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An Ode to Morocco on the Financial Times

The charm of Morocco with all its picturesque landscape, enchanting centuries-old cities, and enchanting cultural diversity, arts, cuisine and smells were neatly woven in a story by the Financial Times’ travel editor Maria Shollenbarger, who gave the reader a sense of the Morocco experience. Shollenbarger traveled with her 80-year-old mother who came all the way […]

Algeria, where are your Saturday people, and where are your Sunday people?

‘Algeria once had 140,000 Jews. Algeria, where are your Jews?’ The question was raised by Hillel Neuer – an outspoken defender of Israel and frequent critic of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Neuer’s query was met with silence. The primary reason for the departure of Algerian Jews is, of course, that some 850,000 […]

Libya: UN Envoy Ghassan Salame steps down on health grounds

UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame Monday resigned from his position citing health issues, two years and a half after his appointment. “My health no longer allows this rate of stress,” the Lebanese UN official said in a statement. “So I asked the Secretary-General to relieve me from my mission, wishing Libya peace and […]