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King Mohammed VI Pardons 889 People on Eid including Rif Convicts

King Mohammed VI of Morocco pardoned 889 people on the occasion of El Eid including over 180 people convicted on charges relating to the Rif protests. Eleven of the pardoned inmates were serving prison sentences in the Casablanca prison. The Rif protests erupted in late 2016 after a fishmonger died crushed in a trash compactor […]

Egypt, Turkey keen to boost trade to $15 billion over next five years

Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir, Tuesday August 1, as he began a trip to Turkey announced that the North African country plans to increase the volume of bilateral trade with Turkey. From $10 billion to $15 billion over the next five years. Samir’s visit (August 1-3) is the first for an Egyptian […]

The Moroccan Exception in the Arab World

King Mohammed VI is carrying out a wide-ranging effort to revive his country’s Jewish heritage. By Yaëlle Azagury and Anouar Majid Ms. Azagury is a writer. Mr. Majid is the editor of Tingis magazine. New York Times – April 9, 2019 TANGIER, Morocco — On a recent balmy spring afternoon, a group of Muslim Moroccan […]