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Feb 20

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Morocco turns the Sahara desert into a solar energy oasis

By Monica Villamizar

Morocco says it wants to be the Saudi Arabia of solar energy. Its flagship project is a first-of-its-kind, $9-billion energy plant called Noor, meaning "light" in Arabic, and the size of the city of Paris. Special correspondent Monica Villamizar reports…

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Aug 07

What does it mean to be multiracial in America? This poet explores how it’s complicated

By Elizabeth Flock

Charif Shanahan is the son of an Irish-American father and a Moroccan mother. Growing up black and Arab in America was an experience full of "instability," he said, and he's using his new book of poetry to start conversations around…

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Aug 29

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An extremist’s path to academia — and fighting terrorism

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Jesse Curtis Morton begins work as a counterterrorism researcher at George Washington University this fall. But his path to the position was highly unconventional: until 2012, Morton was Younus Abdullah Muhammad, a Muslim extremist who founded a radical Islamist website.

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Jan 20

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Remembering Leila Alaoui, photographer who crossed borders

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When al-Qaida militants attacked a hotel in Burkina Faso, killing 30, one of the victims was an Amnesty International worker and photographer named Leila Alaoui. Aida Alami, a close friend, talked to the NewsHour from Alaoui's funeral.

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Jul 29

In Morocco, Muslims and Jews study side-by-side but for how long?

By Madeline Gressel, Zoe Lake, Siyi Chen, Kelsey Doyle and Khadija Boukharfane

For many people, Judaism in the Middle East conjures images of discord. But the Islamic nation of Morocco is an exception -- it’s a place where Jews are embraced. So why are they leaving?…

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May 27

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In Morocco, strict adoption rules leave many orphans without hope

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May 20

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Morocco trains female spiritual guides to fight extremism and empower women

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In Morocco, a school that trains imams to lead prayers in the country's many mosques is at the center of a government program to provide "spiritual security." Here, female students are studying to become spiritual guides, on a mission to…

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May 20

More — not less — religion needed to fight extremism, imam director says

By Thalia Beaty, Kristopher Brant and Maggy Donaldson

The North African country of Morocco has a series of religious training programs aimed at countering Islamic radicalism. Now, it is working to expand these programs to regional and even global levels.

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May 20

Moroccan man arrested for attack on Tunisian museum

By News Desk

Italian police arrested a Moroccan man Tuesday evening for allegedly helping perpetrate the hours-long siege on Tunisia’s Bardo museum that left 22 people dead.

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May 19

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Morocco trains Malian imams to fight extremism

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