Climate Change Threatens Extinction of Morocco’s Ancient Oases, Greenpeace Warns
15 December 2019
Considered as a human and natural heritage, the Moroccan oases are threatened with extinction. The culprit is climate change.
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UNESCO Adds Morocco’s Gnawa Music to Intangible Cultural Heritage List
14 December 2019
Long desired by lovers of this rich musical culture, the inscription of Gnawa this Thursday in Bogota in the Unesco heritage is only justice. Ritual and initiatory music, Gnawa (…)
Queen Letizia Opens Alhambra Exhibition Showcasing Berber Culture and Influence
7 December 2019
’’La Granada Zirí del siglo XI y el universo Bereber’’, this is the name of the exhibition inaugurated by the Queen of Spain Letizia, on Thursday, at the Palacio de Carlos V in (…)
Rif Region’s Amazigh Heritage Showcased at Al Hoceima Exhibition
3 December 2019
On the sidelines of the first edition of the Youth Theater event, an exhibition dedicated to the Riffian Amazigh heritage opened in Al Hoceima. Since Saturday, the various (…)
Historic Mellah of Marrakech: Jewish-Muslim Coexistence Remembered by Dwindling Community
22 November 2019
The coexistence between Jews and Muslims in Morocco in the 1940s is a happy bygone era that those who lived it are trying to remember, which brings back to the forefront an (…)
Morocco’s Marrakech and Ouarzazate to Star in French TV5 Documentary Series
24 October 2019
Morocco continues to attract the greatest directors who choose this destination for the filming of their productions. This is the case of the famous French director, Eric (…)
Artcurial Expands to Morocco: French Auction House Opens Marrakech Branch for African and Orientalist Art
13 October 2019
The first French auction house, Artcurial, announced on Wednesday the opening of a subsidiary in Morocco. It will be exclusively dedicated to the sale of Orientalist paintings (…)
France to Repatriate 35,000 Ancient Artifacts to Morocco After Customs Seizure
30 September 2019
35,000 ethnographic pieces consisting of stone tools and organic remains, illegally removed from Morocco and seized by French customs, are about to return home. The Ministry of (…)
Morocco’s Oued Noun Site Poised for UNESCO World Heritage Status
30 September 2019
With all the cultural potential that Morocco has, its Oued Noun site could be proposed for inscription on the World Heritage List, said the head of the UNESCO Maghreb Office’s (…)
Morocco Receives Ancient Human Remains from French University for Archaeological Research
24 September 2019
The University of Bordeaux in France has returned to the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage (INSAP) of Morocco 20 objects representing human remains, in the form of (…)