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Moroccan business leaders welcome renewal of Morocco-EU agricultural trade agreement

The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), which represents the private sector, has welcomed the conclusion of a new trade agreement between Morocco and the European Union covering farming products, including those from the Southern Provinces. CGEM hailed the deal as a major step forward in deepening economic cooperation and sustaining the momentum of Moroccan […]

Burqa, Hijab, Niqab or ‘Nothing’? – MENA’s Attitudes to Female Dress Code

The Pew Research Centre has recently compiled the results of its research on the opinions of people in different countries across the MENA region on the way women dress. Respondents from seven MENA countries – Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia – were asked which of the six styles of Muslim women’s […]

Morocco warns of institutional void in Libya

Morocco said that the worst that Libya could face was an institutional void, in a first reaction to the most recent development in the war-torn north African country that could fall into further chaos after the delay of presidential elections. “We always believe that Libyan institutions offer a framework to resolve all Libyan problems and […]