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Moroccan Suicide Focuses Legal Trackers on Rape

Juhie Bhatia | March 21, 2012

Moroccan activists met in Fez last week to learn how to use an online database of women's rights court decisions. They hope it will help propel reforms that were too late for ...
Outrage, Protest Follow 16-Year-Old Moroccan’s Suicide

Juhie Bhatia | March 19, 2012

Moroccan activists have stepped up pressure to a scrap a law that allows rapists to marry their victims after a 16 year old killed herself. Amina Filali drank rat poison on March ...
Little maids of Morocco

Elisabeth Anna Coletti | June 01, 2001

Khadija Raji has lived in a roomy, middle-class home across the street from King Mohammed VI's Casablanca palace for almost two years. There's a courtyard with ...
A Living Page from “Arabian Nights”

Elisabeth Anna Coletti | May 17, 2001

MARRAKECH, Morocco, May 17, 2001 -- Mohamed El Hissaoui sticks out his tongue and grimaces at the green viper writhing in his hands. The crowd squeals as he sets ...
To the Land of Henna and Kohl, Avon Calls

Elisabeth Anna Coletti | March 29, 2001

CASABLANCA, Morocco March 29, 2001 -- For centuries, Morroccan women have enhanced their beauty by drawing upon the resources available. The blush and lip stain of ...