Fashion Trust Arabia (FTA), an Arab world prize that provides financial and business support to fashion designers in the MENA region, will be moving its annual ceremony from Doha, Qatar, to Marrakech, Morocco, according to a report by fashion-industry trade journal Women's Wear Daily on Tuesday. The decision reflects FTA's «commitment to expanding our reach and fostering cultural exchange within the region», Tania Fares, cofounder of Fashion Trust, told the same
A 39-year-old man who had escaped prison in Austria in July, was arrested in Casablanca, on March 17th, according to Austria's largest newspaper Kronen Zeitung. The German inmate was sentenced to 20 months in prison in December 2022. Held at the Tyrol prison, in Innsbruck, the man was arrested for property crimes. After his disappearance, cross-border cooperation with Germany and Turkey ultimately led investigators to Morocco. There he was arrested by the Moroccan police at Casablanca
The US State Department has pledged to provide financial support for projects aimed at «economic empowerment in the Dakhla and Laayoune regions», the US Embassy in Morocco announced on social media. Proposals are now being accepted for funding of up to $500,000. «Eligible applicants include U.S. or foreign: Non-profit organizations; For-profit organizations; Private institutions of higher education; Public international organizations; and/or Small businesses with function and
Israeli-Moroccan Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto arrived in Morocco earlier this week from the United States and visited the city of Essaouira, where Rabbi Chaim Pinto, who died in 1845, is buried. According to Hebrew media, Rabbi Pinto recited a special prayer «for peace for all Jews around the world and especially for the citizens of Israel who are engaged in a terrible war on the southern and northern borders of the country». He spoke about the historical deliverance of the Jews
One of the first exhibitions of Cuban art at an African museum is being held in Morocco, at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, American news agency Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday. The move is part of the museum's efforts to offer visitors a chance to discover foreign artists outside of Europe. «The Moroccan public might know Giacometti, Picasso or impressionists», museum director Abdelaziz El Idrissi told AP. «We've seen them and are looking
The UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, arrived in Mauritania on Tuesday. In Nouakchott, he held talks with the Minister of Defense, Hananna Ould Sidi. «The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss bilateral cooperation relations between our country and the UN and ways of strengthening them», the Mauritanian army said in a statement. De Mistura was then received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug. «Our
Spain's «Patriotic Police» has reportedly spied on Moroccan diplomats accredited in the European country. The kingdom's former consul in Barcelona, Ghoulam Maichane, currently Morocco's ambassador to Guinea, is among those targeted, reveals a Catalan media outlet. The security forces suspected Moroccan officials of supporting pro-independence forces in Catalonia. The kingdom's consul in the regional capital was spied on between 2014 and 2016. In May 2013, Spain expelled Moroccan
The United Nations Security Council, with Malta holding the presidency for April, has decided to discuss the Sahara issue in a meeting on April 16. During said meeting, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, and the Head of MINURSO, the Russian Alexander Ivanko are scheduled to brief members on diplomatic and military developments in the Sahara issue since the adoption of Resolution 2703 on October 29, 2023. Algeria, a non-permanent member of the
A driver was killed and a passenger injured on Tuesday morning when falling rocks struck their car on the road between Ghafsay and Ourtzagh in Taounate province. According to Al3omk, the vehicle was traveling from Al Hoceima when it was struck by the debris and plunged into the Oued Oulay riverbed. The road's deterioration had been worsened by the recent heavy rains. The driver died at the scene, while the injured passenger was transferred to Taounate hospital for medical care.
France is encouraging French companies to get involved in development projects in the Sahara. This move aims to secure a larger economic role in the region for France, competing with other countries like Spain, Germany, and the United States.
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