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Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

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Art

Architecture

Moroccan architecture Moroccan architecture refers to the architecture characteristic of Morocco throughout its history and up to modern times. The country's diverse geography and long history, marked by successive waves of settlers through both migration and military ...

* Riad * Tadelakt * Zellij

Cinematography

* Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets * Casablanca (film) * Marock * Morocco (1930 Movie) *

List of foreign films shot in Morocco Many foreign films have been shot in Morocco. The first were by the French film pioneer Louis Lumière Le chevrier Marocain. Orson Welles filmed his ''Othello'' there, which won the ''Palme d'Or'' prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1955, Alfre ...

Dance

Festivals

* Festival of Amazigh Film *

Gnaoua World Music Festival The Gnaoua World Music Festival is a Gnawa music festival held annually in Essaouira, Morocco. It was founded in 1998 by A3 Groupe, a private event-organizing company located in Casablanca. The festival provides a platform for a meeting point of ...

* Tanjazz * World Sacred Music Festival

Literature

List of Moroccan writers This is a list of writers from Morocco. Twentieth century __NOTOC__ A * Eliette Abécassis (born 1969) * Leila Abouzeid (born 1950) * Mohammed Achaari (born 1951) * Said Achtouk (died 1989) * Issa Aït Belize * Lotfi Akalay (1943–2019) ...

Painting

Chaïbia Talal Chaïbia Talal ( ar, الشعيبية طلال) (1929 – April 2, 2004) was a Moroccan painter. Biography Chaïbia was born in Choutka, a small village near El Jadida, Morocco in 1929. At the age of 13, she was sent to Casablanca by her paren ...

Mohamed Hamri Mohamed Hamri (August 27, 1932 – August 29, 2000), commonly known as Hamri, was a Moroccan painter and author. Self-described as "The painter of Morocco," Hamri was one of the few Moroccans to participate in the Tangier Beat scene. He was bo ...

Music

* Andalusian classical music *

Andalusi nubah Andalusī nūbah (نوبة أندلسيّة), also transliterated nūba, nūbā, or nouba (pl. nūbāt), or in its classical Arabic form, nawba, nawbah, or nōbah, is a music genre found in the North African Maghreb, Maghrib states of Morocco, Alg ...

Bachir Attar Bachir Attar (Arabic: بشير عطار, born 1964) is a Moroccan musician and the leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar. He is the son of Hadj Abdesalam Attar, who led the group Master Musicians of Jajouka at the time of ...

Bendir The ''bendir'' ( ar, بندير, plural ''banadir'', ) is a wooden-framed frame drum of North Africa and Southwest Asia. The bendir is a traditional instrument that is played throughout North Africa, as well as in Sufi ceremonies; it was played ...

* Berber music *

Chaabi Chaabi ( in Arabic), also known as Chaâbi, Sha-bii, or Sha'bii meaning "folk", refers to different music genres in North Africa and the Middle East such as Algerian chaabi, Moroccan chaabi and Egyptian Shaabi. Chaabi music just means 'music of ...

* Gnawa music * Guembri *

Jil Jilala Jil Jilala ( ''Generation of Majesty'') is a Moroccan musical group which rose to prominence in the 1970s among the movement created by Nass El Ghiwane and Lem Chaheb. Jil Jilala was founded in Marrakech in 1972 by performing arts students Mohame ...

* Krakebs *

Malhun Malhun (Arabic الملحون / ALA-LC: ''al-malḥūn''), meaning "the melodic poem", is a form of music that originated in Morocco.Mounira SolimanPopular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook p.58 (Routledge 2013) � ...

Master Musicians of Jajouka The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar (sometimes written as ...featuring Bachir Attar) are a collective of Jbala Sufi trance musicians, serving as a modern representation of a centuries-old music tradition. The collective includes m ...

Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar (sometimes written as ...featuring Bachir Attar) are a collective of Jbala Sufi trance musicians, serving as a modern representation of a centuries-old music tradition. The collective includes ...

Master Musicians of Joujouka The Master Musicians of Joujouka are a collective of Jbala Sufi trance musicians, serving as a modern representation of a centuries-old music tradition. The collective was first documented by Western journalists in the early 1950s, and was bro ...

Morocco in the Eurovision Song Contest Morocco participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for its first and only time at the contest. Its selected song "Bitaqat Hub", sung in Arabic and performed by Samira Bensaïd, placed second to last. The country has not returned to the contest ...

