Feb 20 Watch 6:43 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… Continue watching
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… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 9:41 An extremist’s path to academia — and fighting terrorism By PBS News Hour 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. Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 2:53 Remembering Leila Alaoui, photographer who crossed borders By PBS News Hour 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. Continue watching
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?… Continue reading
May 27 Watch In Morocco, strict adoption rules leave many orphans without hope By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 20 Watch 8:35 Morocco trains female spiritual guides to fight extremism and empower women By PBS News Hour 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… Continue watching
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading