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HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, visited Wednesday the ancient library of Al-Karaouine in Fes. Upon his arrival, Prince Charles was received by Regional Director of  Morocco‘s Culture Ministry in Fes and the curator of the Al Karaouine Library, before touring the various rooms of the facility, including the Assaadiyine dome where manuscripts are exhibited.

On this occasion, Prince Charles met four students at Al-Karaouine scientific chairs who will benefit from scholarships granted by the British government.
He also met Al-Karaouine’s Ulema (religious scholars) as well as the British cultural centre’s director in Morocco.
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The old town in Fez is steeped in history – from its walled citadel to the oldest surviving university in the world. It has recently been named a UNESCO World Heritage site.

In a way, though, that is bad news for the traditional Moroccans who have lived in the old buildings for generations: renovating them is too expensive for families on meagre incomes.

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Rome – Italian Tourism Minister Michela Vittoria Brambilla highlighted the considerable development witnessed in Morocco’s tourism sector, one of the favourite tourist destinations for Italians.

« The kingdom witnessed a great tourism development during the last fifteen years » noted the Italian official.

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The upcoming launch of the training project on active learning in science and technology in partnership Initiated by electronic banking centers in Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania and West Africa, will be an opportunity to discuss different strategies and opportunities to expand the uses of smart cards in the region of North Africa, central and west.

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Team-Immo, aims to offer its customers access to its property portfolio and contacts to buy or sell a property, as well as provide high level services in consulting and real estate investment to purchase luxury properties.

We manage properties through all over the world, closed to the best place you are looking for like Saint-Tropez, Geneva, Marrakech, Monaco, Dubaï, Courchevel, Cannes, Juan-les-pins, Paris, Moskova, Port-Grimaud, Saint-Gervais, Lausanne, New-York, Gsaadt…

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Several landscapes and scenes from Moroccan daily life by Jacques Majorelle reflect his close links to the country where he settled in 1917. He drew inspiration from the city of Marrakesh and its environs, expressing all the chromatic variety of Moroccan culture in his Borjs Verts (estimate €90,000-120,000) and Souk à Marrakech (est. €40,000-60,000).

Giuseppe Signorini’s Portrait of a Musician and Giulio Rosati’s Two Riders at the Gallop, both watercolours, are highly representative of the Orientalist taste of Italian artists in the 19th century (est. €20,000-30,000).
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The Fourth International Conference on Information Systems and Economic Intelligence will be held from 17 to 19 February 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco.

Business intelligence is a field which uses technology to find and analyse business data. Common functions of business intelligence technologies are reporting, online analytical processing, analytics, data mining, business performance management, benchmarking, text mining and predictive analytics. The dynamic of business intelligence depends on the control of knowledge and requires competences to design the best strategies and ensure that decision makers have the right information.

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The Kingdom of Morocco looks forward to a strong partnership with India in sectors including solar & wind energy, agriculture and tourism’. Morocco plans to generate 42% of its energy from solar, wind and hydro projects by 2020 under Green Morocco Programme and this offers immense business opportunities, said Mr Ahmed Reda Chami, Minister of Commerce, Industry, Foreign Investment and New Technologies, Kingdom of Morocco addressing the Luncheon Session on Emerging Morocco – a gate to opportunities at the 17th Partnership Summit, 2011 organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and the Government of Maharashtra here today.

Mr Chami also mentioned that the strategic location of Tangier Med Port not only offers Indian companies the connectivity with EU and African countries but also with the US. He reiterated that the banking and financial sector was very strong in Morocco having Basel II compliance and good reach across Africa.

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Morroco strives to attract one million Spanish toursist in 2013, Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) chief Abdelhamid Addou said Wednesday (January 19th) at an international tourism fair in Madrid. The kingdom hosted nearly 750,000 Spanish tourists last year, marking an increase of 11% over 2009.

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