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Moroccan Banks Get fat On Expats Money Transfers
Dubious currency Exchange Practices at Moroccan Banks:  A Need for Reform Washington ...
The Billionaire Prince
How rich is he? Very -- but not as rich as he would like to be. The ForbesMarch 2010...
Jordan, Egypt and Syria have Special Treatment for Moroccan Visitors
Syria National Morocco (MA)   /Destination Syria (SY) Visa required, except for Nationals of Morocco (SEE NOTE 25066). NOTE 25066: Females...
Western sahara Separatist Group
Gil said that the polisario assassinated Spanish fishermen and soldiers, deploring the fact that these acts are...
Morocco: Civils Service And Bureaucracy
The civil service is an ancient institution in Morocco. It is the institutional aspect of the Makhzen....
Western Sahara, the Maghreb's separator
Anouar Boukhars Washington / Morocco Board News ...
I am a Prostitute, a Witch and a Drug Addict
Friend N˚2 Jordan: “You are very famous with the Couscous, the belly dancers, and you have a...
Ramadan: Spirituality and Hypocrisy
There is something I find quite strange, though: Every Ramadan, dissident voicesclaim their right to break it,...
Oops, They Have Done It. Again.
Washington / Morocco Board News ...
Students Help Harness Fog to Quench Moroccans' Thirst
The volleyball-net-like structures grab liquid from the fog, which drips down the nets into collecting tubes. Gravity...
Religious tolerance: from Jamestown to Morocco
America’s struggle for religious freedom began in the early seventeenth century.  The first settlers were primarily Protestants...
U.S. Group Plans a Digital Library to Aid North African Research
The foundation, which recently completed a similar virtual library in Iraq, is spending $1.5-million on the effort....
Hitler May Have Had North African Roots
The tests revealed a form of the Y-chromosome that is rare in Germany and the rest of...
Spanish hostages freed by al-Qaida-linked group following prisoner swap, allegations of ransom
Late Monday afternoon, the pair stepped out of a helicopter that landed on the grounds of the...
US Muslims should be American first
I reached compromise with the most virulent of Muslim extremists in Kashmir in the summer of 2000...
Moroccan American Charged In Insider Trading Case
The government said the pair arranged for anonymous letters to be sent in early March to dozens...
UN Rep. Ross Wants  U.S. & France to intervene in Western Sahara Conflict
"The Secretary General and I cannot by ourselves convince the parties to abandon their attachment to mutually...
Morocco: Minors Arrested for Public Eating During Ramadan
Article 222 of the Moroccan Penal Code punishes public eating during daylight hours during Ramadan with a...
Business and Muslim Americans
The Muslim American community does not necessarily look for business to provide targeted products...
A citizen with fewer Rights
For those of you who Live in the U.S., you all know well what is called “discrimination”....
In Morocco, Visions of a Silicon Valley Campus
Yet even as more and more young people in the region aspire to a good higher education,...
We are not against Islam, we are for freedom of conscience
Ibtissam LACHGAR: No, we will perhaps do a more symbolic protest, however nothing is planned as of...
Four Caribbean states withdraw Recognition of Western Sahara
The withdrawal decisions were officially announced in joint statements issued at the end of visits paid by...
	 Western Sahara separatist leader welcomes Autonomy initiative proposed by Morocco
Sidi Mouloud, who did his studies in Libya and Algeria and got a higher diploma in physics,...
Boston Org. to Help Renovate Casablanca Cemetery
The organization is based in Boston, MA, USA and has a website (http://alghofran.org) that is accessible to...
Embracing Muslim rituals
Prayer in Islam is beautiful, peaceful, and humble. The act of praying is powerful, especially when you...
Ramadan: Traveling to Escape Social Pressure
Fasting is the third pillar of Islam and its violation during this ninth month of the Muslim...
Xenophobia: Casting Out the Un-French
Days earlier, Mr. Sarkozy promised to destroy the camps of the Roma and send them back to...
 A new second language for Morocco?
"While you will not be able to find this word in a regular English dictionary I think...
Moroccans Master Challenges and Complexity of Space Travel
Mariam Zerkti El-Ayadi, 16, said she applied for the program through the U.S. Embassy in Rabat because...
Morocco American Sites
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1   Link   Morocco Connect International
Morocco Connect International is a Moroccan enterprise which promotes and facilitates mutual exchange between the United States of America and Morocco in the domains of business, economics, culture, education and sports. With a multi-disciplined approach offering more efficient solutions and integrated opportunities, MCI has tested experience in both Moroccan and American environments.
MCI is capable of working on all types of projects and programs involving both countries at any level: individuals, public institutions and private organizations.
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2   Link   Al-Andalus Ensemble
Led by Moroccan oudist Tarik Banzi, the Al-Andalus Ensemble is internationally known for a creative fusion which etches a fine line between the exquisite and raw, the passionate and powerful while treating the listener to a confluence of the best of the East and West. These sophisticated artists with extraordinary breadth and creativity soulfully merge classical, jazz and contemporary music with musical traditions from the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Thus embodying the new vision of America as a modern society that embraces its cosmopolitan cultural heritage.
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3   Link   Abdelmajid Sabour: Health Services
Health care services.
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4   Link   The Moroccan Association of Friends of English
is an association where friends of English ( students , teachers , native speakers who live in Morocco …) can meet to create and share knowledge .It is an opportunity for language practice (LP) that aims :
-to serve the process of Learning English in Morocco via holding educational ,cultural and artistic activities .
-To scale up the proficiency of speaking English
- To encourage the scientific research in English
- To create the opportunity for cross-cultural communication.....
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5   Link   Morocco's Meanderings
the Casbah Dance Experience shows the varied, fascinating and exciting ethnic dance forms of the Near and Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean to the general public.
it is important that we show the positive aspects of these cultures to create bonds of understanding between our peoples, via their dances, music...
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6   Link   speakmoroccan.com
SpeakMoroccan is dedicated to people willing to learn the Moroccan dialect dialect: “Darija”. No Arabic knowledge is required to study the lessons on our website.

