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Thursday, June 10 2010 11:59 |
Colin Kilkelly
 Washington / Morocco Board News Service - He was born in 1956 at Roche -sur-Yon in the Vendée which is the home of many famous artists and his roots in the Vendéé have always been important to him. He studied sculpture and applied arts and as well as photography and audiovisual art at l’Ecole de Beaux Arts at Nantes.
He left for New York in 1985 ( his great grand uncle Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi was the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty) .
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Tuesday, June 08 2010 12:43 |
Morocco: Police Harass Two Outspoken Journalists
 (New York) - The Moroccan authorities should stop the apparently politically motivated harassment of two outspoken journalists, Ali Amar and Zineb El Rhazoui, Human Rights Watch said today. The police broke down the door of El Rhazoui's apartment at 5:45 a.m. on June 4, 2010, and, without first getting her permission as required by law,
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Washington / Morocco Board News Service - The former editor of the weekly "Le Journal", Ali Amar, and Zineb El Rhazoui, co-founder of the Movement alternative to individual liberties (Mali), were arrested Friday morning in Casablanca, Morocco. A former partner accused Mr. Ali Amar of theft and Ms. Zineb El Rhazoui was accused of complicity. Ms. El Rhaoui was recently featured in a lengthy article about Morocco published by French Daily “Le Monde”.
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Monday, June 07 2010 10:18 |
 A Royal Air Maroc Boeing made an emergency landing shortly after take off from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Sunday evening. An engine failed; the probable cause was a collision with birds. No one was injured but the incident was a bit of a shock to passengers.
The Air Maroc plane, with 62 passengers and crew on board, took off at 21:10 local time on a regular flight to Nador in Morocco. An Air Maroc spokesperson says a number of birds flew into the engine while the plane was taking off. One of the Dutch passengers says, "I saw the engine explode and smoke was pouring out of the engine on the left-hand side".
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Sunday, June 06 2010 14:07 |
 Washington / Morocco Board News Service - The new production of the French publisher Ubisoft has been designed in its studio in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the only workshop of its kind in Africa.
The new video game from Ubisoft French group, number four in world publishers of electronic entertainment, has been entirely created and developed in Casablanca. It will be on public display at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) next June 15 in Los Angeles. The studio of Ubisoft Morocco is not at its first attempt. Since 2005 he has indeed developed successfully a series of games: King Kong Star Wars, through the various versions of Rabbits Cretins and Prince of Persia for the Nintendo DS. Located in the area Casa-nearshore, it is the only studio creating video games in Africa and employs 150 employees.
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Thursday, June 03 2010 19:24 |
 Washington / Morocco Board News Service - Demonstrators, in front of the Moroccan parliament, called for the dismissal of Communication Minister and Government Spokesperson Khalid Naciri for "abuse of power and evasion from justice."
The demonstrators carried a coffin in a symbolic gesture as “ death of justice”, then crowded around to place flowers on it, and chanted slogans and carried banners demanding the departure of Khalid Naciri and condemned the widespread of impunity from justice for senior officials and their children when they victimize humble citizens.
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Hassan Masiky
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Tuesday, June 01 2010 17:29 |
Sonia Tehrazz in Washington |
Former Prisoner of War Criticizes Colonel Major Terhzaz
A former prisoner of war, Ali Najab, recently released by the Polisario Front, criticized Monday Colonel Major Terhzaz Kaddour for violating "Top military Secrets" while Morocco was at war "in the Western Sahara conflict. The Captain Najab, an officer of the Moroccan Association of former POWs in Tindouf, Algeria, said that Colonel-Major, a former number two the Moroccan Royal Air Force "should have done something to help Moroccan pilots while they were in captivity in the desert, … Why talk about those suffering today, when these soldiers deserved help while in captivity "asked Ali Najab." An officer is obligated to secrecy while in service or retired, "he said.
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Washington / Morocco Board News Service - “L’affaire Kaddour Terhzaz » is getting ...to Washington. The case of the 72-year-old retired military officer Kaddour Terhzaz in jail since November 2008 is becoming a diplomatic and public relations headache for the Moroccan government. |
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Thursday, June 03 2010 16:51 |
Colin Kilkelly
 Marrakesh / Morocco Board News Service-- Colin Watson a Painter who captures "the otherness" of Morocco
He graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Ulster and has exhibited at the Pyms Gallery London, Jorgensen Fine Arts and the Royal Academy Dublin, One Oxford Street Belfast and other Belfast galleries, the Lawrence Arnott Gallery in 2007 and again on the 8th June -3rd July 2010.
Colin Watson a Painter who captures "the otherness" of Morocco
Colin Watson has participated in many group exhibitions including The National Portrait Gallery in London, The BP Portrait Prize Exhibition, The Royal Hibernian Gallery in Dublin, The Royal Ulster Academy in Belfast
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JAMES ZOGHBY
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Tuesday, June 01 2010 16:55 |
 The Obama Administration’s equivocation over Israel’s outrageous deadly assault on humanitarian ships headed for Gaza, while not surprising, is nevertheless unacceptable. Once again Israel’s bad behavior has dug a deep hole for itself, and we’re left debating whether or not to jump in with them. Responsible governments behave responsibly. In its dealings with Gaza over the past 43 years, Israel has been anything but responsible, and we need to clearly distance ourselves from their actions.
