Arab politics continues to burn
Hindustan Times Arab politics continues to burn More than a year after a young Tunisian set himself on fire and touched off revolutions throughout the Arab world, self-immolation, symbolic of systemic frustration and helplessness, has become increasingly common across...
Asmaa: Film Review
The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Farber Writer-director Amr Salama¹s movie proved to be one of the best at the Palm Springs Film Festival. This year¹s Palm Springs Film Festival featured a section called ³Arabian Nights² highlighting recent Arabian cinema. The movies...
Forget SOPA, Europe is about to ratify its bigger brother ACTA
Silicon Republic Just as the SOPA and PIPA debate winds down in the US, the European Union is later this week set to work on ratifying a global intellectual property enforcement treaty: the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. European countries, including Ireland,...
Hikma adds to stake in Promopharm; gets US appro for argatroban
The Pharma Letter Fast-growing Jordan headquartered Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LSE: HIK) says that it has increased its stake in Morocco-based Promopharm (Societe de Promotion Pharmaceutique du Maghreb) to 94.1%, adding to the 63.6% stake acquired last year (The Pharma...
Rihanna fan site hacked by Anonymous
ZDNet By Luke Hopewell, ZDNet.com.au on January 23rd, 2012 Hacktivist collective Anonymous has claimed yet another scalp in its online campaign against supporters of SOPA and the Megaupload arrests last week, after Anonymous Morocco hacked a fan site of pop star...
Moroccan Marjan and Emirati Musharrakh get Desert Classic invites
The event's only two amateurs recognised for their regional dominance Staff Report Dubai: Morocco's Ahmad Marjan and the UAE's Ahmad Al Musharrakh will feel they have nothing to lose when they line-up for honours at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates Golf Club...
MOROCCO: THE “BARAKA” AND OTHER BLESSINGS
NORA FITZGERALD Marakkech / Morocco Board News-- I feel blessed to speak darija (Moroccan dialect of Arabic) because that means that I can participate in the daily Moroccan baraka (blessing in Arabic) exchange. Each and every thing or action can either have baraka or...
Morocco Supports Arab League¹s Efforts To End Syrian Crisis- FM
Cairo - Foreign Minister Saâd-Eddine El Othmani voiced, on Sunday in Cairo, Morocco’s support for the efforts led by the Arab League to put an end to bloodshed in Syria. “Morocco, in its capacity as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, has the great...
Syria rejects Arab League call
DAMASCUS (AFP) Syria on Monday rejected an Arab League plan for President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to his deputy, calling the initiative a "flagrant interference," state TV quoted an official as saying. "Syria rejects the decisions taken which are...
Egypt’s new parliament to meet
CAIRO (AFP) Egypt's lower house of parliament on Monday holds its first session since a popular uprising ousted veteran president Hosni Mubarak, with Islamists dominating the assembly for the first time. One year after the revolution, many Egyptians see the new...