SpeakMoroccan helps you learn some basic expressions needed on a daily basis, as well as some easy grammar tips [check lessons and vocabulary lists]. So whether you’re going to Morocco for holidays, a business trip, or just intending to impress your Moroccan friends, our website is what you are looking for!
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7   Link   Moroccan Caravan
Moroccan Caravan specializes in Berber rugs, Jewelry, Moroccan Clothing, Ceramics, Moroccan Furniture and much more..!
Moroccan Caravan also organizes fabulous & professional Tours to Morocco!
Contact us at: tours@moroccancaravan.com
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8   Link   MoroccoBoard TV
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9   Link   My Marrakesh

Morocco: and demystifying the Moroccan blog girl next door

Yes, it's true, a short podcast of me - the Moroccan blog girl-next-door. Yikes. Now, it's not what you think. You see, one of my favorite Barcelona-based bloggers, Amine from the blog Label ASH, was in Marrakech for business, and so we met up for lunch. Yay! He was charming, accomplished, and multi-lingual. And most importantly, nice. Yep, his wife did well. So after we lunched on mixed grill, he whipped out his camera and did this podcast. I am afraid that I am looking a bit, ahem, au naturel. But I didn't know what crafty Amine had up his sleeve. Otherwise I would have done my hair and worn a little lipstick. Eeek.
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10   Link   Moroccan Design
After hanging out at hotels and hanging out of windows trying to pick up a wifi signal, I went to the Wana store in Hassan (Rabat) accross from Yum Yum and bought a wireless modem. It cost 700 dirhams (about $100 USD - ouch, the dollar is low) for the modem and first month of unlimited connectivity. You can buy additional months and pay-as-you-go (Meditel offers a similar service, but at the time they require a two-year plan). Based on the access map I saw at Wana, it looks like it should work along the costal areas of Morocco.
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11   Link   The Moroccan American Business Council Ltd.
WHAT IS THE MOROCCAN AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL, Ltd.

The Moroccan American Business Council is an non-profit foundation operated by American and Moroccan professionals. It is a results-oriented and transaction focused institution.
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12   Link   argan oil crema from morocco
Discover the benifits of argan oil of morocco
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13   Link   Eatbees Blog
Born to a daughter of immigrants and a failed priest, Marcel Côté is the author of thousands of pages of unpublished treasures, some of which are collected at Radiant Days. He has been a pizza delivery driver, political activist, radio news reporter, student of philosophy, Wall Street executive secretary, photographer, vagabond in Paris, Visual Basic programmer and web designer. He has lived in Ohio, New Mexico, San Francisco, New York, Paris and Morocco. He has visited 49 states and 14 countries. He dislikes hospitals and airports, television and air conditioning. He prefers marginal neighborhoods and poor countries. He feels that Americans are living in a bubble of self satisfaction, which even the tragedies of terrorism and war have failed to puncture. He wants to live in a global democracy, where money serves people and not the other way around. He is a Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Jew. He is currently polishing his first novel, Vanishing Point.
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14   Link   Moroccan American Center for Policy
The Moroccan American Center for Policy (MACP) is a non-profit organization whose principal mission is to inform opinion makers, government officials and an interested public in the United States about political and social developments in Morocco and the role being played by the Kingdom of Morocco in broader strategic developments in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. It is an initiative of His Majesty King Mohammed VI that focuses on enhancing a broad range of Moroccan-US relations.
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15   Link   Moroccan American Trade & Investment Center
The Moroccan American Trade and Investment Center (MATIC) was established under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammad VI as a vehicle to promote the Moroccan-US FTA. MATIC is an American based non-profit trade association that assists the country of Morocco in its quest to encourage economic growth and stability through the promotion of its private sector. Through its Brand Morocco program, MATIC has identified strategies for firms electing to take advantage of the unique location that Morocco provides as a platform from which new business initiatives can be launched into markets throughout the region.
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16   Link   The View From Fez
In the last few days Morocco was blasted by a searing heat wave which lasted all weekend and extended into Monday and Tuesday. Just as an example; at Safi, Monday's high reached 45 degrees Celsius (110 degrees F).

