Morocco ranks among the very low category of the English Proficiency index, released to measure English language skills in the world. The low trends in Morocco are blamed on the country’s complex linguistic landscape.
A few days after Hirak detainee Rabii Al Ablak put an end to his hunger strike, a fellow inmate has started a new one. On Wednesday, Nabil Ahamjik’s lawyer, Fatima El Merdi, announced that the Hirak detainee had started a hunger strike. On November 1st, when he was transferred to a prison in Tifelt, Ahamjik began his hunger strike to protest against the decision, Arabic-language online newspaper Lakome wrote. The lawyer who met her client on Tuesday said that she had noticed
On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump landed in Morocco to promote the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. Received in Rabat by Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco, Ivanka Trump was wearing an embroidered suit jacket made by Moroccan designed Fadila Elgadi. The grey jacket was a traditional one that she paired with matching pants and high heels. On Twitter, Fadila Elgadi could not hide her excitement seeing her designs being worn by
More than 11,000 scientists from around the world, including ten from Morocco, have declared a «climate emergency», warning against «untold human suffering». «The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected. It is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity», wrote the 11,258 signatories who come from 153 countries in a statement published Tuesday by American scientific journal
This year, the Green March’s speech comes during a favorable regional and international conjuncture for Morocco. Days after the adoption of the recent UN resolution, King Mohammed VI welcomed the fact that 163 states do not recognize «SADR» and that the association agreement signed with the Kingdom fully recognizes the presence of the Sahara in Morocco.
After the White House announced in October that the US President senior advisor Ivanka Trump is to promote women’s economic development in a Morocco visit, she took to Twitter to give more details about the upcoming trip to North Africa. On Tuesday, November 5, Donald Trump’s daughter said that «recently passed laws allow Moroccan women to benefit from the proceeds of collective lands», referring to the Soulaliyat movement in Morocco. The CEO Millennium Challenge
Several Moroccan YouTubers have been posting videos, where they prank their families and loved ones. But not all of these videos end well. While some of them are exaggerated, others are shocking, harmful and sometimes violent. To experts, these practices reflect how some Moroccans see technology.
Lucy Folk is an Australian jewelry designer who went on a creative journey to Morocco. Her latest collection was exclusively inspired by Tangier, Vogue Australia said on Tuesday. «Most recently she went to the exotic seaside town of Tangier in Morocco to collaborate with local artist, Gipi de Rougemont Salvy», the magazine wrote. Folk was impressed by the «intoxicating» culture of the Moroccan city and made sure to show that in her Sydney and Melbourne stores
Expected to take place from November 15 to 17, the fifth edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Young Leaders Forum, co-organized by the French Embassy in Morocco and the French institute, has been slammed by anti-normalization activists in Morocco. The Moroccan Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (MACBI) and Tunisia’s TACBI criticized the French Embassy in Rabat for inviting Israeli activists, aged between 18 and 25 years, to the event that is to take place in Essaouira. In a
The 2020 edition of the US-Africa Business Summit will be held in Marrakech in June, Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) announced Monday in Washington. CCA’s board of directors chose Marrakech, organizers said in a statement relayed by MAP news agency. «Morocco is committed to promoting economic development in Africa, serving as an idea destination for the 2020 Summit to be held in North Africa for the first time», CCA said. The Kingdom’s ambassador to Washington, Lalla