This is Beirut, 02/10 14:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to "storm" a police station in Morocco on Wednesday, state media said, as protests -- sometimes violent -- roil the north African nation. Demonstrations have convulsed Morocco for several days, urged on by the GenZ 212 group, a recently formed collective ...
This is Beirut, 30/09 15:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Gen Z youth protest Morocco healthcare education corruption
Dozens of Moroccan youths were arrested as protests demanding education and healthcare reforms sweep the country. Will Gen Z’s voice be heard?
This is Beirut, 25/09 12:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
HighAtlas Morocco Mountain Traditions Whistle
In Morocco's High Atlas Mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a century-old language, now jeopardized by rural flight. "The whistle language is our telephone," joked Hammou, 59, the elder of a family known for the tradition in Imzerri, a hamlet in the ...
This is Beirut, 31/07 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Movie Christopher Nolan Festival Morocco Politics Culture
The Sahara International Film Festival has called on director Christopher Nolan to exclude scenes filmed in Western Sahara from his upcoming movie, citing concerns over shooting in the disputed territory. Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, has been largely controlled by Morocco since 1975 but is considered a non-self-governing territory by ...
Lyne Sammouri, 03/07 14:20 - Reading : less than a minute
morocco desalination water drought agriculture
Amid a prolonged drought driven by climate change, Morocco relies on energy-intensive desalination to sustain agriculture, despite high costs and environmental challenges.
This is Beirut, 29/06 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Morocco Dakhla Atlantic Port Sahel
A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The "Atlantic Initiative" promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new $1.3-billion port in the former Spanish colony ...
This is Beirut, 01/06 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
UN Security Council United Kingdom United Nations USA Morocco
British foreign minister David Lammy said on Sunday that Morocco's autonomy plan for the territory of Western Sahara was the "most credible" solution to the decades-long dispute, reversing London's long-standing position. Western Sahara, a mineral-rich former Spanish colony, is largely controlled by Morocco but has been claimed in its entirety ...
This is Beirut, 31/05 15:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Embroidery Art Morocco Culture Women
In a small village on the coast of southern Morocco, women gather in a house to create collaborative works of textile art, and also earn a living. Several hunch over large canvases, embroidering their latest piece at the women-only workshop, in the village of 400 people. Some of their works have been shown internationally. "This project has ...
This Is Beirut, 01/05 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kuwait United Arab Emirates Morocco lebanon
Lebanon now ranks among the Arab countries with the highest commercial electricity tariffs, according to recent data from the Global Petrol Prices (GPP) website, underscoring the toll of the country’s prolonged energy crisis on its struggling business sector. With a commercial electricity rate of $0.247 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2025, Lebanon ...
This is Beirut, 22/04 13:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Morocco may be the gateway to the vast Sahara Desert, but that doesn't mean it's free from that modern environmental scourge: the waste mankind disposes of.
This is Beirut, 2024-12-15 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Algeria France Morocco Boualem Sansal
Algeria's foreign ministry has summoned the French ambassador to reprimand him for what it described as efforts to destabilize the country, several Algerian media outlets reported on Sunday. The ambassador, Stéphane Romatet, was "informed of the firm disapproval of the highest Algerian authorities in response to numerous French provocations and ...
Marc Saikali, 2024-12-12 07:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Damascus Bachar el-Assad Democracy Morocco Iraq syria
The Assad family, more accurately known by the name "Al-Wahesh" (the savage), has surpassed all limits of hatred and brutality. After the dictator and his cronies fled, the world, horrified, discovered the full extent of the crimes against humanity that had been the norm in a country left in ruins. In Lebanon, we have long known, through our own ...