Residents of Hernani, a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain rallied on Sunday, 4th of March, to denounce the act of vandalizing a mosque, said Europa Press. Racist and xenophobic messages were found Saturday on the city’s mosque, according to the Islamic Federation of the Basque Country, reported El Diario newspaper. In fact, someone wrote «Get out Arabs» on the mosque’s gate next to a tag in the form of a target. The
Pour la troisième année consécutive, l’Université Al Akhawayn à Ifrane (UAI) a été classée première université marocaine et maghrébine par le «QS Arab Region University Ranking 2018». Ainsi, elle devance les universités Hassan II de Casablanca et Mohammed V de Rabat, selon ce classement annuel des universités publié par l’organisme spécialiste en éducation
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (UAI) topped the ranking of Maghreb universities for the third year in a row, according to the QS Arab Region University Ranking 2018. AUI ranked first in Morocco and the Maghreb region, according to an annual survey issued by the independent British educational marketing company Quacquarelli Symonds. AUI ranks 44th out of 100 Arab universities, while the American University of Beirut tops the ranking. According to the QS University Ranking, graduates of
Le symposium de la Confédération africaine de football (CAF) sur le football féminin a ouvert ses travaux ce lundi à Marrakech, avec la participation des présidents de plusieurs fédérations africaines et de personnalités sportives marocaines et étrangères. Co-organisé par la CAF et la Fédération royale marocaine de football (FRMF), sous le thème «relevons le défi», ce
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) symposium on women's football, aiming to create a new path for the development of women's football in Africa, opened Monday in Marrakech with the participation of the presidents of several African federations. This symposium, co-organized by CAF and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) is set to boost women's football in Africa. For two days, the participants will discuss a number of very specific topics relating to women's football in the
Three trucks coming from Morocco have been stranded in the port of Valencia, Spain said Le Desk quoting EFE news agency. According to the Spanish Civil Guard, the trucks were carrying radioactive loads, containing substances such as uranium 235 and 238, plutonium-239, radium-226 and gallium 66. The three trucks were carrying fertilizers for a company called Silla, an importer of a Moroccan firm. The commodity was loaded in Jorf Lasfar, said the Spanish daily newspaper Levante, adding that
A young man was assaulted by an urban guard officer in a bar in Lleida (a city in Catalonia), Wednesday. The images of this attack quickly went viral on the internet during the weekend. The Moroccan consulate in Girona eventually intervened by appointing a lawyer to «defend the young man», said EFE news agency. The consulate of Girona (the closest to the Catalan city) asked the mayor of Lérida for explanations as he is a «chief of the police and local
Morocco’s Abdelaati Iguider finished third in the men’s 1,500m final on Sunday at the IAAF World Indoor Championships held in Birmingham. The race was won by Ethiopian Samuel Tefera with 3:58.19, ahead of Polish Marcin Lewandowski (3:58.39) and Moroccan Iguider (3:58.43). Morocco’s Younes Salhi ended sixth in the men’s 3,000m final.
Une étude menée conjointement avec le Secrétariat général du gouvernement a débouché sur une proposition pratique relative à l'adoption d'un projet de loi sur la protection du patrimoine tout en y incluant les trésors humains vivants en tant que patrimoine immatériel, indique samedi le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. La même source rappelle que ce début d'année a été
Le Marocain Abdelaati Iguider a décroché la médaille de bronze du 1.500m lors des championnats du monde en salle, disputé dimanche à Birmingham, alors que l'Ethiopien Samuel Tefera a été sacré. Auteur de 3 min58sec43/100è, Iguider a été devancé par le Polonais Marcin Lewandowski (3:58.39), tandis que Tefera a avalé la distance en 3:58.19. L’autre Marocain ayant pris part à