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9 unusual facts about Morocco


Edward Micka

Two days later he participated in the attack on the Mediouna airdrome, conducting strafing runs at low altitudes.

F.C. Barreirense

Beyond these presences in the European Cup of Clubs, the club also played several international matches, such as, with Tennessee and Bittebeng from the United States of America, with ABC of Nantes from France, with Union Marrocaine from Morocco, with the selection of Brazil, with the Antwerp from Belgium, with the Ignis Varese from Italy, among many other big teams.

Jean-François Zevaco

Born in Casablanca, he studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, graduating in 1945 before establishing private practice in Morocco.

Joseph Sadi-Lecointe

Between 1925 and 1927 he returned to military service as a volunteer, taking part in the Rif War in Morocco, afterwards returning to his job as chief test pilot with Nieuport Delage.

Luis del Mármol Carvajal

This may explain their settlements and affinity with the Merinid and after the Wattasids dynasty, (وطاسيون waṭāsīyūn), ruling Fez, until, after 1554, the Saadi´s rulers, (Arabic: سعديون), from Tagmadert, at the Draa river valley, near Tidzi, near Zagora, conquered the town.

Nador railway stations

The station was opened on 10 July 2009 by King Mohammed VI, together with the town's other station Nador South and the line to Tawrirt.

The branch-line to/from Nador connects to the main east-west line near Taourirt.

Roches Noires

Roches Noires, Morocco, an arrondissement of eastern Casablanca, in the Aïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi district of the Grand Casablanca region of Morocco.

Skhirat-Témara

Skhirat-Témara is a prefecture of Morocco.


Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan

Mr Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan participated in Training Course on Judicial Ethics organised by Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA), London in June 2009 Also, he visited Morocco in 2010 after an official invitation and met the Chief Justice of Morocco and Minister of Law & Justice .

Ain Blal

Ain Blal is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Ain Orma

Ain Orma is a small town and rural commune in Meknès-El Menzeh Prefecture of the Meknès-Tafilalet region of Morocco.

Ait Bazza

Ait Bazza is a small town and rural commune in Boulemane Province of the Fès-Boulemane region of Morocco.

Ait Blal

Ait Blal is a small town and rural commune in Azilal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

Al Bahraoyine

Al Bahraoyine is a small coastal town bordering the Strait of Gibraltar and it is a rural commune in Fahs Anjra Prefecture of the Tangier-Tétouan region of Morocco.

Alfred Chester

He associated with Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles while in Morocco, but eventually had a falling out with them.

Anougal

Anougal is a small town and rural commune in Al Haouz Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Aqesri

Aqesri is a small town and rural commune in Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Arbaa Rasmouka

Arbaa Rasmouka is a small town and rural commune in Tiznit Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Argan

The Argan (Argania spinosa) is a species of tree endemic to the calcareous semi-desert Sous valley of southwestern Morocco and to the Algerian region of Tindouf in the western Mediterranean region.

Basketball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Morocco: Adil Baba (77), Nabil Bakkass (79), Mounir Bouhelal (79), Jaouad Dahbi (85), Alaeddine El Asli (84), Zakaria El Masbahi (79), Marouane El Mouttalibi (82), Mohamed Hjira (81), M.F. Houari Bassim (77), Mustapha Khalfi (80), Mohamed Mouak (78), Reda Rhalimi (82)

Bni Boufrah

Bni Boufrah is a small town and rural commune in Al Hoceïma Province of the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region of Morocco.

Bou Inania Madrasa

The madrasa became one of the most important religious institutions of Fes and Morocco, and gained the status of Grand Mosque.

Cabalzarite

It has also been reported from the Aghbar mine in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco.

Cristian Jeandet

In 2007 he had a spell in Morocco with Wydad Casablanca followed by a spell with Venezuelan top league club Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana.

Diogo de Boitaca

His first name is only mentioned once : in 1515 on the list of the members of the ill-fated expedition to São João da Mamora (present-day Mehdya in Morocco) where the Portuguese lost 4,000 men.

El Maader El Kabir

El Maader El Kabir is a small town and rural commune in Tiznit Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Estrella María Benzo Blas

With 21 years old, Estrella debuted in mid-2006 with her single "Qué Me Puede Quedar", in collaboration with the renowned Moroccan violinist Faiçal Kourrisc.

Fatima Aouam

Fatima Aouam (born December 16, 1959) is a former female middle distance runner from Morocco Settat Guisser.

Fotia

:The 3rd single, the music video for the single was filmed in Morocco for a TV-special aired by Mega Channel in early 1990.

Francisco Gómez-Jordana, 1st Count of Jordana

He was born in Madrid, the son of an officer who went on to become a Lieutenant General and one of the High Military Commissioners of Spain in Morocco.

Harlekin

It was begun at Easter 1975 in Morocco, and completed on Christmas Eve of the same year on Big Corn Island off the coast of Nicaragua (Kurtz 1992, 201).

Hassan Kettani

He was imprisoned for alleged connections to the 2003 Casablanca bombings, Kettani was pardoned vy Mohammed VI eight years later after efforts by his lawyer, human rights groups and Islamists success in Morocco's parliament.

Ida Ou Moumen

Ida Ou Moumen is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Imgdal

Imgdal is a small town and rural commune in Al Haouz Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Imouzzer

Imouzzer Ida Ou Tanane in Agadir-Ida Ou Tanane Prefecture, Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco

Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes

Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (born 13 May 1952 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned eleven international caps for the French national team during the 1970s and was part of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Jorge Sampaio

His maternal grandmother Sara Bensliman Bensaúde, who died in 1976, was a of Sephardi Jew from Morocco of Portuguese origin, and his maternal grandfather Fernando Branco (1880–1940) was a Naval Officer of the Portuguese Navy and later the Foreign Minister of Portugal; Sampaio himself is agnostic, and does not consider himself a Jew.

