01/30/10---The Moroccan law, which lays down not only rights and guarantees, but also duties and responsibilities, "applies and will apply to the Moroccan Sahara in accordance with the international practice," Moroccan Foreign minister Taïb Fassi Fihri said in a letter to the UN Secretary General.
"The harassment of the United Nations Secretariat by false letters is still going on regarding alleged political prisoners, prisoners of war or convicts brought to justice and sentenced according to the law in force and the rules of practice" as shows the detailed and complete information sent to the UNSG’s personal envoy on November 18, 2009, the letter said.
In an opinion piece in the Moroccan daily Aujourd'hui Le Maroc, columnist Omar Dahbi criticizes Islamists who condemn terror attacks against Muslims, but not terrorism as such.
The following are excerpts:
Are They Condemning the Act Itself or the Targeting of Muslims?
"...When an Islamist leader or Imam condemn 'the terrorist act that targets the lives of Muslims,' this poses a real problem. What are they condemning, the act itself or the fact that it targeted Muslims? When they invoke hadiths that attest to the sanctity of 'Muslim blood' in their arguments, does this not legitimize, at the same time, the killing of 'infidels'?
The U.S. ethnic and racial composition has significantly changed since 2000 and is projected to continue growing after the 2010 Census. The Census Bureau is making important strides to inform and assist a wide variety of ethnic communities and language groups including outreach efforts to the Arab American community.
One way the U.S. Census Bureau and its partners hope to increase participation of Arabic speakers is through language assistance materials. Language Assistance Guides will provide in-language help to answer the English-language census form. Additionally, Arabic-language 2010 Census brochures, fact sheets, and frequently asked questions are available for download on the Census Bureau Web site, www.2010census.gov.
The Yakuza controlled Japanese whaling fleet left Japan yesterday and have officially begun their 6,000 mile voyage to the remote waters of the Australian Antarctic Territory. Their intention is to slaughter 925 protected Antarctic Minke whales and 50 endangered Fin whales inside the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in violation of the global moratorium on commercial whaling and in violation of the Antarctic Treaty.
These people are poachers. They are criminals and they are engaged in the remorselessly cruel slaughter of the largest, most intelligent and most socially complex sentient beings in the oceans.
Your children will be guided by Alef,b teachers, through a journey to the heart of the Arabic Language and Culture. They will participate in our many activities, which combine learning and fun (Arabic music, instruments and dance, Cooking workshops and sample tasting of typical food, Performance arts, arts and crafts, outdoor activities, Cultural field trips and more). They will be able to understand, speak, read, and write in a warm and nurturing environment. Prior knowledge of the language is not required; groups will be set up according to level and age (4 to 5 years old, 6 to 9 and 9 to 12 years old).
Johanna Kinsley Yet again, real-world examples pop up on the importance and value of ethnic recruitment efforts. Slowly but surely, more attention is being paid to specialized markets, but many times, multicultural outreach gets placed on the backburner and its need only gets recognized in reaction to a crisis or with remaining budgets. I came across an article a little over a week ago about a specific U.S. Army program, Mavni (Military Accessions Vital to National Interest), that enlists immigrants here on temporary visas. Those who are promising recruits can become citizens in as short as a month—extremely favorable compared to the potential decade-or-more wait the old fashioned way.
01/29/10 -- Morocco urged the United Nations and the countries concerned by finding a "prompt" solution to the Sahara issue, to make Algeria assume its "full, active and constructive" responsibility in seeking a settlement to this dispute
"It is high time the United Nations, and the countries concerned by finding a prompt solution to this dispute, make Algeria assume a full, active and constructive responsibility, in proportion with the part it played in the outbreak and persistence of this regional conflict and its apparent involvement in all stages of its evolution," Morocco's Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri said in a letter to the UN Secretary General.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services had decided last week to change the questions concerning the citizenship test. Many immigration attorneys, if not all, have concluded that these newly issued questions are very hard for an ordinary person. They also feel that this change will make it more difficult to obtain U.S. Citizenship.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Emilio Gonzalez announced the release of these new questions and answers for the pilot test of a new naturalization exam.
