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In 1949, the musician Salim Halali settled in Morocco and transformed an old café in Maârif into a prestigious cabaret, Le Coq d'Or, where Warda Al-Jazairia and El-Haja El-Hamdaouia performed. [3] In the neighborhood is also located the Mohammed V stadium which holds room for 44'000 spectators. [4] Rue du Jura in 2013, before renovations.
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In 1886, Élisée Reclus described Casablanca as a "European coastal settlement" and "desolate and extremely unhealthy." [3] [15] A nawāl or tankīra, origin of the name of the Tnaker neighborhood, circa 1910. [3] In his 1900 map of the city, Dr. Frédéric Weisgerber identified three main parts: the medina, the mellah, and the Tnaker (huts). [3]
The Central Market was the most important marketplace in Casablanca's European ville nouvelle. The Moroccan nationalist resistance fighter Muhammad Zarqtuni bombed the Central Market on December 24, 1953, after French forces forced Sultan Muhammad V into exile on August 20, 1953—which was Eid al-Adha .
The head of the Transportation Security Administration on Thursday warned that an extended partial U.S. government shutdown could lead to longer wait times at airports. TSA, which handles airport ...
Casablanca also hosts the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy. Casablanca is a significant financial centre, ranking 54th globally in the September 2023 Global Financial Centres Index rankings, between Brussels and Rome. [5] The Casablanca Stock Exchange is Africa's third-largest in terms of market capitalization, as of December 2022 ...
A college football player with a history of sexual assault raped a 17-year-old girl aboard a Carnival Cruise ship as she was celebrating the holidays with her family — before heartlessly asking ...
The Chicago Bears intend to interview Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman for their head coaching vacancy, NFL Network reported Sunday. Freeman, of course, has more pressing matters at the moment.