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News Roundup: “Chnou Bghiti Nti:” Gender Equality in Morocco; Morocco celebrates its Jewish heritage; Intracom Telecom’s Advanced Radios

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Photo credit: The Jewish News of Northern California

March 10, 2020

Three stories you need to read today. Compiled and broken down for you by Reporting Morocco student journalists — every day. Brought to you from the School for International Training’s journalism program, Rabat.

“Chnou Bghiti Nti:” A Campaign for Gender Equality in Morocco

Source: Morocco World News

Lede: On International Women’s Day, the “Chnou Bghiti Nti” campaign aims to raise awareness among Moroccans about gender inequalities and the needs of women in Morocco at the professional and personal levels.

Key Background: Global Shapers, a network of youth leaders driving dialogue, action, and change, launched the campaign today in partnership with We for She.

News Roundup: Israel attends anti-terrorism conference in Morocco; Polisario under Greatest Diplomatic Isolation;Morocco to Lose Tourists Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

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Photo credit: The Times of Israel

March 9th, 2020

Three stories you need to read today. Compiled and broken down for you by Reporting Morocco student journalists — every day. Brought to you from the School for International Training’s journalism program, Rabat.

In further sign of detente, Israel attends anti-terrorism conference in Morocco

Sources: The Times of Israel

Lede: In yet another indication of warming ties between Jerusalem and some Arab countries, an Israeli official this week actively participated in an anti-terrorism conference in Morocco.

Key background: In a joint statement released Thursday, participating countries and organizations acknowledged “the ever-changing threat posed by al-Qa’ida” and listed several principles to help promote “collective cooperation by participants to employ a comprehensive approach against the ever-changing and evolving al-Qa’ida threat.”

Why is this newsworthy: The story offers an interesting follow-up to the Trump proposed Morocco-Israel trade-off.

News Roundup: Coronavirus Madness

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Three stories you need to read today. Compiled and broken down for you by Reporting Morocco student journalists — every day. Brought to you from the School for International Training’s journalism program, Rabat.

Morocco reports 2nd coronavirus case

Source: Anadolu Agency
(Anadolu Agency is a state-run international news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey)

Lead: Morocco on Thursday confirmed its second case of COVID-19, the virus that has spread to 79 countries since it surfaced in Wuhan, China last December.

Key Background: The second person infected with coronavirus is a Moroccan citizen who returned from Italy late Wednesday, the North African country’s health ministry announced.

Intricate Mosaic

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Photo by Antonia Knox / Reporting Morocco

Elijah McKee, a student journalist for Reporting Morocco, walks in front of a tiled mosaic on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 in Rabat, Morocco.

News Roundup: Stockpiling Green Tea; US Sale of Arms; Journalist’s Trial

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Photo credit: Morocco World News

March 5, 2020

Three stories you need to read today. Compiled and broken down for you by Reporting Morocco student journalists — every day. Brought to you from the School for International Training’s journalism program, Rabat.

Morocco Stockpiles Green Tea Imports from China

Source: Morocco World News

Lede: The novel Coronavirus outbreak has severely impacted exports from and to China, including green tea.

Key Background: The president of The Moroccan association of tea and coffee manufacturers (AMITC), Mohamed Astaib announced that Morocco has imported a stock of tea that is sufficient for the next six months as a preventive measure.

The Latest in Language Confusion: Morocco Switches Back from Arabic to French

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Photo Credit: Rachel Berets.

The following article was written by Rachel Berets, an alumna of the SIT: Field Studies in Journalism and New Media fall 2019 semester.  Her piece was published in Al-Fanar Media on March 2, 2020.

RABAT—For three years as a young public-school teacher in Morocco, Abdelghani Erraki taught physics and chemistry in French without a hitch. But in 1983, following a wave of Arab nationalism, the Moroccan government decided to change the language of instruction in science, math, and technical classes from French to Arabic.

Erraki was given two weeks of training from the Ministry of Education and was expected to begin teaching completely in Arabic at the start of the school year.

News Roundup: Coronavirus; Cannabis; Virginity testing

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Photo credit: AFP. 

March 3, 2020.

Three stories you need to read today. Compiled and broken down for you by Reporting Morocco student journalists — every day. Brought to you from the School for International Training’s journalism program, Rabat.

Morocco declares first case of coronavirus

Source: Middle East Eye

Lede: Morocco has reported its first case of coronavirus as the illness continues to spread across the Middle East and North Africa.

The health ministry said the virus had been detected in a Moroccan man living in Italy who had returned to his home country.

News Roundup: Algerian Minister Condemns Moroccan Comments; Morocco Aids Military Exercise; King’s Migration Leadership Commended

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Moroccan soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Infantry Paratroopers in Senegal for Flintlock 2020.

Photo Credit: MA Defenses

March 2, 2020

Algerian Foreign Minister condemns Moroccan comments

Source: Middle East Monitor

Lede: Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum said that his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, had made “showcasing actions that often amounted to provocation and insult.”

Key Background: “Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita had strongly attacked Algeria, against the backdrop of its stance towards African countries’ opening of consulates in Laayoune city, which the Polisario Front considers the capital of Western Sahara.”

“Boukadoum added in a joint press conference with the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, on Saturday in the Algerian capital that Algeria ‘does not build its relations with insults.’ ”

Why this is newsworthy: This event is newsworthy because it illustrates conflict between Morocco and Algeria.

Oceanside

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Photo by Harrison Daley / Reporting Morocco

Jessica Blough and Marlon Hyde, student journalists for Reporting Morocco, explore tide pools on the coastline, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2020 in Rabat, Morocco.

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