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Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development in Southern Morocco

By 18 October 2012, a report that Salafis destroyed an 8,000-year-old petroglyph in Yakour Plain not far from Marrakesh quickly spread on Facebook and Twitter. The rock-drawing depicting the animistic divinity of the sun is one of thousands of stone carvings in the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains. Print and online newspapers repeated these rumors, […]

Moroccan Chef Issam Jaafari Wins Top Chef Arabia Award

Issam Jaafari has been crowned winner of Pan-Arab program Top Chef Award after several weeks of contests. He brilliantly won the award on December 14 after outclassing his challengers. The program aired in several Arab countries was watched by millions of spectators. Jaafari is not at his first competition. In 2012 he represented Morocco at […]

UN Records Fresh Displacement Surge in Sudan’s Kordofan Amid Escalating Insecurity

The United Nations has reported that 50,445 people fled Sudan’s Kordofan region between Oct. 25 and Dec. 17, as deteriorating security conditions triggered repeated waves of displacement. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 39 displacement-triggering incidents were documented in the region from Oct. 25. Of those affected, approximately 40,350 people were displaced from […]