Khmis Ksiba

Khmis Ksiba is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Doukkala-Abda region of Morocco.

La Fattoria 3

Barbara D'Urso confirmed to run, now an expert presenter of reality, while on location in Morocco has sent the actor Francesco Salvi.

Lakhiaita

Lakhiaita is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Lamharza Essahel

Lamharza Essahel is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Doukkala-Abda region of Morocco.

Lamrabih

Lamrabih is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Kacem Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Mirleft

Mirleft is a small town and rural commune in Tiznit Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Moroccan Arabic

In the troubled and autocratic Morocco of the 70s (known as the years of lead), the legendary Nass El Ghiwane band wrote beautiful and allusive lyrics in Moroccan Arabic which were very appealing to the youth even in other Maghreb countries.

Morocco–Portugal relations

Of the 6 stand-alone fortresses, four of them only had a short duration: Graciosa (1489), São João da Mamora (1515), Castelo Real of Mogador (1506–10) and Aguz (1520–25).

Nessbeal

Nabil Sahli better known by his stage name Nessbeal (born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, on 16 August 1978) is a French rapper of Moroccan origin.

Northern Songhay languages

The sedentary varieties include Sawaq (Tasawaq) in northern Niger (with two dialects, Ingelsi in In-Gall and the extinct Emghedeshie of Agadez) and Korandje far to the north, 150 km east of the Algerian–Moroccan border at Tabelbala.

Nzalat Laadam

Nzalat Laadam is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Oulad Aamer Tizmarine

Oulad Aamer Tizmarine is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Ouled Cebbah

Ouled Cebbah is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Ras El Ain Chaouia

Ras El Ain Chaouia is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche

Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouche is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Doukkala-Abda region of Morocco.

Sidi Dahbi

Sidi Dahbi is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Tadrart

Tadrart, a village in the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco

Thomas Mack Wilhoite

Each section of the squadron drew assigned tasks on 8 November 1942, the first day of the landings; and Wilhoite flew one of five Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats which attacked the French airdrome at Rabat-Sale, the headquarters of the French air forces in Morocco.

Yemenia Flight 626

The bodies of the Moroccans were sent to Morocco, while the Ethiopian was sent to Addis Ababa.

Zaggota

Zaggota is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Kacem Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.


see also

Anergui

Anergui is a small town and rural commune in Azilal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

AS Douanes

From 1969 to the 1980s, Racing de Casablanca of Morocco was renamed Association des Douanes Marocains.

Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth

The Sultan Moulay Ismail of Morocco had made an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town of Tangier in 1679, but ended up imposing a crippling blockade.

El Koudia El Beida

El Koudia El Beida is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Foum Oudi

Foum Oudi is a town and rural commune in Béni Mellal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

France–Morocco relations

After the troubled periods of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, France again showed a strong interest in Morocco in the 1830s, as a possible extension of her sphere of influence in the Maghreb, after Algeria and Tunisia.

Fraser Tranter

In May 1998, a win in the Farmer's Walk helped Fraser towards a 2nd place finish in the UK Docklands Strongman Challenge, and this in turn led to an invite to the 1998 World's Strongest Man in Morocco.

Haddada, Morocco

Haddada is a small town and rural commune in Kénitra Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean

He visited the forbidden city of Tafilalt, and eventually became commander of the Sultan of Morocco's Army.

Lamhadi

Lamhadi is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Luis Bravo de Acuña

In 1609 he commanded four galleys that accompanied a ship carrying Muley Xeque, exiled king of Fez, Morocco and Sous.

Lust's Dominion

If Lust's Dominion is The Spanish Moor's Tragedy by another name, it may have been influenced by the August 1600 arrival in London of Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud, Ambassador of Muley Ahmad al-Mansur, King of Barbary or Morocco.

Oued El Makhazine

Oued El Makhazine is a small town and rural commune in Kénitra Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Oulad Yaacoub

Oulad Yaacoub is a small town and rural commune in El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province of the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region of Morocco.

Oulad Youssef

Oulad Youssef is a town and rural commune in Béni Mellal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco.

Ouzioua

Ouzioua is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco (born 28 February 2007) is the second child of Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife, Princess Lalla Salma.

Tamadroust

Tamadroust is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco.

Taoughilt

Taoughilt is a small town and rural commune in Sidi Kacem Province of the Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen region of Morocco.

Tidsi Nissendalene

Tidsi Nissendalene is a small town and rural commune in Taroudant Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

Tnine Aday

Tnine Aday is a small town and rural commune in Tiznit Province of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region of Morocco.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs

The Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the countries of the Middle East and all of the countries of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco.

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf was an effective general and administrator, as evidenced by his ability to organize and maintain the loyalty of the hardened desert warriors and the territory of Abu Bakr, as well as his ability to expand the empire, crossing the Atlas Mountains onto the plains of Morocco, reaching the Mediterranean and capturing Fez in 1075, Tangier in 1079, Tlemcen in 1080, and Ceuta in 1083, as well as Algiers, Ténès and Oran in 1082-83.

Zaouiat Saiss

Zaouiat Saiss is a small town and rural commune in El Jadida Province of the Doukkala-Abda region of Morocco.