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About Essaouira

Essaouira, formerly Mogador, is a historic Atlantic port city in the Marrakesh-Safi region. Renowned for its UNESCO-listed medina...

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Essaouira enters a trance
22 Jun
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...

The Tamanar forest is on fire
28 May
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The Tamanar forest is on fire

Essaouira has once again been confronted with forest fires. A fire broke out on Friday, 25 May...

The mouth of Oued L’ksob transformed into an open sewer
21 May
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The mouth of Oued L’ksob transformed into an open sewer

Visibly, Essaouira does not stop collecting ecological crimes. First, the forest was massacred, the...

Many operators have paid the price for the crisis: Informal tourism is in full swing
10 May
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Many operators have paid the price for the crisis: Informal tourism is in full swing

The city of the trade winds, which has bet on tourism as a locomotive for its process of opening up...

A mokaddem found dead in a garage
10 May
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A mokaddem found dead in a garage

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, a mokaddem was found dead in the garage of his house in the Skala district in...