Located on the coast, Safi is typically moderated by breezes off the Atlantic Ocean. However, winds the past few days have been from the east to northeast, preventing the ocean breeze from developing. To put these temperatures in comparison to normal, the average daily high at the end of June is 26 degrees C. Temperatures will soar above 37 degrees again before some cooler weather returns by the end of the week.
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17   Link   Tingis
Tingis initially started out as a quarterly magazine highlighting the cultural concerns, ideas, and issues of Moroccans, friends of Morocco, and all those who have some interest in Morocco or the larger Arab and Muslim worlds. Because Moroccan views have no representation in English-speaking cultures, particularly in the United States, Tingis fills this gap and, at the same time, highlights the diversity within Arab and Muslim thought. The magazine also seeks to present the views of non-Muslim Moroccans whenever possible.
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18   Link   A Moro in America
I saw today this very interesting movie that did not benefit from a large flashy marketing campaign on U.S. networks and all the late night shows appearances. The movie's cast crew is tdiverse just like the movie. Being a member of a sizable immigrant community, The events of the story did not surprise me much as I am well aware of the phenomenon of immigration deportation and all the drama that comes with it. But, the importance of the movie is that it sheds light on an uncharted territory by Hollywood Multi-million-dollars budget movies. The movie can easily fit in the Discovery Channel's documentaries for its educational value to the movie goers who never had to deal with the bureaucracy and complications of immigration procedures. Even the end of the movie was so not Hollywood.
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19   Link   The Moroccan American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange
MACECE is an autonomous, binational organization based in Rabat that seeks to further mutual understanding and friendship between the peoples of Morocco and of the United States by promoting academic and cultural exchanges. To this end, and within the context of the Fulbright Educational Exchange Program, the Commission awards merit-based grants to graduate students, university professors, research scholars and secondary school teachers from each country to enable them to study, carry out research, or teach in the other country.
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20   Link   The a la Menthe
Morocco-related observations from Bill Day.
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21   Link   Moroccan Americans
OVERVIEW

Morocco, a country slightly larger than the state of California, is situated in northwestern Africa and is the African nation closest in location to Europe.
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22   Link   Moroccan Dream
A blog for the Moroccan Community in the Northwest and those interested in Morocco and the Moroccan culture.

"Marhaba bikoum (Welcome)! This blog is intended for the Portland Metropolitan area and the greater Northwest Region, and all those wishing to learn about Morocco."
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23   Link   Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami was born and raised in Morocco. She earned her B.A. in English from Université Mohammed V in Rabat, her M.A. from University College, London, and her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Southern California. Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The New York Times, The Washington Post and elsewhere. She is the recipient of an Oregon Literary Arts grant and a Fulbright Fellowship. She was short-listed for the Caine Prize for African Writing (the "African Booker") in 2006. Her debut collection of short stories, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, was published in the fall of 2005 and has since been translated into Spanish, Dutch, French, Portuguese, and Italian. Her first novel, The Outsider, will be published in the spring of 2009. She is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California Riverside.
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24   Link   Moroccan American Circle
The Moroccan American Circle (MAC) is a Moroccan-American organization, founded in 1982, whose mission is to build bridges in the social, business, educational and cultural areas, between Morocco and the United States.
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25   Link   Moroccan American Culture Center
The Moroccan American Cultural Center (MACC) works to build stronger cultural and educational ties between Morocco and the U.S. through its support of programs that enhance bilateral relations and cooperation.
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26   Link   The Morocco Report


Fouad Mourtada has been released from prison after serving only 25 days of his sentence.

Mourtada, who was arrested on February 5 for impersonating Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, then sentenced on February 22 to three years in prison and $1,000 fine, has received an outpouring of support from bloggers around the world. Earlier today, I wrote a post for Global Voices Online which highlighted many of Mourtada’s supporters.