* Nass El Ghiwane * Nass Marrakech * Sephardic music

Sculpture

Communications

.ma .ma is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Morocco (french: Maroc). A local registrar with a local Moroccan company as administrative contact is needed to register a .ma or .co.ma domain name. Further restrictions are imposed ...

* ISOC Morocco * Maroc Telecom *

Méditel Orange Maroc (or previously Médi Télécom or Méditel) is one of three major licensed telecommunications operators in Morocco. The multi-service operator offers mobile, fixed-line, cybersecurity and mobile payment offerings. Created in 1999, ...

* Menara, Maroc Telecom * Ministry of Communications of Morocco * ONPT *

List of postal codes in Morocco A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

British post offices in Morocco The British post offices in Morocco, also known as the "Morocco Agencies", were a system of post offices operated by Gibraltar and later the United Kingdom in Morocco. First office The first office was established in Tangier in 1857; mail wa ...

Postal history of Morocco The postal history of Morocco is complex due to the country's political development in the 20th century. Mail was sent via post offices operated by the Sherifian post created by the Sultan, and by the European powers. After Morocco was partitio ...

List of fish on stamps of Morocco A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

Culture

Djemaa el Fna Jemaa el-Fnaa ( ar, ساحة جامع الفناء ''Sāḥat Jāmiʾ al-Fanāʾ'', also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa) is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter (old city). It remains the main square of Marrakesh, u ...

Forbes Museum of Tangier The Mendoub's Residence or Dar al-Mandub ( ar, قصر مندوب, french: Palais du Mendoub), formerly known as the Forbes Museum of Tangier, is a cultural monument and property located on Mohammed Tazi Street in the Marshan neighborhood of Tangi ...

Marrakech Museum The Museum of Marrakech is a historic palace and museum located in the old center of Marrakesh, Morocco. In addition to its notable architecture, the museum's collection showcases various historic art objects and contemporary art from Morocco. ...

Demography

* Beni Hassan * Beni Ouriaghel *

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* Chleuh * Sahrawi

Economy

* Attijariwafa Bank * Bank Al-Maghrib *

BMCE Bank Bank of Africa is a large commercial bank in Morocco, known until 2020 as Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur (BMCE, (; "Moroccan Bank of Foreign Commerce"). According to the company's website, it operates over 697 branches A branch, s ...

* BMCI * Banque Commerciale du Maroc * Casablanca Stock Exchange * List of Moroccan companies * MADEX index *

MASI index Masi may refer to: Places * Masi, Almora, a small town located in the west Ramgang valley of Almora in India * Masi, Veneto, a city in the province of Padua in northern Italy * Masi, Norway, a village in Finnmark county in northern Norway Other us ...

* Wana * Moroccan dirham *

Moroccan franc The franc ( ar, فرنك) was the currency of French Morocco from 1921. It became the currency of all Morocco in 1957 and circulated until 1974. It was divided into 100 centimes (Arabic: سنتيم). History Before the first World War, the Morocca ...

* US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement * Wafa Bank * Marjane * Tangier Exportation Free Zone *

Water supply and sanitation in Morocco Water supply and sanitation in Morocco is provided by a wide array of utilities. They range from private companies in the largest city, Casablanca, the capital, Rabat, Tangier, and Tetouan, to public municipal utilities in 13 other cities, as wel ...

Education

Al Akhawayn University Al Akhawayn University ( ar, جامعة الأخوين, Berber: ''Tasdawit En Wawmaten'') is an independent, public, not-for-profit, coeducational university located in Ifrane, Morocco, from the imperial city of Fez, in the Middle Atlas Mount ...

University of Al Karaouine The University of al-Qarawiyyin ( ar, جامعة القرويين; ber, ⵜⴰⵙⴷⴰⵡⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵇⴰⵕⴰⵡⵉⵢⵉⵏ; french: Université Al Quaraouiyine), also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in ...

* École Hassania des Travaux Publics *

ISCAE The ISCAE (Institut supérieur de commerce et d'administration des entreprises) is a business school in Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco and in Conakry, Guinea. It was founded in 1971 by King Hassan II to improve business education in Morocco. Pro ...

Ben Youssef Medrassa The Ben Youssef Madrasa ( ar, مدرسة ابن يوسف; also transliterated as Bin Yusuf or Ibn Yusuf Madrasa) is an Islamic madrasa (college) in Marrakesh, Morocco. Functioning today as a historical site, the Ben Youssef Madrasa was the larges ...

* École Normale Hébraïque *

Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca) Lycée Lyautey is a French institution of secondary education located in Casablanca, Morocco.

* Mohammed V University *

Mohammed V University at Agdal Mohammed V University (, french: Université Mohammed-V de Rabat), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree ( Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. History The uni ...

