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Calendar
information about cultural and community events in Rabat. Events
in Casablanca, Fez, Tangier and throughout Morocco of possible interest to readers
are included. Updated weekly each Thursday. Compiled as a community
service by Carol McCreary.
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05/26 Week in Review: News clips from Morocco
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05/12 Week in Review: News clips from Morocco
05/05 Week in Review: News clips from Morocco
04/28 Week in Review: News clips from
Morocco
Compiled weekly by Mhamed El Kadi in Morocco and posted each Saturday on this site
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Morocco'
is no `Casablanca' despite higher level of style.
By Chris Jones. Special to the Chicago Tribune May 20, 2001
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Go
crazy and Fes up in Morocco.
LEANNE WALKER gets thoroughly lost in the medina of Fes el-Bali, one of the largest medieval cities in the world.
On New Zealand Herald. Tuesday May 22, 2001
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In
Morocco, a Family Behind Bars.
'Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail'. A book by by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi
By Pamela Constable, The Washington Post's South Asia bureau chief, based in New Delhi.
Monday, May 21, 2001; Page C03
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BOOK
REVIEW: 'Stolen Lives' shows strength of human spirit ."
By Ellen Clegg, Globe Staff, 5/21/2001
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By MARTIN SIEFF, United Press International.
Tuesday, 22 May 2001
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Human traffickers are generally portrayed as callous mercenaries with no thought for the welfare of their clients. Rory Carroll spoke to some of the safely delivered illegal immigrants who tell a different story.
On The Guardian, Monday May 21, 2001
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Two sleepy Spanish enclaves on the coast of Morocco are suddenly of concern to both sides of the Mediterranean -- as entry points for Africans slipping illegally into the European Union.
by George Stolz, The Atlantic Monthly. January 2000
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Morocco
told to block migrants.
Sunday, 13 May, 2001.
By David Bamford in Morocco (BBC)
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STOLEN LIVES:
Twenty Years in a Desert Jail.
Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi
Talk Miramax Books Memoir ISBN: 0786867329 on Book reporter,
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Morocco
-- Human rights defenders sentenced to imprisonment.
May 18, 2001 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Amnesty International condemns the sentencing yesterday in Rabat of 36 human rights defenders to three months in prison and a fine of 3,000 dirhams (around $300) each for organizing an unauthorised demonstration on 9 December 2000.
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North
Africa Risk Pointers - Morocco.
9 May 2001
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At
Spain's Gate, Africans Dream of Europe.
By Keith B. Richburg
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, March 28, 2001; Page A01
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Like Webster's
Dictionary, We're Morocco Bound.
by Walter and Cherie Glaser
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by Elaine Sosa
Review of Morocco with focus on food. four recipes included
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Tagine: A Secret
Kept Under a Terra Cotta Lid By FLORENCE FABRICANT. May 9, 2001
Recipe: Lamb Tagine With Baby Artichokes and Mint. May 9, 2001
Recipe: Algerian Spiced Striped Bass Tagine. Adapted from Peccavi. May 9, 2001
Recipe: Chicken Tagine With Olives and Preserved Lemons. adapted from Shallots New York. May 9, 2001
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Casablanca
tells a sweet unforgettable tale.
by Towheed Feroze
The Independent (Bangladesh) Issue 1313 Thursday May 10 2001
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Boy
dies as 120 migrants wash up in Spain.
By Katherine Butler 09 May 2001
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Changing
Media Habits and Entertainment Preferences In Morocco: An Inter-Generational
Analysis.
Mark Tessler, University of Arizona.
Paper delivered at a conference on Diffusion of New Information Technology in the Middle East. Tucson, AZ. April 14-16, 2000
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Moroccan
Music: The "Foreign" and the "Familiar": An Annotated
Bibliography and Discography
By Karla Sabin. Term paper for Popular Culture in the Middle East (SOCI 470) Spring 2000
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5,000-YEAR-OLD
CULTURE SEEKS RECOGNITION. (The Berbers
of North Africa)
May 4, 2001 (Inter Press Service via COMTEX)
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Travels
with a Tangerine: A journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Batuutah.
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
In this brilliant account the greatest medieval traveler finally gets the recognition his epic journeys deserve.
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Hardy
runner survives Sahara Desert race.
Clare Noonan Sacramento Bee Redding.com, Thursday, May 3, 2001
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From
Privilege to Prison in Morocco.
By Nora Boustany. Washington Post. Friday, April 20, 2001; Page A22
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ANOTHER
CASABLANCA: CREATING CLASSIC VIDEOS.
By JAMES COATES . April 22, 2001
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Low-fat
stew pleases with Moroccan flavor.
The Baltimore Sun. Associated Press. April 25, 2001
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Moroccan
leaders take a hard line on Islamists.
Apr 26 2001 12:00:00:000AM Business Day 1st Edition
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BY HELEN DUNMORE, The Sunday Times. FRIDAY APRIL 27 2001
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The
Colonization of the Muslim Woman.
By Shahina Siddiqui. Published Wednesday April 25, 2001
Copyright: http://www.iviews.com
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Hinde Taarji, freelance journalist based in Casablanca.
For years, Moroccan member of parliament Badia Skalli has put her long-standing loyalty to the Socialist Party before her feminist beliefs. Now she is at the center of a tough battle.
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