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Space

Emirati astronauts Sultan al-Neyadi, left, and Hazza al-Mansoori, are interviewed by The Associated Press in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.

UAE announces pan-Arab body for space programme

Morocco

Vigilant measures. Members of the Moroccan anti-terrorism security service stand guard outside a building at the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation in Sale near Rabat. (AFP)

Repatriated jihadists provide intelligence bonanza for Morocco

Morocco

A success story. A 2016 file picture shows Nawal El Moutawakel delivering a speech during an opening plenary session at the IOC Debriefing Olympic Games Rio in Tokyo. (Reuters)

El Moutawakel, torchbearer for Arab sportswomen

Pirate Irwin-24989

Atlantic coast

A surfer trains at the famous spot of Anchor Point in Taghazout Beach in southern Morocco. (Reuters)

Surf’s up off Morocco’s Atlantic coast

Ismael Ferroukhi

French-Moroccan film-maker Ismael Ferroukhi. (Saad Guerraoui)

The cinematic adventures of Moroccan film-maker Ismael Ferroukhi

Arab Maghreb Union

Tunisian farmers harvest a wheat field in the vicinity of Kalaat El-Andalous near Tunis. (AFP)

Maghrebi strategy to close food security gaps by 2030

Pope Francis

Archbishop of Tangier, Santiago Agrelo Martinez, speaks to journalists on the upcoming papal visit to Morocco, at Casablanca's Notre Dame church, on March 5. (AP)

Moroccan bishops hope Pope’s visit will help migrants

Anti-Semitism

Sion Assidon, a Moroccan rights activist of Jewish descent, poses for a photograph during a demonstration in Casablanca, on February 14. (AFP)

For Morocco activist of Jewish descent, Zionism feeds anti-Semitism

Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation

In this December 2016 file photo, police officers guard a Christmas market after a hijacked truck plowed through the crowded market in Berlin. (AP)

Moroccan secret service was aware of Berlin Christmas market attacker