Lovefield is a Short Film by Mathieu Ratthe combines elements of HORROR, SUSPENSE and DRAMA to create a story that takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Al Jazeera TV's Morocco operations suspended
Morocco has suspended the activities of pan-Arab Al Jazeera television on its territory, Morocco's official MAP news agency reported on Friday, citing the Communications Ministry.
The agency said the suspension would take immediate effect and that the accreditations of the Qatar-based televi...sion station's staff in Morocco would also be suspended.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
best movies ever Via zagat.com
The Zagat Survey says ‘The Godfather’ is the best movie of all time. And the second best. The publishers of the popular guidebooks to restaurants, recently released its “World’s Best Movies,” a new guide to the top 1,000 movies, as chosen by more than 20,000 moviegoers who voted on zagat.com.
Leading the list of top 20 films is the 1972 hit, “The Godfather,” followed by the sequel, 1974’s “The Godfather Part II.”
No. 3 on the list is the 1942 classic, “Casablanca,”
while 1993’s “Schindler’s List”...
World Cup-Predicting “Paul the Octopus” Dies
The octopus that accurately predicted the outcomes of eight World Cup matches this year died peacefully on Tuesday in Sea Life Center aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany. The staff members responsible for his care say they’re “devastated” and are considering erecting a permanent monument to him on the aquarium grounds.
Named “Paul” by the media and aquarium staffers, the octopus achieved international fame by picking the winner of every World Cup match he was presented with. His caretakers would place...
Monday, October 25, 2010
Medi1TV ON you're Tv This Saturday October 30
The Moroccan Tv Medi1sat Becomes MEDI1Tv , and start with it's new vision this Saturday October 30...
Lady Gaga First Artist to Reach 1 Billion YouTube Views
Mark down another first for pop singer Lady Gaga, who goes into the record books as the first recording artist to reach one billion views on YouTube.
"We reached 1 Billion views on youtube little monsters!" she wrote yesterday in a Tweet to her 7 million followers. "If we stick together we can do anything. I dub u kings and queens of youtube! Unite!"
If you're handicapping how long her Ladyship can hang onto her cyber title, keep in mind that Justin Bieber is not far behind with more than 962 million views
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American swimmer dies during World Cup race in UAE
In a tragic incident, a 26-year-old American swimmer died during an open-water, long distance race in the United Arab Emirates.
Francis 'Fran' Crippen, a world open water championship bronze medalist, died during the marathon 10 km swimming World Cup race in the emirate of Fujairah.Crippen went missing during the competition. A frantic search followed with other swimmers, divers and Coast Guard boats deployed to action.After his body was found, adding to the shock and dismay of the whole incident,...
Tribute to french cinéma
After Morocco, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Great-Britain and South Korea, the International Film Festival of Marrakech will pay tribute to France during its tenth edition, which will take place from December 3rd to December 11th 2010. Birthplace of motion pictures, French cinema exerts a major influence on the European and the world film industries. Several distinguished international filmmakers, for whom France is a significant cinematographic reference, will programme a special retrospective of French...
Medi1Sat relooking
The Moroccan TV Medi1Sat going to terrestrial broadcast.
The High Council of Audiovisual Communication (CSCA) has given its authorization.
Medi1Sat promises that change with a new schedule to be presented Monday, in addition to a complete change of its identity.Medi1Sat, private Moroccan channel created in 2006, transmits its programs from Tangier,Become 100% Moroccan in April 2008 .Medi1Sat 24/7 in Arabic and French.
http://www.medi1sat.ma/
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Latifa Ahrar undressing! Body Art or streaptease?!
The Moroccan actress Latifa Ahrar surprised the spectators who attended her last theatrical piece in Dar Takafa, Daoudiate (Marrakech) by putting herself to undress on stage in a show full of audacity!
Latifa Ahrar fortunately decided to keep her underwear in front of Moroccan public of all ages and sexes, but especially for that facial expressions, and nudity in the theater is a strange culture! The public part of which has expressed his annoyance at once, screaming or leaving the scene completely.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Relief agency: Morocco abandons migrants
Doctors Without Borders says Morocco has expelled hundreds of illegal immigrants, including women and children, to a no-man's-land without food or water after violent raids in several cities in the North African kingdom.
The humanitarian group claims 600 to 700 people were arrested during raids from Aug. 19 to Sept. 10 and abandoned near the Morocco-Algeria border. It claims police sometimes destroyed immigrants' shelters with bulldozers.
Doctors Without Borders says it cared for 186 immigrants,...
Etisalat sees Morocco opportunities shrinking: paper
Etisalat sees shrinking investment opportunities in Morocco after France Telecom beat it in the race to acquire a stake in local operator Meditel, a company executive was quoted as saying.
Etisalat had said it was interested in acquiring a stake in Meditel, Morocco's second-biggest telecoms operator, but France Telecom last week signed a deal to take a 40 percent share for 640 million euros.
"After the Meditel deal, I believe investment opportunities in Morocco have shrunk compared to the past,...
Morocco Officially Submit Application To Host 2015 Or 2017 AFCON
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A close associate of FRMF President Ali Fassi Fihri and federal bureau member Karim Alem has confirmed that Morocco have presented an application to CAF which details Morocco’s interest in hosting either the 2015 or 2017 edition of the African Cup of Nations.
“We have submitted a complete dossier to CAF that fully meets their specifications. Only four stadiums are required by CAF. We’re very largely ahead of what’s demanded. We organized the AFCON 22 years ago and that gives very...
Morocco: 21.5 % increase in goods exports
Morocco's goods exports stood, in the year to August, at 93.14 billion dirhams (1 USD = 8.18 MAD), up 21.5% on the same period of 2009, according to the Office des Changes, Morocco's exchange rate monitoring body.
Exports of phosphates and derivatives grew 79%, reaching 22.3 billion dirhams, as against 12.4 billion dirhams a year earlier, the office said in its monthly indicators of Morocco's foreign trade.
Phosphates sales reached 5.48 billion dirhams compared to 3.29 billion dirhams, up 66.3%,...
Northern Ireland to play Morocco in Belfast friendly
Northern Ireland are to play Morocco in a friendly match at Windsor Park in Belfast on Wednesday 17 November.
Morocco will be preparing for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Algeria, Tanzania and the Central African Republic.
Northern Ireland see the game as useful as they do not have European qualifiers between the Faroe Islands on 12 October and Serbia on 25 March.
Northern Ireland are 45th in the Fifa rankings, 50 places above Morocco.
The teams have met just once before with...
Morocco to fund new hospital in Rafah
The Moroccan government will fund construction of a hospital in the city of Rafah, sources in the Gaza government said Saturday.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh reportedly allocated 50 dunums (50,000 square meters) of Gaza Strip lands west of Rafah to build the facility.
Sources in the government said the location was chosen following studies, which indicated the district was in most urgent need of a medical care facilities for the 200,000 residents of the city.
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Morocco's Largest Arabic Newsweekly to Fold Under State Pressure
The publisher of Nichane, the most widely read Arabic-language newsweekly in Morocco, is set to announce today that the provocative publication will close its doors due to insurmountable pressure from the country's restrictive monarchy. While the Moroccan government does not directly control media, it often pressures critical or counterculture outlets, particularly Nichane, by imposing fines, imprisoning journalists, destroying thousands of print copies, and sometimes sending police to shut down...
