Chefs entice diners with flavors of Morocco, Tanzania
By Jane Palmer WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER The chefs at Marrakech Gourmet are also the owners. Moussa Drissi, a native of Bettache, Morocco, and Mohamed Ismail, a native of Zanzibar, Tanzania, met while working at restaurants in Chicago. Both are 35 and eager to share...
Morocco estimate citrus export higher than last year
freshplaza.com (Thanks to rain and new varieties) The ministry of Agriculture in Morocco and Aspam is satisfied with the present export season of the citrus, which started in the beginning of October 2011 and will run till the end of June 2012. 571,000 tons is...
Morocco to toughen laws against absent MPs
Parliament's new speaker seeks to burnish the image of the legislative body by tackling truancy. By Siham Ali for Magharebia in Rabat [AFP/Abdelhak Senna] Karim Ghellab, president of the Chamber of Representatives, is working to reform the way the Moroccan Parliament...
Morocco cuisine on the menu for Jenny Morris
By WENDYL MARTIN You have heard her on radio and seen her at expos. This year, Cape Town’s Giggling Gourmet will be seen in 86 countries. Jenny Morris is in Morocco shooting her new series, Jenny Cooks Morocco, for the Food Network. She is the first celebrity chef in...
Your Next Trip: The LA Times Travel Show
ALYSIA GRAY PAINTER Do you always feel -- what's the word? -- a bit deflated when, returning home from a trip, you spy the maps and brochures still spread out on your coffee table? Sure, you had a wonderful time; but the run-up and anticipation to your big adventure...
Stanford scholars reflect on Arab Spring
Stanford Report A year after the Egyptian uprising, five scholars talk about democracy in the Middle East, how lives have changed in the Arab world, and what the United States has learned from the Arab Spring. Asmaa Waguih Protesters wave Egyptian, Libyan, and...
Is Facebook ‘Subscribe’ for real? Booming new traffic explained
Technology Is Facebook 'Subscribe' for real? Booming new traffic explained As their Facebook "subscriber" lists have spiraled upward -- into the thousands and tens of thousands in recent weeks -- many journalists have looked on in awe and wonder. Executives at the...
American Marilyn Hacker Wins Argana International Poetry Award 2011
Rabat - American poetess Marilyn Hacker won the international Argana poetry award 2011, granted by Morocco’s Bayt Achiir (House of Poetry). The award was created in 2002 as a sign of poetic friendship from Moroccan poets to one of their fellow poets around the world....
Meeting In Geneva On Confidence-Building Measures Between Populations Of Morocco’s Southern Provinces, Their Families In Tindouf Camps
Rabat - The second meeting to evaluate the program of confidence-building led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) between populations of Morocco’s southern provinces and their families in Tindouf camps in Algeria, was held on 24 and 25 January...
Arab spring News : Jan 25, 2012
Arab Spring: Painful progress gulfnews.com All these reasons seem convincing for Gulf citizens not to engage in Arab Spring revolutions. Yet, these reasons are not the ones that have contributed to the stability in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. First,...