In the 1590s, Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur appointed Spanish military leader Judar Pasha to lead a campaign, conquering the Songhai empire in West Africa. Thanks to his army, Morocco took control of gold and salt trade routes.
In October 1963, the wife of the 35th US president arrived in Marrakech in one of her first private visits to Morocco. Jacqueline Kennedy’s trip to the Kingdom came just a month before her husband’s assassination and a few months after King Hassan II’s trip to Washington. Flashback.
Morocco was a favored destination for celebrities during the late 1950s and 1960s. Indeed, after shedding light on those rockers and intellectuals who flew to the Kingdom for holidays trips it is time to remember the top models that by their turn fell in love with the beauty of this country.
The next edition of Maroc in Mode-Maroc sourcing show will be held in Marrakech on October the 11th and 12th, 2018, says Drapes online. The show will present multiple sustainable eco-systems including fast fashion, jersey, knit, lingerie, technical clothing, sportswear, leisurewear and denim cluster, with about 1500 visitors expected from Africa, Europe, and America. The event will be a good introduction to the country’s capabilities in this field, adds the same source. Organized
After contributing to the discovery of seven planets in an orbit around a dwarf star, 39 light-years away from Earth, NASA will announce a new discovery tomorrow with the contribution of the Morrocan Oukaïmeden Sky Survey, commonly known as the Oukaïmeden Observatory.
When Maitre Gims is in Morocco, Youssef Aarab is there too. The 32-year-old man in love with his Moroccan roots, is the star's right hand, friend and supporter. A brother from another mother who made him gain sucess in the Kingdom.
Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani, has been elected as the new Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) after the National Council refused to allow Abdelilah Benkirane to run for the post for a third time. The decision that took place on Sunday came as El Othmani excluded from the party’s General Secretariat the supporters of the former head of the government. To get a closer look at this change, Yabiladi interviewed Abdelrrahim El Allam, a professor of
Taxi drivers in Marrakech will have a new mobile application for their customers named Chedli taxi (Take me a taxi), The Economist reports today. The new mobile application operates by geo-localizing the customers who can send voice messages to the driver informing them about their destination. The taxi driver then is supposed to accept or decline. «We have developed our own very complex algorithm to offer this unique voice control service adapted to Moroccans,» explains Ali
The song writer and singer, Sfia Oult telouat passed away Wednesday 10th May morning in Imi Nouline in the region of Ouerzazat after being diagnosed with Tuberculosis. The 71-year old artist was sick for three months and had to stay in Ouerzazat and then move to Marrakech for treatment. Sfia Oult telouat, born Sfia Oumohamed Ouhddou, started her career as a poet and a singer with a group of Ahwach called “Assais”. She then moved to Marrakech where she met a number of distinguished
A woman claims that she saw Madeleine McCann, a British little girl that disappeared in 2007, in Marrakech with a man. A statement published in The Express newspaper 10 years after the girl’s disappearance.
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