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Moroccan Americans Appeal for Action

Following the media storm around Western Sahara Separatist, Aminatou Haidar, a group of Moroccan Americans, friends of Morocco that are not affiliated with any particular organization or association issued a petition on the Western Sahara conflict and its roots. The petition emphasizes the Moroccan identity of the Sahara, denies the misleading information circulated by the "Polisario Front" and its supporters, and seeks to reach out to the Moroccan Sahraoui people and help them return back hom...

consular services for the Moroccan American comm...

During a workshop at the Moroccan American Convention in Washington, by Mr. Kassimi, the Minister in Charge of Consular affairs at the Moroccan Embassy in Washington, spoke on consular services benefiting the Moroccan American community members and listed case studies relating to marriage, civilian marriage vs. religious marriage and the laws regulating them, cases of divorce, isuues relating to birth and death certificates and the possibility of constituents doing most of the application pape...

Interview: Royal Air Maroc Confirms Direct Fligh...

During the 4th Annual Moroccan American Coalition Convention that took place in October 10th and 11th in Washington, Mr. Amine El Farissi, the U.S. General Manager of the Moroccan Flag Carrier Royal Air Maroc, confirmed the eminent start of a second direct flight between the US and Morocco. In an Interview with MoroccoBoard TV, he tackled several issues including the airline's customers service shortcomings along with other hot issues. for more information, check out Moroccoboard.com, the moro...

Moroccan Diva Karima Skalli permos in concert in...

Internationally renowned Moroccan Diva Karima Skalli and the 50 piece Mesto orchestra performed at the Detroit Max Fisher Music center for the Arab American National Museum 6th annual Gala. for more coverage visit moroccoboard news Service at http://www.moroccoboard.com Ms. Skali, a native of fes, gave a stellar performance of mostly classical Arabic music titles from artists such as smahan, farid al attrach, oum khaltoum, fairouz and others. The MESTO: Multi-Ethnic Star Orchestra is made up o...

Moroccan American Community celebrates Social Ac...

Following Aicha Chenna's win of the Opus Prize this year. The Washington Moroccan Club, which in the midst of preparation for its upcoming 20th Anniversary festival, has organized a community event that hosted, thanked and celebrated Ms Ech Chenna's lifetime work and her recent recognition by the Opus Prize jury. Ms. Chenna encouraged the community to organize and become more active in support of the needy in Morocco. She said " why would not we add another "million dollar" contribution from t...

Interview: Royal Air Maroc Confirms Direct Fligh...

During the 4th Annual Moroccan American Coalition Convention that took place in October 10th and 11th in Washington, Mr. Amine El Farissi, the U.S. General Manager of the Moroccan Flag Carrier Royal Air Maroc, confirmed the eminent start of a second direct flight between the US and Morocco. In an Interview with MoroccoBoard TV, he tackled several issues including the airline's customers service shortcomings along with other hot issues. for more information, check out Moroccoboard.com, the moro...

Moroccan American Author, Laila Lalami, on Her S...

At her reading, organized by Algonquin Books, Washington Moroccan Club and Border Books, in Washington DC, Moroccan American Author, Laila Lalami, described the central character of her second novel in English, "Secret Son", as a poor young man in contemporary Morocco, his aspirations of education and escape from the Casablanca Slum where he lives with his mother, the revelation that his father is still alive and doing well and his sub-sequential adventures. In a lively Q&A session following h...

Interview: laila Lalami , Autor of the :secret S...

In an interview with MoroccoBoard TV, Laila Lalami took issue with her comparisons to Moroccan Writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, as the marquee Moroccan author in English. She said that she couldnt start believing all the hype that is being written out there. "It is dangerous for an author to do that". She also confessed that she has been heartened by the outpouring support from the Moroccan American Community both online and at her book tour throughout the country. for more coverage visit moroccoboar...

Wydad of Washington - WAC - Therill Cup Champions

Washington Athletic Club (WAC) won Washington International Soccer League's (WISL) Terrill cup for the second time with a decisive 4 - 0 win. WAC's supporters who managed to attend were indeed entertainment. The game overall was exciting and fun. First-half was even with very few chances created by both teams. The first half ended in a 0-0 draw. The second-half, however,was a complete different story; a halftime talk of the coaching staff with the players saw them morph into a more energized a...