As an attorney, I have never seen questions of this caliber before. Try to ask some native borne U.S. Citizens these questions and see if they can answer them. Many of my American-born neighbors could not answer these questions.
The Moroccan/American community in Washington, DC was terribly disappointed to read in the press that Aminatou Haidar has once again managed to distract attention away from the real issues in the Sahara with false accusations of abuse and distortions of the real facts.
Our community here in the capital of the United States has learned much from our American experience, but among the most important things that we have learned is the value of accurately communicating real facts to the American people who are often not well informed about the good relations between our two nations and the attempts by others to distort those facts for their own advantage.
Under the theme "Successful Start-up Creation", AMPA is delighted to invite you to our upcoming event in San Francisco on Saturday December 12th, 2009. This year's event features distinguished speakers with a high level of expertise in the financial and IT fields, and will take place in the prestigious premises of Stanford university. AMPA's ever growing membership base and friends will benefit from the panelists academic and professional experiences addressing the following topics:
Driss Bennani The two countries are turning their backs to each other to start a new tenser chapter in their relations. Washington / Morocco Board News Service - A few weeks ago, Moroccan Army Senior Officer, General Abdelaziz Bennani was in Spain. The Moroccan General has met his Iberian counterparts; their topics of discussion were obviously kept secret. He had even attended joint military maneuvers, thus confirming the strong relationship between the two neighboring kingdoms.
Washington / Morocco Board News Service - HMEMSA held its first conference on April 26th as was planned at NOVA College, in Northern Virginia, largely attended by Moroccans.
The conference featured various speakers. Professor Nadia Duchelle representing both NOVA and George Mason University. Lecturer Fatima Hadji also from George Mason University,
Washington / Morocco Board News Service - Following the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, an event was held at the Washington’s Willard Hotel to provide an opportunity for networking between delegates, members of the diplomatic corps, US government officials, successful American business(wo)men, members of civil society and grassroots professional organizations, and business investors from over 40 countries
Washington / Morocco Board News Service - Often times putting words into action could take a long time. However, President Obama and several senior Cabinet officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Barack Obama, hosted the first Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship less than a year after the President delivered his speech in Cairo last June. On April 26, a two day gathering, co-hosted by the department of Commerce and State in Washington.
WASHINGTON -- Experts on Africa and governance warned Wednesday that an independent Western Sahara led by the Polisario Front would surely become another failed state, and pose a serious new threat to global security and regional stability. The panel urged US foreign policymakers to take clear steps to support Morocco's compromise plan for broad autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty as the only viable solution to end the long-running Western Sahara conflict and address the growing instability and terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel.
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Royal Air Maroc is out on Boeing's Paine Field flight line, in Everett, on Friday April 23, 2010. (Joshua Trujillo, Seattlepi.com) .
The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Royal Air Maroc is out on Boeing's Paine Field flight line, in Everett, washington last Friday. Photo This is the first 787 in other than Boeing or All Nippon Airways livery. Royal Air Maroc has four 787s on order, according to Boeing.
M. Scott Bortot Washington — “We are trying to show aspects of Morocco in our work while also integrating our Western and American sense of design,” Zid Zid Kids co-founder Moulay Essakalli said about his company.
Zid Zid Kids exemplifies the kind of entrepreneurial dynamism created when culture, social awareness and business are combined. Not only does the award-winning, Marrakech-based company produce environmentally conscious children’s goods, it helps to empower young Moroccans.
Mohamed Belkhayat Earth day is Every day! Morocco, the first country in North Africa and Middle East to announce an environment charter, will be inaugurating 10 long term projects to protect the environment. The projects to be announced in Rabat the capital range from education in schools to ending the use of plastic bags.
