Chris Polk
Easton resident Leslie Westbrook’s dream came true this weekend when a little piece of Morocco came to Easton.
“A year ago, I traveled to Morocco,” Westbrook said. “I fell in love with the culture, the people, the food, the music.”

1st question in Amzazigh in Morocco's Parlement

The steel-manufacturing complex "Maghreb Steel", an investment of about MAD 5.7 billion, along a with  a storage and processing terminal for cars transiting the Casablanca port, a MAD 168 million investment, have recently launched.
The project "Maghreb Steel", which mirrors the interest Morocco's King takes in developing the industrial sector, will meet the ever-growing demand for high grade steel products due to the increasing urbanization, the infrastructure development.

Yasmine Wozniak
Moroccans and Algerians love to hate each other. I am not talking about the people, who are exactly the same in identity, ethnicity, religion and customs and have only respect for one another, but about their governments and leaders, who continue to feud and refuse to face up to the geo-strategic realities of the region today.
Together, these two nations could perform more good than individually, yet they continue to deny their people the right for common security and shared prosperity. Together, they have the ability to secure the region in more effective ways.

I. Warraq
After the rather foolish comments by a newly elected Moroccan Justice Minister, Mustafa Ramid, who upset almost everybody by claiming tourists went to Marrakech in order to sin. Now another minister has created an unholy row by attempting to make public TV and Radio stations more religious. It is unfortunate to have come at a time when the media in Morocco are seeking greater press freedom.

El Houssine Lahsini

The history of Moroccan-American relations dates back to the late eighteenth century, when the sultan Sidi Muhammad Ben Abdellah issued a declaration on December 1777, asking the Americans to conclude with his majesty a treaty of peace and friendship. His interest in the United States of America goes beyond signing the treaty in question. He, according to Priscilla Roberts and Sherrill, B. Wells, publicly declared that American and other European vessels, with whom the sultan had no treaties before, are free to navigate in Moroccan waters and enter Moroccan ports and cities where they can take refreshment.

Dennis Jackson
Washington  / Morocco Board News--  Recently in Rabat Morocco, a 16-year-old girl killed herself due to the shame and imprisonment she felt after being forced to marry a man who had raped her. Unfortunately the only escape she saw from such an outcome was to take her own life.
A law in Morocco (penal code 475) makes it possible for a person who is accused of status rape ( having sex with an undeage person) to escape incarceration if he marries his victim. This law has been used tragically many times in the past to justify the practice of making a rapist marry his victim to preserve the honor of the woman's family.

Washington  / Morocco Board News-- Morocco's government has announced the launch of a project aimed at improving access to health care. "RAMED" is a public health care system that covers underprivileged populations that are not eligible for mandatory health insurance. This system now enables the beneficiaries to have access to health care in public hospitals and state-owned health services centers.

Washington  / Morocco Board News--  A local court, in predominantly Amazigh northern city of Nador, Morocco,  has sentenced a 42 year old, itinerant vegetable peddler and father of three, Mohamed Jedidi, to six months in jail. His Crime: raising an Israeli Flag over his home in protest following cut off of both electricity and water to his house. He was accused of "debasement of the national flag".

Alison Lake
Washma Bensaid, a showroom on the “Rue des Consuls” in Rabat, Morocco’s capital city, has produced handicraft garments for three generations. Over the years, the company has established a solid reputation with its many custom designs for Moroccan families, tourists from around the world.