Saad Guerraoui

Saad Guerraoui is a regular contributor to The Arab Weekly on Maghreb issues.

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NHS Nightingale London could be one of the world’s largest hospitals if it reached full capacity. (Reuters)
ADNEC offers use of ExCeL London centre to NHS free of charge
April 06, 2020
The newly built military hospital in Benslimane seeks to alleviate the pressure on hospitals in Casablanca region. (Reuters)
Morocco increasing hospital bed capacity to fight coronavirus
April 06, 2020
Moroccans confined at home watch from their window authorities instructing people out in the street to return to and remain at home, on March 25. (AFP)
How Moroccans are coping in the age of the coronavirus
April 03, 2020
A medical professional carries out a swab test for the COVID-19 virus at a drive-thru testing centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on March 30. (Reuters)
UAE fights coronavirus with largest detection lab outside China
April 01, 2020
A 2017 file picture shows a Salafist protester talking to a police officer during a demonstration against the ban on the sale and manufacturing of the burqa in Rabat. (Reuters)
Moroccans reject Salafists’ ‘irresponsible’ attempt at assailing closure of mosques
March 28, 2020
A 2017 file picture shows Morocco's Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani (C) giving a news conference next to Moroccan party leaders including Driss Lachgar (L) of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces party (USFP). (REUTERS)
Morocco’s left struggling to regain leading role on the political scene
March 21, 2020
Agricultural land in Benguerir region near Marrakech. (Saad Guerraoui)
Morocco faces risk of another drought season
February 28, 2020
A painting on display at Mo Baala’s solo exhibition “Beginnings." (Saad Guerraoui)
Moroccan artist’s exhibition depicts his life’s experiences
February 15, 2020
BIM shop in Casablanca.
Morocco’s ties with Turkey sour over regional politics, trade
February 14, 2020
Tourists walk through the ruins of the ancient Roman site of Volubilis, near the town of Moulay Idriss Zerhounon in Morocco’s north central Meknes region. (AFP)
Record year for Morocco tourism with increased air links to Europe
February 08, 2020
Fox says it is almost impossible to believe what the Iranian regime says
Fox: Iran primary cause of instability in Mideast
February 04, 2020
Hakim Benchamach, Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) secretary-general. (Twitter)
Moroccan opposition figures trade barbs over political Islam ahead of leadership elections
February 01, 2020
Heavy loads. Female Moroccan porters use trolleys to transport bundles of goods across Tarajal II border from Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta into Morocco. (AFP)
Morocco moves to stop contraband from Ceuta
January 11, 2020
Crowded skies. Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets perform during the MAKS-2019 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, last August. (AP)
Arms race between Morocco and Algeria intensifies
January 04, 2020
Moroccan customers asking for information at the third China Trade Week in Casablanca. (Saad Guerraoui)
Chinese firms looking for lucrative business opportunities in Morocco
December 21, 2019
Food area at the Christmas market at CAFC club. Credit: Saad Guerraoui
Christmas markets finding fertile ground in Morocco
December 14, 2019
French director Bertrand Tavernier (R) is presented with the Etoile d’Or by US actor Harvey Keitel during the Marrakech International Film Festival, December 1. (AFP)
Curtain down on Marrakech International Film Festival
December 14, 2019
After a storm comes calm?
Turkish FM downplays 'misunderstanding' over pro-Polisario video
December 13, 2019
Sahrawi separatist Aminatou Haidar
Morocco media slams Turkish state TV’s pro-Polisario interview
December 11, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat, December 5. (AFP)
In first visit to Morocco, Pompeo discusses Iran threat, security cooperation
December 07, 2019