Morocco

MOROCCO

By. Elsa Watkins

للسخرينجاة مثير أمر لذلك حار واتكينز إلسالها. مثل ما يوما أكون أن أريد باهر ح قليال

. قليال للسخرية مثير أمر لذلك حار واتكينز إلسالها مثل ما يوما أكون أن أريد باهر نجاح . قليال للسخرية مثير أمر لذلك حار واتكينز إلسا

لها مثل ما يوما أكون أن أريد باهر نجاح

أمر لذلك حار واتكينز إلسا . باهر نجاح قليال للسخرية مثير

لها مثل ما يوما أكون أن أريدلذلك حار واتكينز إلسا . قليال للسخرية مثير أمرأكون أن أريد باهر نجاح

لها مثل ما يوما

أنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابن

أنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابن

أنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابن

أنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابنأنه أعلم وأنا مثير ابن

GEOGRAPHY Location: Northern Africa, bordering

North Atlantic Ocean and The Mediterranean Sea.

Total land: 446,550 sq.km. Borders: Algeria, Western Sahara,

Spain. Terrain: On the Northern coast, interior

mountains, bordering plateaus, valleys in the inter mountains, rich costal plains. Has a Mediterranean Climate that is becoming more extreme. Dessert. Along the Strait of Gibraltar.

MAPS OF MOROCCO

A G.I.M.P CENTER IN THE HEART OF THE MOROCCAN MOUNTAINS

GENERAL INFORMATION Population: 31,968,361

- Sex ratio of 0.97 male/female

Religion: Muslim=99%, Christian=1%, Jewish=6,000 people.

Ethnic groups: Arab-Berber=99% Languages: Arabic (official language),

Berber dialects, and French

EDUCATION Expenditures: 5.6% Literacy: total=52.3%Male= 65.7% Female=39.6%

HEALTH Expenditure: 5.5% Infant mortality rate: 27.53/1,000 die

-male:32.32 female: 22.51 die

Life expectancy: Avg.= 75.9 years-male: 72.84 Female: 79.11

years

GOVERNMENT Type: Constitutional Monarchy Chief of State: King Mohammad VI Head of Govt.: Prime Minister Abbas El

Fassi Morocco has a legal system based on

civil law. Made from a combination of French and

Islamic Law. King Mohammad VI Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi

ECONOMICS GDP per capita: $4,800 Industries: phosphate rock mining and

processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, energy, and tourism.

Agriculture: barley, wheat, citrus fruits, grapes, vegetables, olives, livestock, and wine

U.S RELATIONS We are very close Allies working against

the war on Terror. After 9/11, Morocco gave us very valuable information on al-Qaeda and in return when Casablanca and bombed on May 16, 2003, the U.S government supplied Morocco with our full military and intelligence community. Together we share political, diplomatic, commercial, economic, military, and security bonds. Because of this we have been able to maintain a very close relationship with Morocco’s government.

SHARIA Legal system highly based on Sharia However they have modernized their

legal system and are now quite different from traditional Sharia law.

Most of the people will agree that Sharia is still and will remain God’s will for all humans to fallow.

HUMAN RIGHTS There has only bee one execution in the

past 25 years and the country is having many debates on capitol punishment much like the U.S.

Mudawanat al Asra is a new act that raises the status of women and children. With the act women have just as much power as men do and have the right to run in parliament and so on…

Men are now only permitted on wife and the government are begging to fight all the violence against women.

FEBRUARY 20 MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE

The February 20 Movement for change actual began on Facebook and pulled together over 10,000 people across the country who came together to demand a democratic change. The people wanted the food prices to be lowered, the freedom over Islamist prisoners, more rights for Berbers, pan-Arab nationalism and many other causes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZm750joM0U

MOROCCO

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