Among the large projects however, is a solar energy project that would supply the equivalent of 30% of the current electricity need in Morocco. If integrated into a single solar park, it would literally cover half of Washington DC, or roughly 35 sq. mi! As an engineer, I reveled in such numbers,
Washington / Morocco Board News Service - --Should the United States and the European Union be worried about the security and stability of Mauritania? Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania, could not be more removed from the hassle and bustle of Washington and Madrid. Yet, the stability of this North African country
Washington / Morocco Board News Service - --In partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Moroccan Professionals in America (AMPA) will be holding its 5th annual Moroccan American Bridges (MAB) in Casablanca on June 25-26, 2010. The theme of this year’s event is Green Energy – Technology and Opportunities.
Washington / Morocco Board News Service - --The report of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon for the Security Council of the UN on the Western Sahara has unleashed strong reactions.
While the Moroccan government spokesman, Khalid Naciri, said the report was "credible, accurate and objective", the Algerian press,
Johanna Kinsley Washington / Morocco Board News Service - - - In the upcoming weeks, President Obama will hold the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, inviting successful entrepreneurs worldwide to share of past efforts and create new ideas under the united front to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities around the world.
M. Scott Bortot Washington / Mostapha Saout wants to reach a small but growing audience.
Saout has built a business, Allied Media Corporation, that develops and customizes marketing messages to ethnic groups in America. By targeting advertising to diverse ethnic communities, Allied Media reaches Americans who traditional media agencies have often ignored.
A Casablanca-born entrepreneur, Saout founded Allied Media in 1998 and started operations out of his home. At first, he struggled to find clients.
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Yet again, real-world examples pop up on the importance and value of ethnic recruitment efforts. Slowly but surely, more attention is being paid to specialized markets, but many times, multicultural outreach gets placed on the backburner and its need only gets recognized in reaction to a crisis or with remaining budgets.
01/29/10 -- Morocco urged the United Nations and the countries concerned by finding a "prompt" solution to the Sahara issue, to make Algeria assume its "full, active and constructive" responsibility in seeking a settlement to this dispute
The Moroccan/American community in Washington, DC was terribly disappointed to read in the press that Aminatou Haidar has once again managed to distract attention away from the real issues in the Sahara with false accusations of abuse and distortions of the real facts.
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Washington — “We are trying to show aspects of Morocco in our work while also integrating our Western and American sense of design,” Zid Zid Kids co-founder Moulay Essakalli said about his company.
Earth day is Every day! Morocco, the first country in North Africa and Middle East to announce an environment charter, will be inaugurating 10 long term projects to protect the environment. The projects to be announced in Rabat the capital range from education in schools to ending the use of plastic bags. 
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Americans who traditional media agencies have often ignored.
Hassan Masiky
Hamid Mernissi
Maryam Montague
Jillian York
Mohamed Benchemsi
Dr. H. Ben Kirat
Farah Kinani
Sarah Zaaimi
Matt Schumann
Nora Fitzgerald
Mostafa Chtaini
My Adil Naji
James Zoghby
Norman Greene
Elizabeth Blackney
Suzanna Clarke
Karim Kadiri
Zouhair Baghough
Lydia Beyoud
Lahcen Achy
Driss Benmhend
Jalal Nali
M. Benfadil
Yasmine Hasnaoui
M. El Younsi
Duncan De Lafeld
Rekia Ennaboulssi
Jamal Elabiad
Hisham G
Mohamed Brahimi
Belkhayat Ph.D.
Alison Lake
James Liddell
Anouar Boukhars
Fadwa Massat
Mr. Saïd Bellari
Jack Rusenko
Marina Ottaway
Mr. Doug Davis
Hellen Ranger
Mostapha Saout
Mr. Younes Tihm
Ms. Sarah Tricha
Najat F. Kessler
Driss Temsam
Ahmed Taibi
Mustapha Azayi
Derek Workman
Nabil Arrach,PHD
Z. Ettamymy
M. Ghambou
Anas Bouslamti
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir
Sarah Alaoui
