The British Museum in London will be home to an exhibition on the Islamic World’s impact on Western art. The exhibition will mainly focus on Western artists and painters who were inspired by the Islamic world, the Guardian reports. These works of art will include paintings of French Orientalist Eugène Delacroix, who went in a diplomatic mission to Morocco and produced several paintings while in the country. «Orientalism was one of the defining elements of the 19th and 20th
Launched on social media after the Algerian football team managed to reach the Africa Cup of Nations’ finale, a march will be organized Saturday to call for the reopening of land border between Algeria and Morocco.
The Audiencia Nacional, a centralized court in Spain with jurisdiction over all of the Spanish territory, has authorized the expulsion of Moroccan nationals seen as a danger on national security based on confidential reports provided by the Spanish official intelligence agency (CNI). The decision was taken after Moroccan Imam Yassine Lafraiki filed an appeal against his expulsion, El Pais reported on Tuesday. The Spanish authorities used a report by said agency to justify the expulsion of
The Polisario is ready to play all cards to benefit from the current regional and international circumstances. One of these cards is the fight against drugs smuggled from Morocco. The Front has even sought the help of the UN Security Council.
In Melilla, the stability of the local government depends heavily on the import of Moroccan sheep. The leader of Coalition for Melilla (CpM), a Spanish political party in Melilla, said that he will break his alliance with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) if the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture bans the import of Moroccan sheep ahead of Eid al-Adha. Mustapha Aberchan said, Tuesday, that he will reconsider his pact with PSOE if the central government prevents the
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Morocco in a consultation report to ensure the transition to greater exchange rate flexibility. The report, made public Tuesday, stressed that the Kingdom must «use the current window of opportunity to continue this reform», which will «help the economy absorb potential external shocks and remain competitive». IMF’s report hailed Morocco’s macroeconomic policies and commended the reforms implemented to
The Republic of Rwanda has decided to open an embassy in Morocco, the Rwandan Prime Minister’ office said Tuesday in a statement quoted by MAP. «The Rwandan President, His Excellency Paul Kagame, has appointed Sheikh Saleh Habimana as Rwanda's new ambassador to Rabat», the same source said. The former Mufti of the Republic of Rwanda (2001-2011), Sheikh Saleh Habimana was until his new appointment Rwanda’s ambassador to Egypt, where he will be replaced by Alfred
Rabbi Raphael Berdugo was the Rabbi of Meknes and a renowned scholar who was the author of several books. Berguda was known as «Raphael the Angel» by the Jewish community in Morocco during the beginning of the 19th century.
To be a female former prisoner in the UK’s Muslim community is very challenging. According to a report conducted by Muslim experts in the criminal justice system, Muslim women who have served prison sentences are «shunned» by their families in the UK. Muslim families in the UK tend to forgive male former prisoners, but find it hard to accept their daughters who have been to prison, the Guardian reports. «Within our community being a woman caught up in crime is one of
New-York based international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has finally broken its silence on the case of the three Sahrawi activists Moulay Abba Bouzid, Fadel Breika and Mahmoud Zeidan, arrested in the Tindouf camps. «The government-in-exile that administers the camps in Algeria for refugees from Western Sahara is detaining three critics while an investigating judge explores treason and other charges against them», HRW said Tuesday in a
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