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Press release : Washington Moroccan American Club Sets Goal of 20 Events to Celebrate 20th Anniversary in March 2010

Press release بيان صحفي
Since its inception in March 1990, the Washington Moroccan American Club (WMC) has grown to serve the Moroccan American community nationwide. Over the past 20 years, we have organized and strengthened our presence in the cultural, business, government, and even political sectors. The WMC’s 20th Anniversary is a celebration for all of us as we look toward the future and embrace the next generation both here in the U.S. and in Morocco.

Monday March 1, 2010: Event To Be Confirmed, Kick-Off Event with DC Mayor Adrian Fenty
March 1, 2010: Event To Be Confirmed, Kick-Off Event with DC Mayor Adrian Fenty City Hall, Washington, DC, Audience with WMC 20/20 Organizing Committee
يحدد لاحقا/ الاثنين 1 مارس 2010: افتتاح التظاهرة من طرف عمدة واشنطن

Thursday March 4, 2010 HMEMSA: Moroccan American Network for Education
HMEMSAHome of Moroccan Educators and Moroccan Students in America:Academic Community & Students invited to attend,/space limited:
From 2 - 4 PM Hosted by GLOBAL Education at George Mason University Johnson Center Room: JC 3rd Floor Meeting Rm GRsvp: Mohamed Belkhayat mbnns@yahoo.comChair: Nadia Duchell: nduchell@gmail.com Co-Chair: Amine Chigani: achigani@vt.edu
الخميس 4 مارس2010 : ندوة في جامعة جورج مايسن (George Mason )يؤطرها دكاترة وأساتذة جامعيين مغاربة حول موضوع تسهيل ولوج الجامعات والمعاهد الأمريكية في وجه الطلبة المغاربة الجدد بتأطير من "بيت الأكاديميين المغاربة الأمريكيين في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية"

Friday 5, March 2010: Morocco and Movies
Hosted ed by Moroccan American Center Movie: 7:30 PM followed by reception Location: Goethe-Institute 812 Seventh Street NWWashington DC 20001/ Metro Stop: Gallery Place/Chinatown Chairs and Contacts : Jean AbiNader : jabinader@moroccanamericancenter.comCaitlin Dearing : cdearing@moroccanamericancenter.com
الجمعة 5 مارس 2010 : المغرب وصناعة الأفلام

Tuesday March 9, 2010 :The Tangier American Legation Institute (TALIM)
Hosted by TALIM Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)6:30 pm-Networking; 7:00 pm-Program; 8:00 pm- NetworkingLocation: 1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC 20036, Kenney Auditorium. Panelists: Dr. I William Zartman, President, TALIMDiane Ponasik, Secretary, TALIMDr. Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director of Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Smithsonian Institution.
For more Information: contact Tim Resch at timresch@gmail.com or phone: 703 470 3166
الثلاثاء 9 مارس ، 2010 : ندوة ينظمها معهد الإرث الأمريكي في طنجة يتم فيها الحديث عن هذا المتحف باعتباره المؤسسة الوحيدة التي تعود ملكيتها لأمريكا خارج أراضيها، والتطرق إلى الدور الذي يقوم به هذا المتحف كمركز للأبحاث بالإضافة إلى الأنشطة الجمعوية والثقافية التي ينشط من خلالها هذا المتحف

Thursday March 11, 2010 Healthy Moroccan Cooking
Cooking Demo By Chef Samir Labriny Casablanca Restaurant, 7 - 9 PMLocation: 1504 King St. Alexandria, VA 22314Reservations, 703 549 6464, labriny@yahoo.com,
اTopicsUse of herbs and spices in healthy Moroccan cookingthe compositions of meals in moroccothe health benefits of Moroccan cuisine
لخميس 11 مارس , 2010: عروض الطبخ المغربي الصحي يقدمها الشاف سمير البريني رئيس المعهد المغربي للطبخ بأمريكا.

