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Global Warming Could Turn Sahel Green within Decades

Rising global temperatures could trigger an abrupt transition in weather patterns in Africa’s driest region, the Sahel, through an increase in rainfall that would turn the area green within decades, said scientists in a report published in Earth System Dynamics. The Sahel, home to 100 million people, has seen worsening extreme weather, including more frequent […]

Antisemitism: U.S. Special Envoy hails Morocco’s religious tolerance

U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, has hailed Morocco’s religious tolerance and the country’s leadership in combating antisemitism. Speaking at a meeting hosted on Monday by the U.S. Consulate General in Casablanca, Mrs. Lipstadt said the number of synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and institutions in Morocco is very impressive, attesting to […]

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 […]