Mohammed V University at Souissi Mohammed V University (, french: Université Mohammed-V de Rabat), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree (Moroccan Dahir, Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez. H ...

Rabat American School The Rabat American School is an independent preparatory day school located in Rabat, Morocco. The program is co-educational and non-residential. English is the language of instruction. Campus On January 8, 2019, the school moved to a new campus i ...

The American School of Tangier American School of Tangier (AST; ar, المدرسة الأمریکیة بطنجة) is an American international school in Tangier, Morocco, serving preschool through grade 12. In Morocco it is considered a non-profit organization, and AST is incorp ...

* Bibliothèque Générale et Archives *

Sup De Co Marrakech Sup de Co Marrakech (also École supérieure de commerce de Marrakech) is a private five year college based in Marrakech, Morocco. It was founded in 1987. Since 2006 the college started a master's degree in business in partnership with Sup de Co ...

Food

* Argan * Charmoula * Couscous * Harira *

List of Moroccan dishes This is a list of dishes in the Cuisine of Morocco. Entries in beige color indicate types of generic foods. Main dishes Salads Condiments and sauces Desserts Drinks See also * Moroccan cuisine Moroccan cuisine () is the cuisine of ...

Moroccan tea culture Maghrebi mint tea (Maghrebi Arabic: , ''atay''; ar, الشاي بالنعناع, aš-šhāy bin-na'nā'; ), also known as Moroccan mint tea and Algerian mint tea, is a North African green tea prepared with spearmint leaves and sugar. It is tr ...

* Pastilla * Ras el hanout * Tajine

Geography

Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretches around through Moroc ...

* High Atlas *

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Cape Juby Cape Juby (, trans. ''Raʾs Juby'', es, link=no, Cabo Juby) is a cape on the coast of southern Morocco, near the border with Western Sahara, directly east of the Canary Islands. Its surrounding area, including the cities of Tarfaya and Tan-T ...

Cape Spartel Cape Spartel ( ar, رأس سبارطيل; french: Cap Spartel; ary, أشبرتال) is a promontory in Morocco about above sea level at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, 12 km West of Tangier. Below the cape are the Caves of Hercules. ...

Chellah The Chellah or Shalla ( ber, script=Latn, Sla or ; ar, شالة), is a medieval fortified Muslim necropolis and ancient archeological site in Rabat, Morocco, located on the south (left) side of the Bou Regreg estuary. The earliest evidence of th ...

Lixus (ancient city) Lixus is an ancient city founded by Phoenicians (8th-7th century BCE) before the city of Carthage. Its distinguishing feature is that it was continuously occupied from antiquity to the Islamic Era, and has ruins dating to the Phoenician (8th–6 ...

* Rif Mountains *

Tamuda Tamuda was an ancient Berber city and military camp in Mauretania Tingitana. It is located 6 km (4 miles) west of the present-day Tetouan in northern Morocco. Stone ruins from the site are found by the south bank of the Martil Valley. It wa ...

* Lake Tiguelmamine *

Todra Gorge The Todgha Gorges (; ar, مضيق تودغا‌) are a series of limestone river canyons, or wadi, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinerhir. Both the Todgha and neighbouring Dades Rivers are responsib ...

* Volubilis *

Zaër The Zaër is an Arab tribal confederacy of mixed Maqil-Arab origins. The confederacy is composed of two tribal groups : Kefiane and Mzar'a. The Kefiane group is settling the western and southern part of the Confederacy's territory and is made of ...

Rommani Rommani ( ar, الرماني Berber: ⴰⵔⵓⵎⴻⵏⵉ transliterated ar-Rammānī) is a Moroccan town in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra. It is situated at approximately 60 km (40 Mi) southeast of Morocco's capital of Rabat an ...

History

Algeciras Conference The Algeciras Conference of 1906 took place in Algeciras, Spain, and lasted from 16 January to 7 April. The purpose of the conference was to find a solution to the First Moroccan Crisis of 1905 between France and Germany, which arose as Germany ...

Ameziane museum Ameziane museum is a private museum opened in Nador, Morocco in May 2006. The museum prompted controversy as it is dedicated to Maréchal Mohamed Ameziane, a former military chief of staff during the Third Rif War in early 20th century whom many ...

* Army of Liberation *

Battle of Alcazarquivir A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

Battle of Azamor The Battle of Azemmour took place in Morocco, on 28 and 29 August 1513 between the Portuguese Empire and the Moroccan Wattasid dynasty. Azemmour, dependent on the King of Fes, even enjoying of great autonomy, paid vassalage to the king Joã ...

