Spanish racing driver Fernando Alonso is expected to compete in the next edition of the Rally of Morocco that will be held in October, his team Toyota Gazoo Racing announced this week. The former Formula One racing driver will participate to this sports event alongside motorcycle racer Marc Coma, who won the Dakar Rally in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2015. «Fernando and Marc’s next challenge will be the rally of Morocco that will take place from the 3rd to the 9th of October
The Dakhla branch of Morocco’s National Electricity and Drinking Water Authority of Morocco (ONEE) to build a wastewater treatment facility in the city. The project has the objective of «enhancing the value of products from sea fishing in the area», Construction Review Online reports. Quoting an ONEE report, the same source reveals that a tender has been launched for technical assistance on the project. The wastewater treatment project is expected to treat water used to
A men's professional senior golf tour organizer has signed a five-year agreement with Morocco to hold a tournament in the country by the beginning of 2020, Reuters reports. The golf tournament will be played in January in Marrakech at the Samanah Golf Club. The event will include 66 players, who will compete for a total prize of $2 million. According to the same source, the tournament will be the first «PGA Tour-sanctioned stroke-play» of its kind in Africa and
The Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula has shaped the cultural identity of the inhabitants of that part of the world. The influence Islam had on the region led to a profound social transformation, according to several Spanish researchers.
Morocco is ranked 92nd by the 2019 World Economic Freedom survey, published by Canadian public policy think tank the Fraser Institute. The Economic freedom ranking includes 162 countries and is based on 45 sub-indexes. According to data provided by the report, the Kingdom is ranked 96th for the size of its government, 62nd in the legal system and property rights, 90th in the freedom to trade internationally, 120th in terms of sound money and 68th when it comes to the regulation
On Sunday, local police officers from the city of Rota (Cadiz), with the help of the Civil Guard and the Spanish National Police, intercepted a boat that was carrying 17 Moroccan migrants, local online newspaper Andalucia Informacion reports. Sixteen of these Moroccan migrants are aged between 20 and 30, while one of them is a 17-year-old minor. The same source indicates that the migrants were taken to a refugee center in Algeciras via a Red Cross bus.
Rabbi Mordekhay Bengio, buried in the Jewish cemetery of Tangier, is the descendant of two distinguished Jewish families: the Bengios and the Toledanos. He spent sixty years of his life as the chief rabbi of Tangier.
The body of a 32-year-old Moroccan national was found, Monday, in the Piave River in northern Italy, Corriere del Veneto reports. Firefighters and the police recovered the body of the deceased after a man who saw the body floating in water alerted them. According to the Italian newspaper, the man is known to the police for offences related to alleged drug dealing and irregular stay. The circumstances of this incident are still unknown, the newspaper wrote, adding that investigations are
Moroccan singer, songwriter and composer Najat Aatabou to host a new show on MBC 5, a new Maghreb dedicated satellite channel launched by the Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC Group). The show is called «Jalassat maa Najat» and it listed as an entertainment program, a statement issued by the MBC said. It is one of the programs the new channel, which will be launched on September 21, will present to its fans in the Maghreb region. «The project will provide a platform to
Berber mythology ruled the lives of Moroccans and neighboring Amazighs that inhabited North Africa. They had their heroes, gods and demigods that they worshipped and cherished. Three of these figures made it to history books and their myths and legends can still be heard of.
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