10 Charged With Immigration Marriage Fraud

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10/06/11

Connecticutt DA and U.S. Immigration announced that 10 Connecticut residents have been arrested on federal charges stemming from their alleged involvement in a marriage fraud scheme.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in November 2010, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) initiated an investigation into fraudulent marriages that had allegedly been arranged between Moroccan nationals and U.S. citizens in order for the Moroccan nationals to unlawfully immigrate to the U.S.

Morocco Cinema: The Difficulty with Taboos

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10/06/11

Irit Neidhardt
Although many of the films shot in Morocco ostensibly deal with the country's social problems, they tend to ignore the real social and political ills...
At the beginning of September, the Zentrum Moderner Orient and the Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin, Germany, organized a film festival entitled "Upheaval and Diversity – The Moroccan Film Days".

Morocco: Journey Through A Bureaucratic Farce

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10/06/11

M.P.
Casablanca / Morocco Board News --   My kids were born in the US and did not have time, nor the desire to take the trip into the city to deal with the Moroccan Embassy in Washington.
So I had the bright idea to register my kids in Morocco. So I started my Quest.

Morocco: Tissa Horse Festival

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10/02/11

We arrived in Tissa in the early morning. Festivities and competition was not due to start until around 9.30 am, so we spent time chatting with locals and checking out the magnificent horses as they were prepared for the big event - the Fantasia.

Moroccan women: the perpetual fantasies

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10/01/11

imane eddbali
The whole fuss follows the decision by the Indonesian government to make it even harder for Saudi Arabia agencies to recruit Indonesian maids after the reports of maids abused by their employers. The move followed the murder of an Indonesian maid by her male employer and the torture of another one by her female employer.

Police Targeting Moroccan Community: Does Anyone Care?

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09/28/11

Len Levitt
Where's the outrage? Where's the concern? Where's the lawsuit?
For the past month, the Associated Press (with an assist from NYPD Confidential) has spotlighted a secret NYPD spying operation that targets hundreds of Muslim mosques, schools, businesses, student groups, non-governmental organizations and individuals.
It seems no exaggeration to say that the NYPD has infiltrated every level of Muslim life in NYC.

Libya: Demand for Amzigh to be included in New Constitution

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09/27/11

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Members of Libya's Amazigh, or Berber, minority, whose language Muammar Gaddafi suppressed, demanded on Monday the country's new rulers recognize them and their tongue in a new constitution.

Royal Air Maroc: Pilot Is Not To Blame

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09/26/11

Hicham Mifdal
Washington / Morocco Board News - -   Although i do not know all the details, What happened to Mr Sifer and to his invalid daughter is very unfortunate and sad but the Royal Air Maroc pilot is not to blame. Inside a plane, a captain has full authority over his passengers and cabin crew.

Royal Air Maroc Dumps Wheelchair Bound Handicapped Girl

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09/23/11

Abdelkader Sifer, 71,  charges that his disabled daughter was the victim discrimination on a Royal Air Morocco aircraft. It happened two weeks ago, at the airport in Casablanca, Morocco, when his family got to the plane, the aircraft captain said that the plane was full and that he could not take care of a disabled person, then he slammed the door shut and left the family behind with wheelchair-bound-handicapped girl.

Moroccan Community Under surveillance By NYPD

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09/23/11

NEW YORK— (The Associated Press) The grainy photographs could have come from any undercover police file: a man in jeans talking on his cellphone; another in a windbreaker walking past people at a coffee shop; a car parked outside a grocery store. But the surveillance was not part of any criminal case. The photos were snapped as part of a secret.

Royal Air MAroc: Clipped Wings

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09/22/11

Mohsin Lahkim
Royal Air Maroc is not flying so high these days. The problems that have engulfed Morocco’s flag carrier came to a head on Thursday after the government moved to shore up the airline’s finance with a 1.6bn dirham ($193.3m) bailout.
According to Reuters, the funds are part of a five-year 9.3bn dirham package aimed at helping Africa’s third largest airline cut

Royal Air MAroc: Clipped Wings

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09/22/11

Mohsin Lahkim
Royal Air Maroc is not flying so high these days. The problems that have engulfed Morocco’s flag carrier came to a head on Thursday after the government moved to shore up the airline’s finance with a 1.6bn dirham ($193.3m) bailout.

Farewell to Ambassador Aziz Mekouar

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09/17/11

Norman Greene
Washington / Morocco Board News - -    On Sept. 14, 2011,in Washington, D.C., the Washington Moroccan American Club (WMC), American Moroccan Association of North America (AMANA), The Moroccan American Community Organization (MACO), and the Ibn Khaldoun Academy co-hosted a farewell dinner for Ambassador Aziz Mekouar  who is retiring after 9 ½ years of service to the Moroccan Government and Moroccan-American community.

The "Arab" Spring: Adjusting as It Goes

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09/15/11

Echtaibi Imam

Washington / Morocco Board News- -There is no question that the Arabian people suffered from the scourge of a new occupation after the dismissal of foreigner one, which left on his heels a close-relation colonialism that manipulates them in the same exact way, or even more assertive. It was a natural necessity to those people to revolt and bring out their word that has been forced to remain buried in their chests for decades.

The Algerian Connection

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09/08/11

Dr. Charles G. Cogan

Washington / Morocco Board News--   It should not come as a surprise that the military dictatorship in Algeria has given refuge to some of the members of the Gaddafi family: his present wife, Safia, his daughter, Aicha, the least influential of his sons, Mohammed and Hannibal, and their progeny. The group crossed into Algeria on 29 August. An Algerian Government spokesman confirmed their arrival, said it was for humanitarian reasons, and specified that it was only "transitory.

Western Sahara: Support for Gaddafi Raised at British parliament

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09/07/11

Washington / Morocco Board News--   The Western sahara separatist group, polisario, was blindsided during a conference, at the British Parliament in London, that was supposed to advocate for its position.
The keynote speaker, Paul Whiteway, of the “Independent Diplomat”, an outfit that lobbies for the polisario, attempted to present the "Arab Spring"  as “godsend” for Western Sahara separatists to make their voice heard.

Morocco: Gender At Heart Of New Constitution

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09/06/11

Fatima Sadiqi
The new reforms outlined in the June 2011 Moroccan constitution can be grouped in three major categories: separation of powers, independence of justice, and good governance. However there are other key reforms that have gotten less attention but will have a major impact on Moroccan society, including a recognition of Morocco’s multicultural roots, a greater recognition of gender equality and more freedom of speech.