Battle of Marrakech The Battle of Marrakesh was a central battle in the Hafidiya, in which Abd al-Hafid seized power from his brother Abd al-Aziz, fought outside Marrakesh, Morocco on August 19, 1908. A battalion led by Abd al-Aziz departed from Rabat and was amb ...

* Battle of Tondibi * Berber Dahir * Goumier *

Grands Caids The ''grands caids'' were Berber feudal rulers of southern quarter of Morocco under the French Morocco, French Protectorate. References

French Morocco {{Morocco-stub ...

* Greater Morocco * History of republicanism in Morocco *

First Moroccan Crisis The First Moroccan Crisis or the Tangier Crisis was an international crisis between March 1905 and May 1906 over the status of Morocco. Germany wanted to challenge France's growing control over Morocco, aggravating France and Great Britain. The ...

French Morocco The French protectorate in Morocco (french: Protectorat français au Maroc; ar, الحماية الفرنسية في المغرب), also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco between 1912 to 1956. The prote ...

* Colonial Heads of French Morocco *

Colonial Heads of Spanish Morocco The Spanish protectorate in Morocco ; es, Protectorado español de Marruecos, links=no, was established on 27 November 1912 by a treaty between France and Spain that converted the Spanish sphere of influence in Morocco into a formal protect ...

* Green March *

Ifni War The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain (''la Guerra Olvidada''), was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi I ...

* Kingdom of Nekor *

Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship Moroccan Americans are Americans of Moroccan ancestry. This includes people who have dual Moroccan and United States citizenship. History of immigration Moroccan presence in the United States was rare until the mid-twentieth century. The fir ...

* Republic of the Rif * First Rif War * Third Rif War *

Sand War The Sand War or the Sands War () was a border conflict between Algeria and Morocco in October 1963. It resulted largely from the Moroccan government's claim to portions of Algeria's Tindouf and Béchar provinces. The Sand War led to heightene ...

* Second Moroccan Crisis *

Spanish Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Tangier Crisis The First Moroccan Crisis or the Tangier Crisis was an international crisis between March 1905 and May 1906 over the status of Morocco. German Empire, Germany wanted to challenge French Third Republic, France's growing control over Morocco, aggr ...

Tangier Protocol The Tangier Protocol (formally the Convention regarding the Organisation of the Statute of the Tangier Zone) was an agreement signed between France, Spain, and the United Kingdom by which the city of Tangier in Morocco became the Tangier Internat ...

* Treaty of Fez * History of Western Sahara * Years of Lead

Human rights

* Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme * Gay rights in Morocco *

Mudawana The ''Mudawana Ousra'' (or ''Moudawana Ousra'', ar, المدوّنة, lit=code), short for ''mudawwanat al-aḥwāl al-ousaria-shakhṣiyyah'' (, ), is the personal status code, also known as the family code, in Moroccan law. It concerns issu ...

* Al Wifaq *

Association Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme The Moroccan Association for Human Rights ( ar, الجمعية المغربية لحقوق الإنسان, french: Association marocaine des droits humains, abbreviated AMDH) is one of the biggest Moroccan human rights non-governmental organizat ...

* Royal institute of the Amazigh culture * Makhzen *

Tazmamart Tazmamart ( ar, سجن تازمامرت) was a secret prison in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, holding political prisoners. The prison became a symbol of oppression in the political history of contemporary Morocco. It is located near the city of ...

* Years of Lead

Languages

* Atlas languages *

Moroccan Arabic Moroccan Arabic ( ar, العربية المغربية الدارجة, translit=al-ʻArabīya al-Maghribīya ad-Dārija ), also known as Darija (), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghrebi ...

Berber languages The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight,, ber, label=Tuareg Tifinagh, ⵜⵎⵣⵗⵜ, ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber commun ...

* Ghomara language * Judeo-Berber language *

Riff languages ] In some classifications, the Riff (Rif) languages are a branch of the Zenati languages, Zenati Berber languages ( Northern Berber), of the Rif area of Morocco, that includes Riffian, one of the major Berber languages. Blench (2006) considers ...

Senhaja de Srair language Senhaja de Srair ("Senhaja of Srair") is a Northern Berber language. It is spoken by the Sanhaja Berbers inhabiting the southern part of the Moroccan Rif. It is spoken in the Ketama area west of Tarifit in the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region. D ...

