At least eight persons were dead and dozens of others missing after a boat carrying illegal 60 immigrants sank between Morocco and Spain, Moroccan security sources said on Sunday.
Tunisia had spent around 0.6 percent of its GDP in supporting the companies affected by the global financial crisis, Mr Mohamed Ghannouchi , Tunisia's prime minister, said during Emerging Markets Summit in London organized by Economist.
The Middle East and North Africa region appears to be on average somewhat less affected by the global economic crisis than other emerging regions, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, which was released on 8 September.
The beloved Moroccan house of the late French designer Yves Saint Laurent is up for auction later this year, sans price tag. Georgina Wilson-Powell looks inside the intriguing Villa Mabrouka and explains how its simple decor is tied to some of the world’s greatest art.
EU Foreign Ministers have approved guidelines for a second Union for the Mediterranean ministerial meeting on ‘Strengthening the role of women in society’, which will take place in Morocco on 11-12 November.
The Other Shadow of the City draws inspiration from the city of Jerusalem and its changing urban structure. The exhibition takes the viewer to places outside the spiritual and holy Old City to urban locations that, despite their importance in shaping the contemporary urban city,
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation and Intel Corporation on Saturday announced the Intel Teach Program across the Arab World has achieved significant results over the past 18 months, successfully training and empowering over 170,000 K-12 teachers to integrate 21st century skills,
Eight years into what was once called the "Global War on Terror", Western policymakers show a growing recognition that combating violent extremists requires more creative tools. In struggles of this sort, military solutions can have the unintended consequence of exacerbating
Tunisia retains the lead among the North African countries as it ranked 40th out of 133 countries globally, according to The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 produced by The World Economic Forum.
Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), addressed a message to the Muslim world whereby he called for adopting new and developed policies in the field of literacy based on joining efforts among governments,
For the first time on Arabic television, a dramatic production airing this Ramadan, the holy Muslim month, depicts the life of Egyptian Jews during the 1920s and 1930s, showing them in favorable light as ordinary citizens, no different from Egyptian Muslims and Christians.
The Mediterranean Network of Basin Organisations (MENBO) is organising its General Assembly in Beirut (Lebanon) on 6-8 October 2009, concentrating on the specific issues of water management in the Mediterranean basin.
When Husni Khuffash speaks of the internet, he speaks in a tone full of awe. He wonders how life would be without the internet. His 56-year-old mother reads several Arabic newspapers on the internet with her morning coffee "without paying a penny for subscription,"
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