Stan Breckenridge in Concert in Fez
Stan Breckenridge in Concert! Monday, February 18 at 7 PM. ALIF Riad, Derb Drissi, Batha, Fes MedinaThis concert, in honour of Black History Month and organised by the US Embassy in Rabat and the...
View ArticleNew books for the Fez Medina Children's Library
The Fez Medina Children's Library has just acquired 92 new books, as a result of donations from sponsors and a recent trip to the Casablanca Book FairLibrarian Samia Bachraoui and treasurer Suzanna...
View ArticleAnother Al Hoceima Earthquake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded today in the province of Al Hoceima, says the National Institute of Geophysics (ING). The quake, whose epicenter is...
View ArticleStormy Rainfall and Snow in Morocco
Morocco’s National Meteorological Directorate (DMN) has issued an alert forecasting rain and snow in the coming days from Monday to Wednesday across MoroccoSnowfall from 15 to 40 centimetres is...
View ArticleMoroccan Airports Break Records
Moroccan airports received about 1.861.875 customers in January 2019, making this the highest recorded number of passengersAccording to data from the Moroccan Airport Authority (ONDA), Mohammed V...
View ArticleFree Concert in Fez
Teri & the Electric Blues Parade in Concert! Thursday, February 21 at 7 PM ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, Batha, Fes MedinaSince last year's tour of the American Language Centers, Teri & The...
View ArticleAn App For Visitors to Fez
Fez: A geolocation application to boost tourismThe Regional Tourism Council (CRT) in Fez has just launched a geolocation application. "Downloadable from App store, this tool can locate restaurants,...
View ArticleConcern Over Loss of Fez Gardens
Residents of the Fez Medina have expressed concern that the new car park at Ain Azliten will mean the destruction of existing gardens Part of a 400 million dh project to build one of eight car parks...
View ArticleHenna Treat for Meghan Markle
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, accompanied by her husband Prince Harry, received a traditional henna ceremony during their visit to Asni in one of the residential schools run by the NGO...
View ArticleMust Read Moroccan Book - available again in Fez
Good news! Copies of Through the Peacock Gate are available again at the American Language Center Bookshop in Fez.ALC Fes-ALIF Bookstore is at ALC Fes & ALIF: American Language Center & Arabic...
View ArticleLixus - Ancient Site to Open to the Public
The Ministry of Culture and Communication has announced the opening of the archaeological site of ancient Lixus. It will open to the public in AprilThe city of Lixus is the oldest archaeological site...
View ArticleBritish Newspaper's Diplomatically Incorrect Headline!
In an act of tabloid stupidity the UK's Daily Mirror published a front page that has been described as "diplomatically incorrect" In reporting the British Royal's trip to Morocco, the headline read...
View ArticleSpotlight on Ancient Sijilmassa
Morocco World News is reporting that the Ministry of Culture and Communication will organise an international congress to celebrate 1,300 years of the historic city of Sijilmassa’s...
View ArticlePaul Bowles: A Musical Portrait in Fez
Paul Bowles: A Musical Portrait by Irene Herrmann (piano) & Carole Blankenship (voice) Monday, March 4 at 7 PM ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi, BathaIrene Herrmann and Carole Blankenship present a...
View ArticleVisually Impaired Artisan's Centre Opens in Fez
A training centre for handicrafts dedicated to the visually impaired was inaugurated on Thursday, February 28 in Fez, on the initiative of the Fez section of the Alawite Organisation for the Promotion...
View ArticleLanguage Wars: French Versus English in Moroccan Schools
Juggling Tamazight, Arabic, Darija, and French, Morocco continues to debate languages as a hot topic among political parties, the education sector, and activists. But the most fierce debates are over...
View ArticleInternational Women's Day - Remembering Touria Chaoui
Touria Chaoui, from Fez, was the first Arab woman to become a pilot in the mid-twentieth century. She was assassinated in 1956, at the age of 19March 1, was the 63rd anniversary of the death of a...
View ArticleThe 16th edition of the International Festival of Nomads
The 16th edition of the International Festival of Nomads will be held from April 4 to April 6 in M'hamid El Ghizlane, in the province of ZagoraA rich and diversified program has been concocted for this...
View ArticleRAM suspends flights on B 737-800 MAX
Following the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Addis-Nairobi flight Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has made the decision to suspend its commercial flights with the Boeing 737-800 MAX on routes such as Paris,...
View ArticleMoroccan News Briefs #139
A Round up of Moroccan NewsA Congress Centre for FezLe Economiste is reporting that he project to build a congress centre of Fez is about to be launched. With a projected budget of 100 million DH, the...
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