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Moroccan anthropologist appointed to Maurice Amade Chair in Sephardic Studies in University of California

Moroccan anthropologist Aomar Boum, a renowned scholar of Jewish culture, has been appointed to the Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Author and co-editor of four books, including “Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco,” and “The Holocaust and North Africa,” Boum is also a […]

India lifts ban on rice export to seven countries including Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Guinea, Seychelles

India has validated exports of rice to seven countries including Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Guinea and Seychelles several months after banning the export of the crop in view of meeting the needs of the domestic market and reducing increasing prices. Per the decision to lift the ban, ‘Sika Finance’ reports, India will send 1.34 million tons […]

UAE offers to join Qatar in co-hosting FIFA 2022 World Cup if Gulf crisis ends

UAE’s Sport Chief Tuesday said the Gulf country, currently embroiled in a diplomatic spat with regional neighbor Qatar, is “open to co-host” the FIFA 2022 world to take place in the tiny gas-rich country if the rift is solved. FIFA boss late last year said members of the football governing body are ready to back […]