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The Atlantic city of Essaouira was consecrated Friday as the city of Arts, Culture and Handicraft as King Mohammed VI launched there the establishment of a City of Arts & Culture and inaugurated an integrated crafts complex. These two projects translate the King’s firm will to preserve the artistic and cultural heritage of Essaouira, a […]
King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, on Friday handed over to six top laureates of the 2018-2019 literacy program the Mohammed VI Prize. The ceremony took place after the Friday prayer at the Lalla Amina Mosque in the Atlantic city of Essaouira. The prize winners are, in the women’s category, Naima Amine (Beni […]
Few days after announcing a €10.8 billion (115.4 billion MAD) national plan to meet Morocco’s increasing water needs over the next seven year, King Mohammed VI inaugurated a dam near Essaouira worth about €87 million (920 million dirhams). Built on Oued Ksoub, Moulay Abderrahmane dam, with a 65 million m3 capacity, will secure drinking water […]
King Mohammed VI had Thursday a phone conversation with the newly elected President of Tunisia Kaïs Saïed during which they agreed to exchange visits, says the Royal Office in a communiqué. The phone call, at the initiative of the Moroccan Monarch, provided an opportunity “to underline the strong historical relations binding the two brotherly […]
New concrete steps were made this Thursday to materialize the royal vision of a sustainable and integrated development of the rural world, through the launch of hydraulic, hydro-agricultural and drinking water projects in the province of Essaouira. King Mohammed VI, who started Wednesday a visit to Essaouira, has thus chaired the inauguration of the […]
The Atlantic city of Essaouira is a standing symbol of Morocco’s diversity and of the plurality of its cultures that make up its richness, said Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, who was present during the visit King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, paid Wednesday to “Bayt Dakira”, in the city’s medina. The Sovereign’s […]
King Mohammed VI on Wednesday visited Essaouira where he oversaw a facelift of the city’s historical center called Medina and celebrated its centuries-old history of Jewish-Muslim coexistence. Rehabilitation The King was briefed during his visit to Essaouira about a facelift program worth 300 million dollars to develop the historical part of the city and boost […]
King Mohammed VI who started Wednesday a visit to the Atlantic city of Essaouira paid shortly after arrival a visit to ‘Bayt Dakira’, a spiritual space that tells the story and history of Judaism in Essaouira and in Morocco, a space that preserves and perpetuates the Judeo-Moroccan memory and heritage. This historical, cultural and […]
King Mohammed VI chaired the signing ceremony of a deal outlining different measures to guarantee regular water supply in the country over the next eight years for a total cost of 115.4 billion dirhams (€10.8 billion). The King was briefed on this occasion on the salient points of the 2020-2027 National drinking and irrigation water […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a message of condolences to Sultan Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur, the new ruler of Oman, following the death of Sultan Qaboos. The message was delivered to Sultan Haitham by Prince Moulay Rachid, the youngest brother of King Mohammed VI, during the funeral ceremony that took place at Al Alam […]