* Atlas languages * Riffian language * Shilha language

Media

List of newspapers in Morocco Newspapers in Morocco are primarily published in Arabic and French, and to a lesser extent in Berber, English, and Spanish. ''Africa Liberal'', a Spanish daily, was the first paper published in the country which was launched in 1820. ''Al Maghri ...

2M TV 2M is a Moroccan free-to-air television network. It was established by the royal-owned conglomerate, ONA, before being partly sold to the Moroccan state. Of 2M, 45.3% is owned by Atlas Benjelloun's holding company SNI, while approximately 32. ...

Assahifa Al Ousbouia ''Assahifa Al Ousbouia'' (English: ''The Weekly Paper'') is an Arabic language weekly newspaper in Morocco. History and profile ''Assahifa Al Ousbouia'' was founded in 1998. The newspaper is a sister publication of ''Le Journal Hebdomadaire ''L ...

Attajdid ''Attajdid'' (''The Renewal'' in English) is a Moroccan newspaper which is published in Arabic. History and profile ''Attajdid'' was established in 1999. The paper has a generally Muslim conservative stance and the media outlet of the Movement ...

Le Journal Hebdomadaire ''Le Journal Hebdomadaire'' (French for ''The Weekly Journal''; often shortened to ''Le Journal Hebdo'') was a French-language, Moroccan weekly magazine, published between 1997 and 2010.Sylvain MouillardAu Maroc, le «Journal hebdomadaire» jett ...

Maghreb Arab Press Maroc Agence Presse (known as MAP, french: Maroc Agence Presse) is the Moroccan state-owned official news agency. History and profile The agency was founded on 31 May 1959 by Mehdi Bennouna in Rabat. It was nationalized in 1973. The director ...

Médi 1 Medi1 Radio ( ar, مدي 1, also known as Radio Méditerranée Internationale) is a private, Commercial broadcasting, commercial Morocco, Moroccan radio network. Medi 1 has an audience of around 23 million people. It is emitted from Nador transmitt ...

Morocco Times ''Morocco Times'' was an English language Moroccan Internet-based newspaper, the first of its kind. History ''Morocco Times'' was started on 22 November 2004, and was owned by the Maroc Soir Group Maroc Soir Group is a pro-government publishing ...

* Organisme de Justification de la Diffusion * Tel Quel magazine
Morocco Board News

Military

* Harry Aubrey de Maclean * Black Guard * Marche Verte *

Military of Morocco The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (, ) are the military forces of the Kingdom of Morocco. They consist of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Royal Gendarmerie, and the Royal Guard. The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces are large, expensive and well ...

Moroccan Royal Guard The Moroccan Royal Guard ( ar, الحرس الملكي المغربي, french: Garde royale marocaine, es, Guardia Real Marroquí) is officially part of the Royal Moroccan Army. However it is under the direct operational control of the Royal Mili ...

* Order of Ouissam Alaouite *

Royal Moroccan Air Force The Royal Moroccan Air Force ( ar, القوات الجوية الملكية; ber, Adwas ujenna ageldan; french: Forces Royales Air) is the air force of the Moroccan Armed Forces. History The Moroccan air force was formed on 14 May 1956 as the ...

Sand war The Sand War or the Sands War () was a border conflict between Algeria and Morocco in October 1963. It resulted largely from the Moroccan government's claim to portions of Algeria's Tindouf and Béchar provinces. The Sand War led to heightene ...

Politics

Baker Plan The Baker Plan (formally, Peace Plan for Self-Determination of the People of Western Sahara) is a United Nations initiative to grant self-determination to Western Sahara. It was intended to replace the Settlement Plan of 1991, which was further ...

Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs ( ar, المجلس الملكي الاستشاري للشؤون الصحراوية; french: Conseil royal consultatif pour les affaires sahariennes) is an advisory committee to the Moroccan governm ...

, known as CORCAS *

Democracy in Morocco Politics of Morocco take place in a framework of a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, whereby the prime minister of Morocco is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative ...

* Elections in Morocco *

Moroccan parliamentary election, 2007 Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007, the second of King Mohammed VI's reign. Voter turnout was estimated to be 37%, the lowest in Moroccan political history. There were 33 different parties and 13 independent candidat ...

Foreign relations of Morocco Morocco is a member of the United Nations and belongs to the African Union, Arab League, Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Non-Aligned Movement and the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN_SAD). Morocco's ...

* Morocco and the European Union *

Human rights in Morocco Morocco became a highly repressive country under the absolute monarchy of King Hassan II, and continues to be considered repressive under the reign of King Mohammed VI, though the latter has instituted some reforms. Dozens of journalists, artists, ...

