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Spain's PM heads to Morocco to reap benefits of mended ties

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is traveling to Rabat along with 12 ministers before a meeting with Moroccan government officials

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Morocco: Solution to Libyan Crisis Only Possible Through Int’l Support, Elections

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Monday that resolving the Libyan crisis cannot be achieved without international support through the United Nations. Bourita held talks in Rabat with Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily. Following the talks, he told a press conference that…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2023

Morocco's Amazigh speakers fear indigenous language fading

When Hassna Amzil's parents speak their original language of Amazigh, she struggles to follow as part of a generation whose families moved from Morocco's mountains to its Arabic-speaking major cities and now regret their lost roots.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2023

Saudi Libraries Commission Takes Part in Islamic Manuscripts Expo in Rabat

The Saudi Libraries Commission has organized the Islamic Manuscripts and Species Exposition in cooperation with the National Committee for Education, Culture and Science and King Abdulaziz Public Library, the Saudi Press Agency reported Monday. The event coincided with the meeting of the 43rd Consultative and Executive Council, an affiliate of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 26, 2022

Morocco’s Atlas Lions receive hero’s welcome on return home

The national team made history in this year’s FIFA World Cup after beating elite teams Belgium, Portugal and Spain.

Al Jazeera · Dec 20, 2022

Jubilant Morocco Welcomes Home History-Making World Cup Team

Tens of thousands of jubilant Moroccans welcomed their national football team home Tuesday after the players exceeded the North African nation's wildest expectations and finished fourth at the World Cup in Qatar. Fans packed squares and lined up along avenues and streets in and around Rabat, lighting flares, waving flags,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 20, 2022

No need for blows in martial arts row

Khmer traditional martial arts, or "Kun Lbokator", was among this year's 22 new inscriptions to Unesco's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (ICH), as announced at the 17th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, which was convened from Nov 28 to Dec 3…

Bangkok Post · Dec 18, 2022

Morocco’s World Cup Success Boosts Academy that Gave Players a Start

At a football academy near Rabat, 100 young Moroccans hope to emulate the success of alumni who took the national team to a World Cup semi-final and will play in a third-place game on Saturday. Morocco spent $13 million to build the Mohammed VI Football Academy in 2010 when the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 17, 2022

Moroccan, French FMs Declare End to ‘Visa Crisis’

Morocco and France announced on Friday the resumption of normal consular activity between them. “We will work to revive cooperation mechanisms between our countries,” Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said at a joint press conference with his French counterpart, Catherine Colonna, in Rabat. “We've taken measures with our Moroccan partners…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 17, 2022

France announces it will end visa restrictions with Morocco

France will end visa restrictions for Moroccan nationals, the foreign minister said on Friday, in a sign of warmer relations between the two countries after more than a year of tensions between Paris and Rabat.

Reuters · Dec 16, 2022