Appropriation Bill Draft Provides For Public Investments Worth 188 Billion Dirhams, Official
Rabat - The 2012 appropriation bill draft lays provisions for public investments totaling 188 billion dirhams versus 167 billion dirhams last year, Minister Delegate to the Economy Minister in charge of the budget Driss Azami Al-Idrissi said. The increase of public...
U.S. Proposes New Syria Resolution
A Wall Street Journal Roundup The U.S. is proposing a new Security Council resolution demanding an end to violence in Syria, first by government forces and then by opposition fighters. Diplomats said the draft resolution would be discussed behind closed doors Tuesday...
UAE- Air Arabia to receive more planes
(MENAFN - Arab News) Air Arabia said it had taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft in 2012, bringing its total fleet to 30 aircraft. Air Arabia has now received nine of the 44 A320 aircraft it has ordered from Airbus in 2007. Air Arabia expects a total of six...
Ahmed Krifla exhibited in Casablanca
AMA Casablanca, 6 March 2012, Art Media Agency (AMA). The Loft Art Gallery is offering a new exhibition dedicated the Moroccan painter Ahmed Krifla, from 14 March to 7 April 2012. It will gather about thirty works by the artist. Ahmed Krifla was born and grew up in...
Islamist or Secular Arab Governments
Relations between the Arab world and Israel will decline. But not because of Islamist governments targeting Israel. Relations will decline because Arab governments will now be more answerable to their constituencies and in the Arab world there continues to be a...
Arab Spring Inspires Composer Jamshied Sharifi
Here & Now Listen Composer Jamshied Sharifi (left) with Yungchen Lhamo and Simone Haggiag in Fes, Morocco. (Courtesy Jamshied Sharifi) The self-immolation of a man in Tunisia a little over a year ago inspired what is now called the Arab Spring. And the ongoing...
Japan to help Morocco’s economic development
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan said Monday it will further support Morocco's democratization and economic development, signing a bilateral agreement on new grant aid of 300 million yen. Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and his Moroccan counterpart Saad Dine El Othmani also...
Morocco, 7 billion from migrants every year
Remittance vital for economy of whole continent (ANSAmed) - RABAT, MARCH 6 - One of the most important contributing factors to the economies of many African countries are remittances from citizens living abroad. The crucial influx of money often becomes a real...
Morocco sends urgent medical relief to Congo
United News Network Rabat (UNN) Morocco sent urgent humanitarian and medical relief to Congo, and will set up a mobile militry hospital following a series of blasts that hit weapons depots in the capital Brazzaville on Sunday, killing and injuring hundreds of people....
Marni brings playful style to H&M
By Jason Merritt, Getty Images for Marni and H&M Mark your calendars because on Thursday, Italian label Marni will make a splash at mass retailer H&M with a striking and whimsical capsule collection, priced from $9.95 to $199. Marni designer Consuelo...