 Events calendars for the US and in Morocco
February 6 News in Review
January 30 News in Review
January 23 News in Review
January 16 News in Review
January 2 News in Review
Virtual Magazine of Morocco on the Web
We are pleased to announce the launch of The Speak Up Radio Show, the voice of the Moroccan Community in the USA. Conducted in Darija by and for the Moroccan Americans over a live toll free number First show: Interview with Said Merrakshi. A Moroccan residing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA who was held by US Immigrations (ICE) for 8 months with no bail, no contact with his family and not court date. Said tells his story to Speak Up Radio in a multi episode program.
The Moroccan American Community board is the media source for Moroccan American affairs. It is a podium for different voices and opinions; it sheds the light on community issues.
Moroccoboard pushes the community forward to become more influential and informed.
MoroccoBoard strives to empower the Moroccan American Community to attain a higher level of visibility and to increase its political reach, and to become fully active in the American political process. MoroccoBoard seeks to exert a positive influence on US-Morocco relations.
Tangier-American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) is the only historic landmark of the United States located abroad and now operates as a a museum and cultural center. Through its grants, conferences, research library, public visitor and social outreach programs, TALIM provides a bridge of communication and understanding between the U.S., Morocco, and countries around the world
Peace Corps Connect engages those who served in the Peace Corps, or share the Peace Corps values, to build communities that inform, inspire, and integrate experiences that promote understanding and appreciation of other countries and cultures and sustainable development across the globe. Friends of Morocco is an official group at Peace Corps Connect as is the High Atlas Foundation. The Peace Corps Connect Community is going strong! Find fellow volunteers, discuss projects, and become a part of the Community if you are not already.
High Atlas Foundation works to establish development projects in different parts of Morocco that
local communities design and manage, and that are in partnership with government
and non-government agencies. HAF uses a participatory development approach that
includes beneficiaries as active partners in every step of the development
process - from prioritizing development goals to project implementation and management to monitoring and evaluation.
Le Citoyen Marocain Salmane Belayachi, a young Moroccan living in the US, and founder of LCM, will be marching from Laayoune to Tangier and stopping by major cities, and smaller towns to deliver the speech of citizenship, thus, giving the example and motivating fellow young Moroccans to search for ,and abide by, the core values and attitudes that lead to sustainable success:
Learning Moroccan Arabic
Tamazight Dictionary
Tamazight - English and English - Tamazight
Peace Corps/Morocco NOV. 2007
Over 600 Moroccan recipes now available in the souk. PC/Morocco 2007 cookbook for volunteers (1.9 mb PDF)
Resources on the New Family Code (Moudawana) in Morocco
Morocco-USA Free Trade Agreement
Teaching about Islam and the Arab World
Friends of Morocco (FOM), active since 1988, is an organization of Americans, mostly returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs), with experience in Morocco and Moroccans in America united with an interest in promoting educational, cultural, charitable, social, literary and scientific exchange between Morocco and the United States of America.
FOM seeks to:
reunite Americans with Morocco experience and Moroccans in America;
improve the awareness of Americans regarding the culture, needs and achievements of Moroccan peoples;
keep members and others current on events in Morocco;
support projects of the U.S. Peace Corps and private charitable organizations in Morocco;
organize and implement development education and outreach activities;
fund and support charitable projects and scholarship on Morocco and Moroccans. |