Friday March 12, 2010 RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MOROCCO
Hosted by High Atlas Foundation ( HAF) Location: TBD- TIME: TBDJoin the High Atlas Foundation for a conversation about rural development in Morocco, and learn more about their socio-economic and environmental projects that are changing the lives of thousands of Moroccan families, and ways you can get involved. Chairs & Contacts: Kate McLetchie & Tina Khartami, HAF Board Members haf@highatlasfoundation.org (646) 688-2946
الجمعة 12 مارس 2010: ندوة حول "التنمية القروية في المغرب" من تأطير جمعية "الأطلس الكبير" حول مشروع غرس مليون شجرة والحفاظ على الماء الصالح للشرب.

Saturday March 13, 2010 WMC Youth Fine Arts Event & Poetry Slam
Time : 4:30 - 7:30 PMMcLean Community CenterLocation: , 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA
Chair & Contact: Annalisa Assaadi, ajassaadi@gmail.com Phone # 703 609 3666Co Chairs: Amal Lafhal & Meryem Boulale Register Now age 7 to 17 ! ajassaadi@gmail.com
السبت 13 مارس ، 2010: مسابقة ثقافية وفنية مفتوحة في وجه الجيل الأول من المغاربة الأمريكيين.

Saturday & Sunday March 13 & 14 , 2010 : WMC Container of Care: Destination Morocco!
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Ongoing Collection February & March 2010at Locations listed below. "Stuff A Truck" Weekend, Special Event, March 13 & 14, 2010 locations to be announced!Coinciding with the Washington Moroccan Club’s (WMC) 20th Anniversary, WMC is asking the community to donate gently used clothing, shoes, infant items and school supplies to fill a cargo container destined for Morocco.Chairs and Contacts:Touria Bernoussi : tmailto:tbernoussi@gmail.com Noura Chehboun : queenamiranora@hotmail.comAicha Bensaid: Aichabensaid57@hotmail.com Hnia Amal: kadernia@yahoo.com

السبت والأحد مارس 13 ، 14 ، 2010 : تنظيم مبادرة "حاويات الأمل" وتخص جمع تبرعات من ملابس ولوازم دراسية من أطفال مغاربة وأمريكيين لفائدة الأطفال المغاربة لخلق جسر من التواصل بين أطفال أمريكا وأطفال المغرب.

Wednesday March 17, 2010 WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN MOROCCO
1 to 5 PM, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Choate Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036 – Dupont Circle metro
The link between the status of a country’s women and its progress in development is well established. In this event, preeminent experts on issues of gender and development in Morocco will examine this link as it has impacted Morocco’s progress. They will present their views on past and projected legal reforms affecting women’s rights, on women’s psychological wellbeing and its effect on raising empowered daughters, and on how best to empower Moroccan women to achieve social, economic, and political equality for themselves and their daughters.
لأربعاء 17 مارس 2010: ندوة تتطرق إلى تقييم ودعم المرأة المغربية وتتضمن نقاشا حول مشروع المدونة.

Friday March 19, 2010: THE COMING OF AGE OF THE IMAZIGHEN QUESTION
Time TBD, George Washington University - near Foggy Bottom Metro Station
الجمعة 19 مارس2010 ندوة حول الأمازيغية ثم عرض فيلم أمازيغي
For many years, the Moroccan Amazigh community struggled for official recognition. Recently, a series of events, including an intense grassroots campaign by activists and several historic government decisions, have resulted in the “coming of age” of the Imazighen question. These developments, such as the establishment of the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, sweeping educational reforms, and the issuance of the Amazigh Manifesto, have had significant linguistic, artistic, and socio-political implications. In this event, Washington Moroccan Club, the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, and George Washington University have partnered to present a series of panels exploring these different aspects. Experts in Amazigh language and culture will shed light on the Imazighen question as it matures in this second decade of the 21st century.

