Published annually by the Harvard Business School, the «Social Progress Index» ranks 149 countries according to the progress they have made in terms of social security and access to basic human needs. Morocco falls behind in the ranking, mainly because of the low quality of its higher education.
British tour operator Thomas Cook announced its collapse, Monday, putting an end to its worldwide operations. The decision affects its customers in Morocco and impacts its big ambitions for the Kingdom.
Moroccan artist Anas Bawss, the founder of «Pozitiv S’cool of Hip Hop» in Casablanca, has been named «ambassador of Moroccan hip-hop in the United States», a press release sent Monday to Yabiladi reports. The Positive school is a program created in 2016 by Anas Bawss to teach hip-hop with the help of the Ali Zaoua Foundation. The school is meant to help several young people from working-class neighborhoods in Casablanca to work on themselves,
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is expected to visit Morocco next month to attend a Youth Innovation Summit, Royal Central wrote on Sunday. Quoting the Youth Innovation Summit’s official website, the same source reports that the Crown Princess will fly to the North African Kingdom for the 3rd and 4th of October for the opening of the Youth Dialogue Festival at the end of the aforementioned summit. During this summit «the youg talents will present their innovations to the public,
Photos of former United States President Bill Clinton in Morocco went viral on social media. In a series of pictures taken by fans and passersby in Marrakech, Clinton was seen visiting the Jemaa el-Fnaa square and roaming the Samarine market narrow streets. Clinton was spotted taking a picture with a snake, visiting arts and crafts shops and surrounded by a huge crowd of fans. The 42nd president of the United States was accompanied by security agents when visiting the
Hassan Errami, a Moroccan professor and researcher in computer science and mathematics, was able to change the stereotype associated with immigrants in Germany. He made himself a name in the field of research in the country, after a long journey of studies.
In Bulgaria, traditional Moroccan clothes and culture were under the spotlight. On September 14 and 15, the city of Chepelare was celebrating the 55th anniversary of its proclamation. During this event, the Moroccan embassy joined the festivities with its presentation «Morocco- Culture and Traditions». According to Deplomatic Spectrum, the residents of Chepelare were showed «the beauty of Morocco». «A bazaar including traditional Moroccan handicrafts and a
Three Moroccan teenagers were spotted, Thursday, trying to smuggle themselves inside a ferry linking Melilla to Malaga. According to regional online newspaper Malaga Hoy, a footage shows the three minors clinging onto the ferry’s gangway. They stayed there for seven hours in an attempt to reach Spain. Aged between 16 and 18, the three teenagers were taken to a police station. The same footage showed the police surrounding the ferry and trying to get the three teens down.
In 1981, King Hassan II of Morocco flew to the Kenyan capital to participate in an Organization of African Unity summit. In Nairobi, he announced that Morocco is ready to agree to a referendum on the self-determination of the Sahara. Three years later, the continental organization said yes to the «Sahrawi Republic’s», bid to join it as a full member.
Former Newcastle United under-23s coach Peter Beardsley has been suspended for 32 weeks by the Football Association for bullying English-Moroccan footballer Yasin Ben El-Mhanni. According to Reuters, the manager has been suspended since January for intimidating the midfielder who was 22 years old at the time. El-Mhanni joined Newcastle United in July 2016. In January 2018, he filed a complaint against the coach, accusing him of bullying him. He then joined Scrunthorpe United Football
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