While the inscription of couscous on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list is the result of an agreement between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Tunisia, the current Moroccan Minister of Culture, Mehdi Bensaid, is trying to revive the differences around the paternity of this ancestral dish.
This year on Instagram, the city of Rabat ranked 14th among the UNESCO World Heritage sites most popular with Internet users.
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 of the major attractions of the capital, took place on Saturday.
Websites close to the Algerian regime are working to "steal" Moroccan productions of the Malhoun, an intangible, civilizational and cultural heritage of the kingdom that is about to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Moroccan men of letters, artists, intellectuals and academics denounce this act.
A young Moroccan was arrested in Mexico for drawing graffiti on the facade of the Palace of Fine Arts in the capital. He faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Moroccan researchers Jihane Ouchrif and Najlaa Fathi are among the five winners of the 2020 edition of the L’Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" program. This program annually rewards young female talents from the Maghreb in the field of research and science.
The Ambassador of Morocco to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Samir Addahre officially received, on Wednesday, February 18, the certificate of registration of couscous on the list of intangible cultural heritage. This follows the application filed on December 16 and jointly presented by Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Algeria.
The Unesco representative for the Maghreb, based in Rabat, has been suspended from her duties for remarks deemed inappropriate towards the Moroccan team. The complaints filed since July 2020 come from four Moroccan employees, who accuse the Lebanese Golda el-Khoury of having created a "hostile" work environment.
The Maghreb countries have succeeded in having couscous inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The announcement was made on Wednesday on the institution’s website.
Couscous, a typically Moroccan dish common to all the countries of the Maghreb, could become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The organization is holding the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, from December 14 to 19.
The young Moroccan researcher-professor Hajar Mousannif is in the running for the prestigious "Women Tech" award, in the "Global AI Inclusion Award" category. This award celebrates women who stand out in high technology internationally.
Nearly 25,000 rare archaeological pieces, particularly related to prehistory and paleontology, have been recovered by Morocco. These pieces had been seized by French Customs in 2005 and 2006.