Houston Agreement The Houston Agreement was the result of negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco on the organization of a referendum, which would constitute an expression of self-determination for the people of Western Sahara, possibly leading to full i ...

* List of political parties in Morocco * List of United States ambassadors to Morocco * Makhzen *

Monarchy

King of Morocco This is the list of rulers of Morocco, since the establishment of the state in 789. The common and formal titles of these rulers has varied, depending on the time period. Since 1957, the designation King has been used. The present King of Moroc ...

Line of succession to the Moroccan Throne According to Article 20 of the Constitution, the crown of Morocco passes according to agnatic primogeniture among the descendants of King Hassan II – unless the reigning monarch designates a younger son as heir apparent – failing which ...

Constitution

Legislative branch

Parliament of Morocco The Parliament of Morocco (; ; ) is the bicameral legislature located in Rabat, the capital of Morocco. History The traditional representative system in Morocco was organized through traditional structures such as the ulema assembly by cities ...

Assembly of Councillors The House of Councillors ( ; ; ) is the upper house of the Parliament of Morocco and has 120 members, elected for a six-year term. 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level, who represent the subnational administrative areas (collec ...

* Assembly of Representatives of Morocco

Executive branch

* Heads of Government of Morocco *

Prime Minister of Morocco The prime minister of Morocco (officially Head of Government, ar, رئيس حكومة المملكة المغربية, rayiys hukumat almamlakat almaghribia) is the head of government of the Kingdom of Morocco. The prime minister is chosen by t ...

Judicial branch

Moroccan Dahir A Dahir ( ar, ظهير, translit=Ẓahīr) is a Moroccan King's decree. Examples * June 4, 1864, promoting free trade with foreign countries * November, 1892, Establishing the first cherifan organized postal service * February, 1907, dahir est ...

Religion

* Amir al-Muminin *

Church of Saint Andrew, Tangier The Church of Saint Andrew is an Anglican church in Tangier, Morocco. Consecrated in 1905, the church is within the Archdeaconry of Gibraltar. The building is constructed in a Moorish architectural style. History In 1880, Hassan I of Morocco do ...

Christianity in Morocco Christians in Morocco constitute less than 1% of the country's population of 33,600,000 (2014 census). Most of the Christian adherents are Catholic and Protestants. The U.S. State Department estimates the number of Moroccan Christians as more ...

Hassan II Mosque The Hassan II Mosque ( ar, مسجد الحسن الثاني, french: Grande Mosquée Hassan II) is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the List of largest mosques, 7th largest in the world. Its ...

History of the Jews in Morocco Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community. Before the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, there were about 250,000 to 350,000 Jews in the country, which gave Morocco the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world, but by 2017 only 2 ...

Islam in Morocco Islam is the largest religion in Morocco, with more than 99% of the population adhering to it. The largest subset of Muslims in Morocco are Maliki Sunni; other numerous groups include practitioners of Zahirism and non-denominational Muslims. ...

Koutoubia Mosque The Kutubiyya Mosque ( ; Berber: ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵍⴽⵓⵜⵓⴱⵉⵢⵢⴰ, french: Mosquée Koutoubia) or Koutoubia Mosque is the largest mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco. The mosque's name is also variably rendered as Jami' al-Ku ...

Roman Catholicism in Morocco The Catholic Church in Morocco is part of the worldwide Catholic Church (particularly the Latin Church), under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholics account for only about .07% of the overall population of over 31 million. The cou ...

Habous A waqf ( ar, وَقْف; ), also known as hubous () or ''mortmain'' property is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law. It typically involves donating a building, plot of land or other assets for Muslim religious or charitable ...

Women Religious Leaders in Morocco

Science and technology

Casablanca Technopark Casablanca Technopark is an information technology business cluster complex located at Casablanca, Morocco. It was inaugurated in October 2001. Background It is Morocco's first industrial park. The building was designed by Mourad Ben Embarek. The ...

Society

Culture of Morocco The culture of Morocco is a blend of Arab, Berber, Jewish, and Western European cultures. It represents and is shaped by a convergence of influences throughout history. This sphere may include, among others, the fields of personal or collective be ...

* Royal institute of the Amazigh culture * Al Wifaq *

* Moroccan nationality law *

Public holidays in Morocco This is a list of holidays in Morocco. Public holidays Movable holidays The following holidays ''are'' public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in whi ...

Ethnic groups in Morocco

* :Ethnic groups in Morocco * :Arab tribes in Morocco * :Berber Moroccans * Template:Arab tribes of Morocco * Template:Berber tribes of Morocco *

Berbers , image = File:Berber_flag.svg , caption = The Berber ethnic flag , population = 36 million , region1 = Morocco , pop1 = 14 million to 18 million , region2 = Algeria , pop2 ...