March 6-12 & 12-21 , 2010 Morocco Study Educational Tours
George Mason ( Experience in Morocco )Prof: Fatima Hadji Location: Morocco
New York University March , 2010 ( Workshops : TBD)Location: Morocco
مارس 2010: انطلاق رحلة طلابية تضم 110 طلبة يمثلون
George Mason University & New York University
بإشراف وتأطير من أساتذة مغاربة جامعيين مقيمين بأمريكا

March 22, 2010 : Friends of Morocco Honors Five Decades of Peace Corps Service to Morocco
Friends of Morocco Honors Five Decades of Peace Corps Service to Morocco Date and Location TBD, 6:30 pm Networking; 7:00 to 8:00 pm Program. Chair: Tim Resch, President, Friends of Morocco,timresch@gmail.com Phone 703 470 3166Panelists: Rueben Simmons, Peace Corps Morocco Director 1963Marilyn Charles, Morocco 1 Cicely Wolters, Peace Corps Desk Officer for Morocco.
مارس2010 / يحدد لاحقا : تكريم أصدقاء المغرب الأمريكيين من العاملين في هيأة جناح السلام الأمريكية

Wednesday March 23, 2010 : Moroccan-US Sister Cities
Washington DC Location : TBD Chair and Contacts : Boubker Mazoz:mazozboubker@gmail.comMorocco - US sister cities: Agadir/Oakland, CA, Tiznit/ Sommerville, MA, Jadida/ Tacoma, WA, Chefchaouen, Issaquah, WA, Marrakesh / Scottsdale, AZ, Casablanca / Chicago, ILEl Hajeb /Council Bluffs in Iowa, USA.

Wednesday March 24, 2010 Town Hall Meeting : Media
National Press Club, 12 - 5 PMLocation: 529 14th Street, NW, 13th FloorWashington, DC 20045 / Metro Stop: Metro Center, 13th St. ExitParticipants USA: Hisham Bourar, Mohammed Alami, Mohammed Lemine , Mohsine Jbabdi, Fadwa Samat and L'housine Oulbaz Participants Morocco:MP Fatiha Layadi, Mohamed Dourrachad, Fes, Morocco, and Abderrahman Al Adaoui, Radio plus, CEO, Morocco
الأربعاء 24 مارس 2010 : ندوة حول الإعلام المغربي

March 28 , 2010 Strengthening the Moroccan American presence in the United States of America
Venue TBDChair: Abdel Elkhadiri, President, Houston Moroccan Society, abdel.elkhadiri@moroccansociety.org Co Chair: Hassan Samrhouni, President & Founder, WMChassan@wmc20.org
الخميس 28 مارس 2010: تنظيم لقاء لفائدة الجالية المغربية المقيمة بأمريكا

Friday & Saturday March 26 & 27, 2010 Hassan Mendoun Memorial Soccer Tournament
Teams to Represent Various States
World Class Athletes to Partake
Venue: Virginia Highlands Soccer Field
1501 S. Hayes Street,
Arlington, VA. 22206
Teams and Schedule: TBA
Chair: Jamal Laoudi
Contact info: mailto:jlaoud@yahoo.com - (301 )367-2433
Co-chairs: Madhar El Youssefi & Hassan Bouyboud, and Abderrahim Hosn.
Guests of honor: Nezha Bidouane, Abdelmajid Dolmy , Aziz Boudarbala, Salaheddine Basir and Khalil Azmi
الجمعة والسبت 26 و 27 مارس 2010
تنظيم دوري في كرة القدم تشارك فيه فرق مغربية مقيمة بأمريكا تكريما للراحل حسن مندون حارس سابق لفريق الرجاء البيضاوي. وتنظيم سباق الشباب المغربي الأمريكي داخل القاعة بإشراف من العداءة الدولية السابقة نزهة بيدوان.

March 2010 Morocco-US Relations - An Update at The Maghreb Center, Georgetown University
Moroccan American CenterMarch 2010- When & Where: TBD Chairs and Contacts : Jean AbiNader : jabinader@moroccanamericancenter.comCaitlin Dearing : cdearing@moroccanamericancenter.com Hosted by The Moroccan American Center is pleased to cooperate with the Washington Moroccan Club in the observance of its 20th anniversary.
مارس 2010 / يحدد لاحقا: ندوة حول العلاقات المغربية الأمريكية في جامعة جورج تاون ويحتضنها المركز المغربي الأمريكي

Saturday, March 27, 2010: Youth 2k Morocco/USA Fun Run
Venue/Time: TBDChair: Driss Benmhend, benmhend.driss@epa.gov
Event for boys and girls ages 7 to 12 to promote healthy living through physical exercise. The kids' fun run will build their confidence and self-respect and educate them about staying active. This is also a fun event for families who can join in the fitness fun! Then enjoy a fresh healthy snack and have plenty of fun watching the soccer tournament.