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Wednesday, June 09 2010 18:45 |
Mouna Sadek
[Stephan Agostini/AFP/Getty Images] Pro-autonomy Kabyle activist Ferhat Mehenni on June 1st unveiled his own plan for the region. |
Algerian activist Ferhat Mehenni, the president of the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK) and a well-known singer in his adopted home of France, surprised Algerian political circles June 1st by announcing a new '"provisional government" for his region.
"While they denied our existence, violated our dignity, discriminated against us on all levels, we found ourselves deprived of our identity, our language and our Kabyle culture," Mehenni said in his "inaugural speech" as the government's chairman. "Robbed of our natural resources, we are today administered as the colonised; we are even foreigners in Algeria."
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Tuesday, June 08 2010 12:58 |
 Casablanca - DELL, a multinational information technology corporation, inaugurated on Monday in Casablanca its biggest business center in Europe, Middle-East and Africa region.
Dell's chief financial officer, Brian Gladden underlined that Morocco "represents a strategic investment for DELL" as the country experiences one of the highest growth rates and has a qualified multilingual workforce in the ICTs field.
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Sunday, June 06 2010 15:09 |
 Washington / Morocco Board News Service - The second edition of Morocco Property Expo will be held in Montreal’s Convention Center June 26th & 27th 2010. This real estate exhibition is seeking to facilitate the acquisition of properties for Moroccans living abroad who want to acquire a home in the old country.
The first edition, Last year, attracted more than 4,000 visitors. The exhibition lasted 2 days and featured the largest real estate groups in Morocco. Visitors who decided to acquire a property in Morocco were able to close the deal on the spot. The first edition was marked by the attendance of Mr. Ahmed Taoufik Hejira, minister of housing, Nouzha Chekrouni, Moroccan Ambassador to Canada.
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Franz Kolb, Utah Governor's Office, left, walks with Mr. Aziz Mekouar, ambassador of Morocco, right, during a tour of the Space Dynamics Laboratory Wednesday. (Alan Murray/Herald Journal) |
Washington / Morocco Board News Service - Morocco's Ambassador Aziz Mekouar, visited Utah State University on June 2. “The purpose of the visit was to showcase USU as a jewel in the American West that offers partnership opportunities in agriculture, agro business, software,  technology, and research,” said Noelle Cockett, dean of the College of Agriculture at Utah State. “Utah State University is an ideal resource for international collaboration and provides a broad spectrum of expertise.” |
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Wednesday, June 02 2010 16:56 |
Fadwa Massat
 Washington / Morocco Board News Service - "These are rip-off prices not air fares”, a sentence that is repeated by many Moroccan Americans these days, and the reason is the "fire" that broke out in the prices of airline tickets from United States to Morocco.
This summer, round trip Tickets to Morocco are priced at around $2,000.00 per person. "A person with two kids and a spouse needs more than $8,000 dollars just to reach Casablanca, How much more does s/he need for a car rental? Presents & tips for the family, and other trip expenses ?" said one Moroccan Immigrant.
These questions are common on various Facebook pages of the large Moroccan American Community these days.
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Norman L. Greene 
 Alia Kate, Hossein Alizadeh, Norman L. Greene, Dr. Loren W. Greene, Dr. Allen Keller, Dean Mekbib Gemeda |
New York / Morocco Board News Service-- New York University School of Medicine’s Colloquium on Medical Ethics (Loren Wissner Greene, M.D., Chair)[1], part of the Master Scholars Program, in conjunction with its Medical Humanism Program (Allen Keller, M.D., Chair, and, also, Director of the NYU School of Medicine Center for Health and Human Rights and Director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture[2]), presented a combined human rights and Islamic Law program at a well attended conference at NYU Langone Medical Center entitled Homosexuality in Muslim Countries: A Comparative Study of the Legal Status of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender People, on May 26, 2010. |
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Tuesday, June 01 2010 14:52 |
 The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, Northwest Pacific Film Scoring Program Faculty Lead US Delegation to International Film Conference in Morocco.
 Hollywood, CA - Morocco Board News Service--- The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Northwest Pacific Film Scoring Program and Washington DC based Arabesques, Arts & Culture have teamed up to present a unique and unprecedented Master Class specially conceived for African and Arab countries with emerging Cinema that will take place in the Kingdom of Morocco.
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Thursday, June 03 2010 17:18 |
 PARIS - A movement advocating the autonomy of Kabylia formed, last Tuesday, in Paris, a provisional government.
A statement of the Movement for Autonomy of Kabylia said Wednesday; "never to suffer injustice, contempt, domination" of the government of Algeria. "Denied our existence, our dignity trampled, discriminated on all levels, we are deprived from our identity, our language and our Kabylian culture, robbed of our natural resources, we are, to date, treated such as colonial subjects or foreigners in Algeria," stated Mr. Ferhat Mehenni, 59, president of the Movement for Autonomy of Kabylia (MAK), formed in 2001.
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