The Egyptian parliament was filled by the newly elected deputies on Sunday after it remained empty for more than three years following a court ruling which ordered its dissolution. The 596 Members of Parliament, of which 28 were appointed by President Sisi, took oath individually before they elected law professor Ali Abdel-Al as speaker. The […]
Morocco has been shown as one of the few countries with a low presence of Salafism in a map published on the Geopoliticalfutures.com website. Morocco together with Lebanon, Qatar and Bahrain were painted light green in the map where the majority of Arab countries have been painted red or brown standing respectively for high and […]
A U.S. State Department delegation traveled this week to the Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla wherein they launched an e-commerce platform, dubbed “Dakhla-Market” which enables local artisans to showcase their artwork and services online. The delegation included Ariel Vaagen and Colin O’Connor, members of the U.S. Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Dakhla-Market is an outgrowth […]
