Journey Beyond Travel...going beyond the destination

Construction is set to begin on a railway tunnel running underneath the Gibraltar Strait that will connect Morocco and Spain. This Morocco tunnel project has been scheduled for construction for quite some time now. In the 1980’s, two teams from both regions met to begin talks about how and where to get the project started. The two teams assigned to the project are SNED from Morocco and SECEG from Spain. Although the two first came together in the 80’s, it was not until 1996 when the first technical report detailed the scope of the project surfaced. (more…)

It is time for Morocco’s team to demonstrate its many talents according to Coach Henri Michel. Atlas Lions will have to play its next two games without striker Soufiane Alloudi. Alloudi suffered a knee injury in Morocco’s opening game against Namibia. He will not play until the second round. Coach Henri Michel regrets that the star player will miss the games but he reassured that the other players have the potential for compensating the loss of the striker. (more…)

The next couple of days will see a new stock exchange program released. Casablanca’s stock exchange program is set to unveil Euronext’s NSC platform that will change the way stock transactions are handled. The Casablanca stock market divides into three different sectors: one for big companies, one for medium to small sized companies and one for growth stocks. Finances arrive throughout a day from the hands of domestic stock market traders as well as small Moroccan investors. (more…)

Morocco children of every age are celebrating Morocco’s Festival of Achoura, or the tenth day of Muharram, which falls on January 19 th this year. Families traditionally gather together to have special meals and offer zakat or a tenth of their annual income to the poor. Street celebrations, bonfires, and fireworks are other common ways of celebrating. (more…)

Morocco completed its march to the African Nations Cup along with Senegal and South Africa. Morocco came from behind in its game with Angola to win in Rabat on Wednesday. (more…)

Look out Dreamworld, here comes Morocco. Plans are in the works to turn Ouarzazate into a Morocco Hollywood with plans to spend 43 million dirhams to turn the southern Moroccan city into a international film center by 2016. The plan looks to promote Ouarzazate as a concept for film makers–similar to Warner Brothers Studio in Hollywood or Dreamcity Film City in Capetown. (more…)

Today marks a new day of products to be launched on Star of Morocco’s furniture website. This new product line features various Moroccan bedding pieces sure to add that unique touch of style to anyone’s home. Star of Morocco is launching this new product line in response to a growing consumer demand for high quality bedroom furnishings that feature the style and design known only to Morocco. (more…)

Morocco is a melting pot where cultural heritages from across the globe come together to present a united, diversified welcome mat to the world. One of the best ways Morocco highlights this is through its cultural landscapes. Visitors take full advantage of this setting by intermingling with residents and soak up all that Morocco has to offer on the cultural front. (more…)

Mohamed Benaissa, former foreign minister of Morocco, received a snowy winter welcome upon arriving in Minnesota recently. As a graduate of the University of Minnesota, he was returning to receive an honorary doctor of law degree for public service. In spite of the frigid weather conditions, Benaissa called the journey an emotional occurrence. (more…)

A quiet campaign is being forged to have the former King of Morocco named to Yad Vashems’s Righteous Among the Nations, which honors those non-Jews that put themselves at risk to help Jewish people during the Holocaust of World War II. (more…)

The city of Fez plays home to one of the most stunning pieces of architecture that can be found in Morocco. This is the Medersa el-Attarine or Attrainr Madrase as some locals call it. Situated at the edge of the spice and perfume market, this architectural beauty was created in 1325. Construction was initiated by Sultan Yaqub Abu Said Uthman II who also had a hand in several other buildings around the city of Fez. (more…)

Every film producer looks for that perfect setting to tell the story. Many painstaking hours go into the search for the right location. The one where everything is in perfect detail to the mental image created in the producer’s head. Often times, that leads to an international search. More and more, that search comes to an end in Morocco. (more…)

Springboard Research Center recently announced plans to open a new, state of the art research center in Casablanca, Morocco. James Erickson is slated to head up the day to day operations of the new center. Erickson has been with the company during its Middle East expansion over the past year. This expansion has included branching out into Africa. The new research center in Casablanca complements the companies long established operations in India and Pakistan too. (more…)

In a short two year time period, Banyan Tree Group, headquartered in Asia has branched out into Marrakech. The development of a sister company, Angsana Resorts and Spas has led to the recent creation of Angsana Riads and Riad Si Said. This brings the total of Angsana properties in Marrakesh Morocco to six. There are two more slated for openings later this year. One will be in Marrakech and another in Essaouira. (more…)

Morocco restated its commitment to finding a political solution to the Western Sahara issue. And called on Algeria and the Poliasrio to take their responsibility to the outcome seriously. Moroccan Interior Minister, Chakib Benmoussa invited Algeria to be an active contributor in the negotiations. Minister Benmoussa recalled that UN Security Council has called up all the parties to work with the UN and among themselves using the peace process created by the Moroccan Initiative. (more…)

Dr. Pamela Nice boasts a 25 year career in the free lance industry. This includes various projects as a stage director, playwright and most recently, documentary film maker. It is the documentary film making that led her to Morocco. (more…)

King Mohammed VI is seeing important visitors. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sent his emissary, Fouad Mebazaa, to visit Morocco. He and the Ambassador from Tunisa, Salah Bakkart had an audience with his Majesty last Thursday. (more…)

Morocco and Senegal ended their diplomatic row following serious talks between the two governments. Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Taleb Fassi Fibri, and his Senegalese counterpart, Dr. Cheikh Tidane Gadio, decided on the immediate return their ambassadors to their respective posts. (more…)

Morocco King Mohammed VI has had a busy start to the new year. His Majesty received information about several projects and laid corner stones for some others. (more…)

Few websites are on the internet today without the option. Myspace makes headlines every day because of it. Virtually every young adult has one or knows someone who has one. What is it? It’s Blogging and it is the latest thing to hit the world wide web. It works much like the old days of keeping a daily journal. The only difference is this journal is online waiting to be read by the world. This internet phenomenon is sweeping the globe and now Morocco is getting in on the action. (more…)