Rabat Ranks 14th Among Most Instagram-Tagged UNESCO World Heritage Sites
20 November 2021
This year on Instagram, the city of Rabat ranked 14th among the UNESCO World Heritage sites most popular with Internet users.
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Historic Lincoln Hotel in Casablanca to Reopen as Luxury Radisson Collection in 2025
17 November 2021
The territorial development group REALITES in charge of the restoration of the future Lincoln Hotel has announced the reopening in 2025. The palace will be branded Radisson (…)
Rabat’s 12th Century Wall Safe as Railway Renovation Rumors Debunked
3 October 2021
The railway company ONCF denied, on Friday, the widely circulated rumors on social media about the demolition of part of the historic wall adjacent to the "Rabat ville" (…)
Lyon Zoo’s Longtime Crocodile Residents to Relocate to Natural Habitat in Morocco
21 August 2021
Two crocodiles - a male and a female - will leave Lyon in September for Morocco, where they will be housed in a natural environment.
Essaouira’s Historic Medina Undergoes Major Restoration to Boost Tourism and Preserve Heritage
25 July 2021
The old Medina of Essaouira will soon have a new look. This is an initiative implemented thanks to the complementary program for rehabilitation and enhancement (2019-2023), the (…)
US Grants $170,000 to Restore Ancient Mosaics at Morocco’s Volubilis Site
17 July 2021
A grant of 1.7 million dirhams has been awarded to the Moroccan non-governmental organization Ifker by the American administration for its project to conserve and restore a (…)
Marrakech Aims to Boost Heritage Tourism with New Cultural Strategy
9 July 2021
The means to be put in place to better enhance heritage tourism, after the tourism recovery, were at the heart of a discussion held on Wednesday in Marrakech. The meeting was (…)
Moroccan Film Producers Protest CCM Funding, Appeal to King Mohammed VI
15 June 2021
Film producers from the southern provinces and other regions of Morocco are unhappy with the management of the support grant by the Moroccan Cinematographic Center (CCM). (…)
Historic Rabat Landmark Reopens: Café des Oudayas Restored to Former Glory
16 May 2021
After restoration and renovation work, the old Moorish café in the Kasbah of the Oudayas in Rabat is operational again. The inauguration of this mythical place, considered one (…)
Amazigh Activists Protest Slow Implementation of Official Language Status in Morocco
23 April 2021
A year and a half after the adoption of the organic law on the implementation of the official status of the Amazigh language, the World Amazigh Assembly is saddened by the (…)