Youssef Radi Morocco World News Marrakesh, May 21, 2013 This past week, the ruling party issued a very serious allegation claiming that the TV Channel 2M is working towards “undermining the economic security of the state. These hostile allegations emerged after 2M aired a report stating that the confidence of Moroccan businessmen and job creators with regards to the current economy is very low. Free journal ...

by Rachid Khouya Morocco World News Smara, May 18, 2013 All countries of the world have the right to get rid of any individual who seem to pose a threat to their national security except Morocco. Spain and France, who are giving the world lessons in the respect of human rights, have the right to get rid of those they see as unwanted or undesired within their national borders. Of course, this is their right. ...

By Tansaoui Lekbir Morocco World News Ouedzem, Morocco, May 16, 2013 No one can deny that women in Morocco have gained far-reaching rights since the application of the most recent Moroccan family code, known in Morocco as the ‘Moudawana’. First, we have seen women debating on their issues on the web, TV channels, radio and the press. They are demonstrating in the street without any censorship of their freed ...

By Loubna Flah Morocco World News Casablanca, May 16, 2013 The IP (Istiqlal Party) decision to pull out from the coalition government cannot be totally comprehended without reference to the internal divisions within the party itself. It is not a secret that many IP members started to challenge the hegemony of the “AL Fassi” family over the party’s leadership. More demands were raised to break the glass ceil ...

By Rachid Khouya Morocco World News Smara, Morocco, May 14, 2013 Chabat’s withdrawal from the Benkirane government has disrupted the political scene in Morocco and opened the playing field. This demonstrates that components of the government coalition have not been in agreement since the very beginning and that the voices of opposition from these components have been heard but not taken seriously by the hea ...

By Jamal Laoudi Morocco World News Washington, May 13, 2013 The United States and Morocco have historically enjoyed exemplary bilateral relations.  In 1786, the two countries signed the Moroccan–American Treaty of Friendship. This treaty, negotiated by Thomas Barclay, is considered the oldest treaty of friendship the US enjoys.  Thomas Jefferson and Quincy Adams were the signatories of the treaty on the Ame ...

By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 10, 2013 Many people in Morocco, including the Prime Minster Mr. Abdelilah Benkirane, are suspicious about the ‘Moroccan’ TV channel 2M and think that it works for foreign agendas. Many followers and commentators seem quite sure that the channel has the objective of alienating Moroccans and uprooting them from their cultural and historical backgrounds. The con ...

By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 9, 2013 Our world is becoming increasingly dependent on means of communication and information technologies. Not so long ago, a phone’s value was its miraculous capability to connect people from all corners of the world, and a computer’s value was its ability to process information faster and more consistently than humans could. Today, those very faciliti ...

By Karima Wakrim Morocco World News Agadir, Morocco, May 9, 2013 Media has been and still is portraying women in different images, as objects which has been degenerated women’s image over time. Besides the negative presentation of women, the media is working on weakening the academic fields concerned with gender issues and woman’s identity and cultural construction by constantly projecting those images over ...

By Craig Considine Morocco World News Dublin, May 6, 2013 The recent development of the Moroccan government opposing the US-led initiative to extend the directive of UN peacekeepers in the Western Sahara to human rights monitoring has caused friction between Moroccans and Americans. This spat threatens to harm a relationship which has been based in mutual respect and cooperation for over 240 years. When Geo ...

By Said Temsamani Morocco World News Washington, May 4, 2013 On April 27, Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was hospitalized after having a mini-stroke without serious complications, the Algerian news agency reported. The Algerian president had a brief blockage of a blood vessel, a transient ischemic attack, around noon, Rachid Bougherbal, the director of the national center of sports medicine, told ...

By Omar Bihmidine Morocco World News Sidi Ifni, Morocco, May 2, 2013 At first sight, some may wonder what Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi has to do with Ahmed Assid, an Amazigh activist, known for his acerbic criticism to Islam. Yet, since many fans of Assid deem him an intellectual who is worth listening to on Moroccan history matters and Islamists, I believe it would be a good idea to contrast hi ...