March 2010: Sahara Cultural Day
Sahara Cultural Day March 2010 Where : TBD
مارس 2010 / يحدد لاحقا : يوم الثقافة الصحراوية

March, 2010 ADVANCING INTERFAITH DIALOGUE:
Date and Location TBDADVANCING INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: An Action Plan For Increasing Religious Understanding and Resisting Intolerance
مارس2010 / يحدد لاحقا : ندوة حول حوار الديانات بجامعة جورج مايتن George Mason

Friday March 26, 2010, WMC 20/20 Musical Finale & Closing Gala
Date Friday March 26, 2010 WMC 20/20 Musical Finale & Closing Gala Venue: The George Washington University Lisner Auditorium730 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20052
الجمعة 26 مارس 2010: حفل الاختتام بتنظيم سهرة فنية كبرى تتضمن أنواعا غنائية مختلفة

BBC World Challenge Winner 2009

World Challenge 09 is a global competition aimed at finding projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level. World Challenge 09 is brought to you by BBC World News and Newsweek, in association with Shell, and is about championing and rewarding projects and business which really make a difference.

Burns caused by Hand Made Unsafe Kerosene Lamps are a common poblem in parts of Sri Lanka, where 1/3 of the population has no access to Electricity.

Safe Bottle Lamp Project in Comming!

One man’s mission to stop the horrific, and totally avoidable, injuries caused by unsafe kerosene lamps in Sri Lanka.

“If I win the World Challenge I can make and distribute 40,000 of these lamps, protecting over 80,000 people from these horrific burn injuries” Dr Wijaya Godakumbura, Safe Bottle Lamp Project

Despite an electrification programme, over 6 million people in Sri Lanka, nearly one third of the population, don’t have power. Many families rely on improvised lamps made from bottles to light their homes at night, but these can often spill and cause horrific injuries – figures suggest 300,000 people around the world die from accidental kerosene burns every year. Dr Wijaya Godakumbura, a surgeon who witnessed the terrible results of these accidents has designed a safe Lamp that can't roll over and cause a fire.To date, his small foundation has handed out about 775 thousand of the safe lamps.

Copenhague 2009

The Climate change is already having dramatic consequences. The first victims are and will in future Populations already the most Vulnerable and Poorest Countries: Humanitarian Crisis, Mass, Violations of Human Rights are likely to multiply in the near Future. Therefore, a Unique Coalition of Organizations of French international solidarity, protection of the environment and human rights appeals to French President, in light of the Copenhagen Summit.
On J-1, Denmark will host the next International Summit on UN Climate. The International Community must develop a Comprehensive Agreement that will follow the Kyoto Protocol. To Participate in the Challenge, Put your E-Mail, 1 Million Signatures are Needed!

Ramadan and Weight Loss

The virtues of fasting has spiritual, physical and psychological obvious, relieved the researcher and university Zafar Nomani, in an article published Saturday 22 by The Washington Post, in its electronic edition.

"What I discovered, along with other researchers, is that fasting has obvious benefits, both in spiritual and physical, psychological and social," said Zafar Nomani, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition University of West Virginia, and winner of the "Prix Hassan II" rewards the best scientific research and medical on Ramadan.

Professor Nomani, who has received this award at the First International Congress on "Health and Ramadan", held in Casablanca in 1994, explains that fasting during Ramadan "looks like, somehow, to a permanent annual educational workshop on how to become a better citizen of the world ".

Fasting, says he acts as a regulator which reminds us of the problems of poverty, drinking water resources in the world and encourages us to avoid overconsumption and waste of food.

