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Moroccan Cuisine: a recipe for Seffa Madfouna

11/03/2013
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Moroccan Cuisine: a recipe for Seffa Madfouna

Morocco World News Seffa Medfouna is one of the most fanciful way to prepare pasta. Prepared with chicken, lamb or beef hidden within a dome of steamed vermicelli (Known in Morocco as chaariya or Seffa), the dish is very rich and extremely irresistible. With an appealing look, the vermicelli is sweetened with raisins, butter...

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King Mohammed VI appoints new ambassadors

11/03/2013
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King Mohammed VI appoints new ambassadors

Morocco World News with agencies Fez , March 9, 2013 King Mohammed VI received, Saturday at the Royal Palace in Fez, 17 new ambassadors he appointed to serve in a number of countries. The list of the new Ambassadors is as follows: - Mohamed Saad Alami, ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, the...

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U.Va.’s Bargach Wins Women’s Day Award from American-Arab Advocacy Group

11/03/2013
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U.Va.’s Bargach Wins Women’s Day Award from American-Arab Advocacy Group

The interim director of the University of Virginia’s Center for International Studies, Majida Bargach, has won the Extraordinary Achievement Award in Education, given by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Women’s Initiative in honor of International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on March 8. Women’s Initiative chairwoman Amal David said Bargach’s passion for teaching set her apart...

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King Mohammed inaugurates Fez blood transfusion center, launches blood donation campaign

09/03/2013
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King Mohammed inaugurates Fez blood transfusion center, launches blood donation campaign

FEZ, March 08, 2013 (MAP) King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Friday in Fez, the regional center for blood transfusion where the sovereign donated his blood, marking the launch of the national blood donation campaign. Held March 8-24 under the slogan “every blood donation can save three lives. We can be heroes”, this campaign shows...

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“Lbaraka” in Moroccan culture, good management or divine intervention

08/03/2013
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“Lbaraka” in Moroccan culture, good management or divine intervention

Morocco World News The concept of “lbaraka” (meaning blessing or prosperity) in Moroccan culture is a complex concept that may have more than one meaning. Apart from the established meaning communicated in most religious teachings, “lbaraka” is a magical power associated with some pious people that can be transmitted to their children and grandchildren...

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Safi: discovery of tunnel dating back to sixteenth century

04/03/2013
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Safi: discovery of tunnel dating back to sixteenth century

SAFI, March 4, 2013 (MAP) Archaeologists have discovered a tunnel dating back to the sixteenth century in the coastal city of Safi (Center of Morocco), said the Provincial Delegation of the Ministry of Culture. The tunnel of a width of 3 meters and a height of 2.5 meters dates back to the Portuguese era,...

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