I am so happy for Mourtada’s family! His sister has kept in close touch with many bloggers, writing in both French and English and sharing news about Fouad. Although what Fouad did was stupid, he did not deserve his punishment…and now justice has, in a way, been served.
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27   Link   Everything Morocco
After an unusually long and pleasant spring/early summer period, the hot weather has hit Fez with a vengeance. The weekend of June 20th I was in Merzouga, hiking sand dunes no less, and it was not as hot as Fez is right now. Temperatures have been hitting in excess of 100 F. Walking just about anywhere after 1o or 11 in the morning in completely miserable and akin to walking too close to fire. This is the time of year when people move down to the ground floor of the house where it's generally cooler and some people sleep on the rooftops.
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28   Link   Subul Assalam Centre for the Arabic Language (SACAL Fez)
Subul Assalam Centre for the Arabic Language (SACAL Fez)
Subul Assalam Centre for the Arabic Language is located in Fez, Morocco. We are dedicated to providing the finest Arabic instruction for non-native speakers who wish to study abroad. Our programme includes courses in Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Moroccan Arabic, as well as a selection of English-language courses on Islam and Morocco. Through education, it is our goal to foster an attitude of mutual respect and understanding between different cultures and peoples.
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29   Link   Invest in Tangier
We uncover the real Tangier, an exciting bustling port that is about to make it back to the A list of Jet Set hotspots.
$20 billion has been invested, much from the U.A.E, in some major new infrastructure projects.
A new container port run by Maersk and a stunning new marina and tourism centre to be built on the relocation of the existing city docks.
Tangier is a hot contender for best property investment area for 2008/9
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30   Link   Global Voices Online - Morocco
Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media often ignore. We work to develop tools, institutions and relationships that will help all voices, everywhere, to be heard.
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31   Link   Brahim El Hanchi
Find all typs of home listings in Central Fl, including Foreclosures, bank owned & Reo properties, Hud and Va homes, vacation Homes, Disney vacation Villas, and all typs of Residential, Commercial and rental properties Free of charge.
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32   Link   Maghrebarts
Website dedicated to arts and culture in Morocco and the Maghreb
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33   Link   Moroccan Travel Adventurs
I want to help Americans to come and discover the nice countery woch is MOROCCO
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34   Link   Business Opportunity with RE/MAX Morocco!!!
RE/MAX is looking for you, regardless of your background and experience. If you are interested in running your own business, if you enjoy managing a team, this could be the career path you’ve been waiting for. You need the energy and the will to succeed. We’ll help you with the rest.
The franchisee is a manager. He/she is not necessarily a real estate professional. Their role consists of managing the daily tasks and facilitating business transactions for their agents. The franchisee offers a fully furnished workspace and the best work conditions for his/her real estate agents. The franchisee manages also all the marketing, advertising and along with RE/MAX offers the best training possible for his/her agents to improve their skills and competencies.
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35   Link   Maroc-tutorial
Maroc tutorial present free video tutorial with darija, just visit us, thank you
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36   Link   Global Morocco Exchange
Global Academic Advisors at your service for University and College admissions, enrollment scholarship and assistance. We help international students from day one to graduation
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37   Link   Studies in USA with Scholarship to International students
Global Exchnage is a consulting firm specialized in Global Education with focus on International studies for North African student to US Universities and US students to North African Universities for study abroad programs and Arabic languages classes
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38   Link   Guaranteed Bad Credit Loan
PakLease offers a wide choice of Credit and Loan Applications! Regardless of your credit history, we have a program designed to meet your credit needs. Get the best rates and terms for personal loans, bad credit loans, payday loans, home equity loan, credit cards, auto loans, cash advances, debt consolidation, high risk personal loans and more.
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39   Link   peterg
a photo/text web site detailing my puppet company.
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40   Link   Driss Amrani
We want Americains to come and discover that nice couantery wich is Morocco !
We are not a travel agency !!
If you are travler do not forget to think about Morocco !
It's cheap,easy and good food !!!!
Thank you .
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41   Link   Shop Morocco
Moroccan clothing specialist. Djellabas,Gandoras, Babouches.
All genuine Moroccan at unbeatable prices.
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42   Link   Moroccan Lifestyle
Moroccan lifestyle is a blog which aims to promote and expose an authentic Moroccan culture to anybody who is interested. Everyday life of Moroccans told from a Moroccan point of view and by Moroccans living in Morocco or abroad. In simple words, a genuine and sincere view of Morocco, Moroccans and Moroccan lifestyle. The blog will highlight all aspects of the Moroccan culture: social life, history, geography, tourism, art, cuisine, contribution of expats Moroccans to their birth country and their new home. The aim of the blog is try to change things for better to rectify prejudice...... Compromizing will be lying.
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43   Link   Robin Des Blogs
A personal Blog where i hold some questions and ideas about the new moroccan age and the future of the country within the 21th century
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44   Link   Morocco Travel Guide and Information
Morocco travel information, cities and towns guide
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45   Link   Mr. Suhel Khan
CDN Solutions Group offers a unique expertise in wireless solutions with mobile application development for various platforms including iPad, Blackberry, iPhone, Android, Palm webOS, Windows Mobile and J2ME.
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