Because "after all, too much food ends up being thrown in the garbage bags," laments this university who has conducted research on the nutritional consequences of the behavior during the fasting period on the organization of several volunteers in the United States and Pakistan.

"No eating, drinking and undesirable behavior makes the person more morally disciplined and less prone to unhealthy behavior," says he, noting that researchers in Jordan found a significant decrease in cases of para - suicide (suicide attempt will not die) during the month of Ramadan.

In Great Britain, fasting has been used by several health centers to reduce smoking rates, especially among people of African and Asian origin. Professor Nomani said however that there are choices for which one can opt for the practice of fasting is done more safely.

Scientific studies show that there are people who eat too much during Ramadan, which is a phenomenon that contradicts the essence of this holy month, sorry there, adding that studies show that health problems can result of an on-diet or a diet unbalanced.

"The human body has regulatory mechanisms that are activated during fasting, and therefore we do not need to overeat to provide our body the nutrients it needs," he says, noting that studies Scientists have shown that our body draws on stored reserves of fat to function normally during the period of fasting.

He added that other studies have shown that the basal metabolism of the person who fasts during Ramadan decline, concluding that one can be active and healthy during this period while having a diet less rich than usual but balanced in terms of nutrients.

Good Bye Micheal

"The death of Michael Jackson was found by doctors yesterday's afternoon after its arrival at the hospital in a deep coma," writes the leading newspaper of the second city of the United States, quoting "sources in the municipality and law enforcement. "

According to TMZ.com, who had previously announced the death of Jackson without giving a source, "the king of pop" has been the victim of a heart attack shortly after 12:00 pm (19H00 GTM) and the emergency services failed to revive.

The Los Angeles Times for its part indicated that firefighters had responded to a call from the singer's home in West Los Angeles, around 12:26 (19h26 GTM). The singer stopped breathing when they arrived, said the newspaper, which said he was revived and transported to the hospital capital of Ronald Reagan UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles).

The announcement of the death has not been confirmed in the immediate source nor hospital nor its agent, E. Tohme Tohme.

Emergency access to hospital capital were blocked Thursday afternoon by the police, and some fifty journalists had come on site were kept at a distance.

The news of the death of "king of pop" comes as the singer hoped to make his comeback on stage in London this summer with a series of concerts.

After having virtually disappeared since his acquittal in 2005 in a trial where he was accused of sexually touching a young person, the singer was briefly reappeared in March to announce a fifty concerts.

During a brief and disjointed to the press and thousands of fans, Michael Jackson, arrived late for over an hour and a half on the schedule, had indicated he would be his "last performances in London ".

But in late May, organizers announced the launch of the concert series had been postponed a few days in July, ensuring however that this had "nothing to do with the health of the star.

With a voice recognizable perched above all, out of the dancer, the artist was already recognized when he was 10 years before moving gradually to the status of star level.

But since the 1980s, the enigmatic Jackson shows signs of physical and behavioral strange and beyond the musical phenomenon becomes a phenomenon at all.

In 1993, its image of gentle eccentric fly apart with the complaint of a 13-year accused him of touching. The case settled out of court against 23.3 million dollars, a sum which does little but a fortune estimated at 600 million.

Her fortune had been melted, forcing the singer in 2006 to restructure a debt sum of $ 170 million, according to the American press, giving Sony a call option on half of its prestigious music catalog.

Small victory in a sea of financial woes, he had recently obtained the cancellation of a sale of personal items that had to be organized by the house of Julien's auction in California.

Happy Eid Al Moulid From My Hearth

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On this Occasion of The Prophet Mohammed Anniversary, falls this year on Wednesday, 10March 2009, I present my best wishes for a Happy Eid Al Moulid full of Joys, Peace, Happiness and Prosperity.

Happy New Year 1430 Of Hegirea

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The first day of the Muslim new year on 1 Muharram 1430, this falls year on Monday, 29 December 2008. Although Muslims do not celebrate New Year, this day is a holiday in many Muslim countries.

