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About Essaouira province

Essaouira (in Arabic: الصويرة) is a province of the Moroccan region of Marrakech-Safi (In Arabic: مراكش - آسفي).

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Ramadan and coolness boost the tourism season
15 Aug
News Essaouira
Ramadan and coolness boost the tourism season

Under normal conditions, Moroccan and foreign tourists would have been bothered by the summer wind...

Traders at the mercy of street vendors
31 Jul
News Essaouira
Traders at the mercy of street vendors

Traders in the old Medina of Essaouira are not at the end of their troubles with street vendors....

Conflict between the Sidi Megdoul Association and the delegate of the Ministry of Health: The double penalty for kidney failure patients in Essaouira
25 Jul
News Essaouira
Conflict between the Sidi Megdoul Association and the delegate of the Ministry of Health: The double penalty for kidney failure patients in Essaouira

On 20 March 2012, a bailiff went on the order of the president of the court of first instance in...

A coach falls from the Tassaka bridge
11 Jul
News Tamanar
A coach falls from the Tassaka bridge

Seventeen people, including a German woman and a Dutch woman, died in a serious accident in Tamanar...

Essaouira enters a trance
22 Jun
News Essaouira
Essaouira enters a trance

"A Gnaoua festival! Is that a joke?". That was the response of the very first sponsor approached by...

Protest against Al Omrane
05 Jun
News Essaouira
Protest against Al Omrane

The Amicale for economic housing for civil servants in Essaouira organised a march towards the...

Health structures questioned again: A young woman dies in the maternity ward in Essaouira
04 Jun
News Essaouira
Health structures questioned again: A young woman dies in the maternity ward in Essaouira

A 30-year-old woman and mother of five children died last Saturday in the maternity ward at the...

Women’s Tribune: Women meet in September in Essaouira
01 Jun
News Essaouira
Women’s Tribune: Women meet in September in Essaouira

Essaouira is preparing to host, on 28, 29 and 30 September 2012, a new edition of the Women’s...

A collective work on the aspects and origins of Souiri plastic art: Is there an Essaouira school?
31 May
News Essaouira
A collective work on the aspects and origins of Souiri plastic art: Is there an Essaouira school?

The collective work titled "Is there an Essaouira school?", which highlights the aspects and...