Arab-Berbers Arab-Berbers ( ar, العرب والبربر ''al-ʿarab wa-l-barbar'') are a population of the Maghreb, a vast region of North Africa in the western part of the Arab world along the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Arab-Berbers are peop ...

Maghrebi Arabs Maghrebi Arabs ( ar, :العرب المغاربة ''al-‘Arab al-Maghariba'') or North African Arabs ( ar, عرب شمال أفريقيا ''‘Arab Shamal Ifriqiya'') are the inhabitants of the North African Maghreb region whose native language i ...

* Arabized Berber *

* Romani people in Morocco * Maghrebis

People

Sports and games

Football

Royal Moroccan Football Federation The Royal Moroccan Football Federation ( ar, الجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم), (french: Fédérarion Royale marocaine de football) is the governing body of football in Morocco. It was established in 1956. It beca ...

* GNF 1 *

GNF 2 Botola Pro 2, commonly known as Botola 2 (formerly known before as the ''Groupement National de Football 2''), is the second division of the Moroccan football league, behind the Botola, the highest football league in Morocco. It features 16 teams ...

Moroccan Cup The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup is a football tournament sponsored by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and brings together Moroccan clubs who play on the knockout system until two teams reach the final match. Unlike the league cha ...

Morocco national football team The Morocco national football team,french: Équipe du Maroc de football nicknamed "the Barbary lion, Atlas Lions", represents Morocco in men's international Association football, football competitions. It is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Foo ...

Moroccan football league system The Moroccan football league system are two professional leagues, and four levels of small amateur football leagues. All the leagues are connected by a promotion and relegation In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where team ...

* Morocco women's national football team

Formula 1

Moroccan Grand Prix The Moroccan Grand Prix (Arabic: سباق الجائزة الكبرى المغربي) was a Grand Prix first organised in 1925 in Casablanca, Morocco with the official denomination of "Casablanca Grand Prix". History In 1930, the race was held ...

Golf

* Moroccan Open

Marathons

* Marathon des sables

Olympics

* Morocco at the 1972 Summer Olympics * Morocco at the 1984 Summer Olympics * Morocco at the 1992 Summer Olympics * Morocco at the 1996 Summer Olympics * Morocco at the 2000 Summer Olympics * Morocco at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rugby

Fédération Royale Marocaine De Rugby The Royal Moroccan Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Royale Marocaine de Rugby) is the governing body for rugby union in Morocco. It is affiliated with the International Rugby Board and is responsible for the Morocco national rugby union team ...

* Morocco national rugby league team

Tennis

* GP SAR La Princess Lalla Meryem

Kickboxing

Ibrahim El Boustati Ibrahim El Boustati (born 1 October 1995) is a Dutch-Moroccan kickboxer competing as a cruiserweight and heavyweight in Enfusion and has spent his whole career fighting under their banner. He has held titles in three different weight classes i ...

Territory

International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara The International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara was a 1975 advisory, non-binding opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of two questions presented to it by the UN General Assembly under Resolution 3292 regardi ...

* Plaza de soberanía *

Prefectures and provinces of Morocco In Morocco, the 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces. They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco. Each prefecture or province is subdivided into arrondissements (only in prefectures of some metro ...

* Rif * Southern Provinces * United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara *

Western Sahara Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...

Terrorism

2003 Casablanca bombings The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco. The attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country's history. Forty-five people were killed in the attacks (33 victims and 12 ...

2007 Casablanca bombings The 2007 Casablanca bombings refer to a series of suicide bombings in March and April 2007 in Casablanca, Morocco. March bombing March 11 There was a suicide bombing on March 11, 2007, in Casablanca, Morocco. The suicide bombers came from the ...

Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, known by the French acronym GICM (''Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain''), is a Salafi jihadist terrorist organisation affiliated with Al-Qaeda. The GICM is one of several North African terrorist franchise ...

Nadim al-Maghrebi Nadim al-Maghrebi ( ar, نديم المغربي) is an Islamist militant organization formed in 2006 that seeks to remove Ceuta and Melilla from Spanish rule. It has issued a statement through the Internet asking Muslims to declare "war on Spanish ...

Transport

Autoroutes du Maroc Autoroute may refer to the following: * Controlled-access highway, particularly in French-speaking countries * Routing (electronic design automation), when routes to wires in a design are automatically assigned * Microsoft AutoRoute, European name ...

