LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Morocco: North Africa
built 643 days ago
WLP, in cooperation with WLP partner in Morocco, Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc, published the French edition of Leading to Choices: A Multimedia Curriculum for Leadership Learning. It is the second culture-specific adaptation of WLP's innovative multimedia training package. The English and Persian editions are available online at: http://www.learningpartnership.org/publications/multimedia. The French edition is tailored for human rights and democracy activists, educators, women leaders, and facilitators working with francophone communities in Africa. The curriculum is based on a concept of participatory leadership that enables women and men to develop skills to prevent conflict, share power, and build coalitions to promote human rights, social justice, and peace. The package provides three guides and three videos on Developing Effective Advocacy Campaigns, Communicating for Change, and Learning to Facilitate Interactively.
Source:
RABAT 21 March 2002: During a private ceremony today, 38-year-old King Mohammed VI of Morocco married with the 24-year-old astonishing beautiful computer engineer Salma Bennani. Salma Bennani is a native of Fez, who has worked for Omnium Nord-Africain. From today onwards she will be called Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Salma. The wedding itself will be celebrated with three days of festivities beginning April 12 in Marrakech and Moroccans are bursting with curiosity over details of what is being described as a "fairytale" wedding.
Source:
The area of modern Morocco has been inhabited since Neolithic times, at least 8000 BC, as attested by signs of the Capsian culture, in a time when the Maghreb was less arid than it is today. Many theorists believe the "Amazigh" commonly referred to as Berber language probably arrived at roughly the same time as agriculture (see Berber), and was adopted by the existing population and the immigrants that brought it. Modern genetic analyses have confirmed that various populations have contributed to the present-day population, including (in addition to the main Berber and Arab groups) Jews and sub-Saharan Africans. The Berbers, often referred to in modern ethnic activist circles as "Amazigh" are more commonly known as "Berber" or by their regional ethnic identity, such as Chleuh. In the classical period, Morocco was known as Mauretania, although this should not be confused with the modern country of Mauritania.
Source:
Primary U.S. exports to Morocco include aircraft, cereals and machinery, while Morocco ships foodstuffs, processed goods and textiles to the U.S. market. Morocco is ... a popular destination for U.S. filmmakers who are attracted by its great natural beauty, varied terrain and established movie- making support services. Long-admired for its spectacular tourism venues, competitive textile industry, skilled workforce and access to European, African and Middle Eastern markets, Morocco is a highly advantageous site for American companies.
Source:
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) granted Morocco's electricity utility (ONE) a USD-43.2Mn donation as partial funding for building a thermo-solar plant in the region of Ain Beni Mathar eastern Morocco. With a capacity of 472 MW, the plant will be operational by early 2009, according to ONE general manager, Younes Maamar. The plant will be financed by GEF, the African Development Bank and the Moroccan electricity utility. The plant was first designed to produce a capacity of 230MW. In July 2006, the parties involved in its construction agreed to double this capacity, owing to the rapidly growing demand, Maamar said. The grant convention was signed by the ONE general manager and the director of the World Bank bureau in Rabat.
Source:
Morocco is home to Andalusian classical music that is found throughout North Africa. It probably evolved under the Moors in Cordoba, and the Persian-born musician Ziryab is usually credited with its invention.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
North Africa