or "My Small Business". This initiative was designed...
Maghreb news 2014-12-26
Magharebia Security | 2014-12-26 Tunisia prepares for Libya spillover As concerns mount that the danger in Libya will spread to its neighbour, the Tunisian foreign minister threatens to close the border. Terrorism | 2014-12-26 Fourteen Libyan soldiers slain near Sirte...
Morocco Rethinks Direct Aid For Poor
By Siham Ali in Rabat for Magharebia The government has yet to settle the matter of direct financial support for the poor. The direct assistance for the poor that the Moroccan government promised in 2012 has been slow in coming. The government "rushed" into announcing...
Crossing The Fence: Desperate Migrants’ Paths To Europe
AFP by Roland Lloyd Parry Each travelled more than 2,000 miles, Abou from impoverished Ivory Coast and Mahmud from Syria after Islamist militants besieged his hometown. Each of them made it into Europe the only way he knew how: by land, past the fiercely guarded fence...
GCC Tourists Spend $418m In Morocco
Trade Arabia Tourists from GCC countries spent around $418 million in Morocco in 2013, according to recent statistics. Capitalising on this, Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort, situated 90 km away from Casablanca on a 7-km stretch of beach, has designed tailored packages...