Air Atlas Express Air Atlas Express was a charter airline based in Morocco. It started operations on December 20, 2002, and ceased operations in 2004. Fleet The Air Atlas Express fleet included: *1 Boeing 737-400 The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narr ...

* Al Massira Airport *

Atlas Blue Atlas Blue was a low-cost airline with its head office on the grounds of Marrakech-Menara Airport in Marrakech, Morocco, operating out of Menara International Airport. Atlas Blue was a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc (RAM), operating chartered and ...

Borac Laraki Laraki Automobiles SA is a Moroccan manufacturer of high-performance sports cars based in Casablanca, Morocco. History Laraki was established in 1999 by Abdesslam Laraki, a Moroccan designer and entrepreneur who first became wealthy by impor ...

* Compagie de Transports au Maroc * Fulgura * Jet4You *

Laraki Laraki Automobiles SA is a Moroccan manufacturer of high-performance sports cars based in Casablanca, Morocco. History Laraki was established in 1999 by Abdesslam Laraki, a Moroccan designer and entrepreneur who first became wealthy by import ...

* Menara International Airport * Mohammed V International Airport *

Moroccan expressways Morocco's network of motorways is administered by the state-owned company Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM). It runs the network on a pay-per-use basis, with toll stations placed along its length. The general speed limit is 120 km/h. History The fi ...

ONCF ONCF (from French: ''Office National des Chemins de Fer''; ar, المكتب الوطني للسكك الحديدية ''Al-Maktab al-Waṭaniy lil-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah''; ''Moroccan National Railways Office'') is Morocco's national railway ope ...

ONDA Onda or Ondas may refer to: Places * Onda, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Washington County * Onda, Castellón, a municipality of province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain * Onda, Bankura, a village in Bankura district, West Ben ...

Port of Casablanca The Port of Casablanca ( , ) refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Casablanca's harbours and which handle Casablanca's shipping. The port is located near Hassan II Mosque. The Port ...

Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc (; ar, الخطوط الملكية المغربية, , literally ''Royal Moroccan Lines'' or ''Royal Moroccan Airlines''; ber, ⴰⵎⵓⵏⵉ ⴰⵢⵍⴰⵍ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ''Amuni Aylal Age ...

* Saïss Airport

Not classified (so far)

1960 Agadir earthquake The 1960 Agadir earthquake occurred 29 February at 23:40 Western European Time near the city of Agadir, located in western Morocco on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the earthquake's moderate scale magnitude of 5.8, its relatively shal ...

American Legation, Tangier The Tangier American Legation ( ar, المفوضية الأميركية في طنجة; french: Légation américaine de Tanger), officially the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIMS), is a building in the ''medina'' of ...

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El Badi Palace El Badi Palace ( ar, قصر البديع, lit=Palace of Wonder/Brilliance, also frequently translated as the "Incomparable Palace") or Badi' Palace is a ruined palace located in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was commissioned by the sultan Ahmad al-Mans ...

Flag of Morocco The flag of Morocco ( ar, علم المغرب) is the flag used by the government of Morocco which served as the national flag of Morocco since 17 November 1915. It is a red field with a green star in the center. The green star represents the fi ...

Groupes urbains de sécurité Groupes urbains de sécurité (GUS) (also known as "Croatia") ( en, Urban Security Groups) is a defunct Moroccan special police unit which dealt with urban matters using the "rapid intervention approach." Background GUS was established by the Di ...

Hymne Chérifien The Cherifian Anthem ( ar, النشيد الشريف, translit=an-našīd aš-šarīf; ber, ⵉⵣⵍⵉ ⴰⵛⵔⵉⴼ, translit=izli ashrif),; ber, ⵉⵣⵍⵉ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ, translit=izli anamur n lmɣrib). was ...

Majorelle Garden The Majorelle Garden (french: Jardin Majorelle, ar, حديقة ماجوريل hadiqat mmajuril, ber, ⵓⵔⵜⵉ ⵎⴰⵊⵓⵔⵉⵍ urti majuril) is a botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech, Morocco. It was created by th ...

* Mechouar * Morocco orange tip * Saadian Tombs *

Morocco (Epcot) The Morocco Pavilion is a Moroccan-themed pavilion that is part of the World Showcase, within Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, United States. It was the first expansion pavilion to be added to World Showcase, opening on September ...

* List of administrative divisions of Morocco by area *

List of administrative divisions of Morocco by population This is a list of the second-level administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Morocco including all provinces and prefectures in descending order of their total populations as per the Census Report of 200
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* List of indoor arenas in Morocco