It happened in 1430 after years of emigration of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in September 622 A.D, an event designated by the term Hijrah (Hegirea in English). This trip is one of the major events of Muslim history.

The first Muslims were severely persecuted and tortured to Mecca by the powerful Quraysh tribe. Muslims were little and a great many of them were slaves. Unable to pushing the hand of their persecutors, all they could do was wait until God gives them another issue.
The twelfth year of the prophetic mission, twelve men from the town of Yathrib (The old name of Medina) went to Mecca during the season pilgrimage and met Muhammad at Al-`Aqabah. Having heard his message, they embraced Islam and declared their faith at the First Oath Al-`Aqabah. The Prophet sent Mus `ab ibn` Umayr with them to Yathrib to teach them religion. Mus `ab managed to convert many people to the Islam. The following year, in June 622 A.D , sixty-three men and two women of Yathrib went to the Prophet during the pilgrimage and it lent allegiance, it was the Second Oath of Al-`Aqabah. They promised to protect and assist the Muslims in Mecca to resettle in their city.

The delegation was the core of Muslims who were subsequently the name of Ansar, literally auxiliaries or helpers, Muslims from Yathrib, a city renamed Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah - City Illuminated - or Medina. Muslims gradually left Mecca in small groups, not to attract the attention of Qurayshites. Finally, the Qurayshites realized what was happening and tried to prevent many of them to leave. The history recounts many stories About these men and women who abandoned their homes, their property and their families to be able to freely practice their religion in Medina.

It was only a few months later that God authorized the Prophet - Peace and blessings upon him - to leave Mecca. Shortly before his departure, Jibril (Angel Gabriel) told Muhammad that the Quraysh for plotting stab in his sleep. The night the murder was to take place, its cousin `Ali ibn Abi Talib was lying in the bed of the Prophet as it is refuge with his companion Abu Bakr in a cave south of the Mecca, opposite the direction of Medina. Fortunately for `Ali, the murderers discovered his face before the stabbing, then they left when they realized that their plot was foiled.

Muhammad and Abu Bakr hid in a cave for three days while Qurayshites combed near Mecca. At one point, their enemies stood a few meters from them outside the cave, but God protected by "ordinary miracles". A spider came into effect weave its web at the entrance to the cave and doves had made their nest and lay their eggs. Prosecutors have said that was no entered this cave recently and the searched does not.

The two companions continued their journey therefore, led by a guide pagan, and borrowed coastal road to distort company with their pursuers. When they finally arrived in Medina, Muhammad released the reins of his camel and left forward as it seemed to be posat it. The Prophet bought the land where his camel had stopped.

Then, until the Mosque of the Prophet and his apartments there were built, the Prophet and Abu Bakr enjoyed the hospitality of Ansar.

The Hegira finally gave the Muslims a place where they could declare their religion openly and practice in peace. This was the birth of the State Islamic. The verses of the Koran revealed to Mecca had dealt mainly the nature of God and of man's relationship with him. At the Mecca, there were few homes in which all members were Muslims. In this time, Islam seemed to focus on the individual and its future in the next Hereafter. In contrast, the verses revealed in Medina focused more on relationship with another man - the social, political and Economic Islam could not be developed before, under persecution.

The Hijra was also remarkable for brotherhood and altruism shown by the Ansar against Muhâjirûn (Emigrants from Mecca). The Ansar were not rich. Nevertheless, they welcomed the Muhâjirûn, shared their food and habitat with them, and helped to settle and find job. Moreover, the Ansar were aware that by so doing they defied the Qurayshites and all the pagan tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. Pagans launched, in fact, several military campaigns to exterminate the State Muslim emerging. But the Ansar remained faithful to the Prophet - peace and blessings upon him - did that constantly love and rent.

This was the second caliph, `Umar ibn Al-Khattab who chooses the year of Hijrah as a starting point of the Muslim calendar.

The Hegira marked the birth of Islam as a complete lifestyle all aspects of human existence.

Happy New Year 1430 of the Hegira full of joy, happiness, Peace & Prosperity.