Boulder’s Peggy Markel marks 20 years of creating authentic travel Food and culture together
Daily Camera By Cindy Sutter Camera Staff Writer Posted: 02/29/2012 01:00:00 AM MST Peggy Markel, who leads culinary immersion trips to Italy, Morocco, and India, is marking her 20th year in business. ( CLIFF GRASSMICK ) The Vucciria market in Palermo, Sicily, one of...
WOMEN ‘Some politicians see women as intruders’
Deutsche Welle WOMEN 'Some politicians see women as intruders' Bassima Hakkaoui is the only woman to head a ministry in Morocco's new government. In an interview with DW's partner, Qantara.de, the women's minister addresses concerns about the country's gender equality...
The Long, Strange Journey of a Martian Meteorite
By Jeffrey Marlow The Moroccan Sahara Desert. Photo: ruben i/Flickr In the early morning of July 18th, 2011, something unusual happened in eastern Morocco. The sky lit up, glowing and changing colors. They couldn’t possibly have known it at the time, but a few...
Spain and Morocco to establish joint police stations in Tangiers and Algeciras
By h.b. The two country's interior ministers met in Rabat on TuesdayJorge Fernández Díaz, (left) and Mohand Lanser in Rabat today - EFE Spain and Morocco have agreed to open joint commissioners’ offices in Tangiers and Algeciras from May. The interior ministers from...
Asharq Al-Awsat talks to Moroccan Foreign Minister Dr. Saad Eddine El Othmani
By Hatim Al Betioui Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat – In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Morocco's Foreign Minister Dr. Saad Eddine El Othmani stressed that political and diplomatic solutions to the Syrian crisis have yet to be exhausted. He also pointed out that...
Chastity Day initiative stirs controversy in Morocco
By HASSAN AL-ASHRAF AL ARABIYA RABAT The Moroccan cleric Sheikh al-Idrisi Abu Zeid has suggested designating a day to spread awareness on the virtues of chastity. (Al Arabiya) The call by a prominent Moroccan preacher to mark a national Chastity Day stirred...
Illegal Immigration: Morocco And Spain For Comprehensive Approach Respecting Migrants’ Rights
Rabat - Morocco and Spain reiterated, on Tuesday, their commitment, to favoring a comprehensive and integrated approach that respects the rights and dignity of migrants. This came in a joint statement issued in Rabat following the talks of Moroccan interior minister...
Moroccan Interior Minister Meets His Spanish Counterpart
Moroccan Interior Minister Mohand Laenser met, on Tuesday in Rabat, his Spanish counterpart Jorge Fernandez Diaz. The meeting was attended by Moroccan delegate to the Interior Minister Charki Draiss, and Spain's ambassador in Rabat, Alberto Navarro. The two parties...
Sweden Willing To Cooperate With Morocco In Road Security- Ambassador
Rabat - Swedish Ambassador to Rabat Anna Hammargren said on Monday in Rabat her country is willing to cooperate with Morocco in the field of road security, Morocco’s Equipment and Transport Ministry said in a statement. The Swedish diplomat made the remark during...
Arab spring News : Feb 28, 2012
Arab Spring headed to Iran, Muslim Brotherhood lawmaker says Haaretz Essam al-Arian, the head of the Foreign Affairs committee in the new Egyptian parliament, said that Egypt must examine how it could lead the changes in the Middle East, known as the Arab Spring,...