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We have no Jews in Morocco! Only Moroccan citizens".
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation has resolved to pay tribute to the Kingdom of Morocco and to the Moroccan people
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation is a global-reach NGO, with offices in New York, Berlin, Jerusalem, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Among its members are more than a hundred heads of state and Nobel Prize laureates, as well as distinguished personalities from all faiths.
Due to its interfaith nature, the Foundation is strongly supported by both the Catholic and Protestant Churches. In Berlin, it operates from the Vaterunser Evangelical Church. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, following an initiative of the Wallenberg Foundation, the Catholic Cathedral features a mural in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
The Awards Committee of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) has resolved to bestow the "Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award to the Kingdom of Morocco".
This distinction will represent a token of appreciation to the Muslims from different countries who helped save the lives of Jews during the Second World War, and particularly to the Moroccan Royal Family and to the Mo roccan people for the blessed role that Morocco has traditionally played in favor of the dialogue and mutual respect between all creeds, religions and nations.
In a letter addressed to the IRWF, His Majesty, King Mohamed VI, expressed his being "deeply rewarded and honoured in this context to receive i n Morocco the special medal you have conceived for this occasion".
This tradition was highlighted by Sultan Mohamed V (later known as King Mohamed V), who during the Vichy regime,expressed his unconditional support towards his Jewish subjects. According to verbal historical accounts, when a Nazi commander demanded to get a list of the Moroccan Jews, Sultan Mohamed V is believed to have retorted with the following phrase:
"We have no Jews in Morocco! Only Moroccan ci tizens".
This is only one example of many which underscore the spirit of civic solidarity of the Moroccan monarchs and their subjects.
This same spirit of civic courage and solidarity was displayed by Muslims from other countries, such as Tunisia, Albania and Turkey, who made a difference and proved to the world that the values of solidarity know no religious boundaries.
The main mission of the Foundation is to research and divulge the feats of the rescuers of victims of the Holocaust, focusing on educational programs which underscore their legacies to the younger generations. This research encompasses stories of rescuers from all faiths, religions and nationalities.
Through this humble recognition, people from all creeds: Christian, Jews, Muslims; believers and agnostics will express their gratitued to one of the most outstanding royal families of the world, leaders of a country - Morocco - which has never stopped to protect its citizens during the Holocaust.
In preparation to this event, the IRWF is calling upon historians and people from all venues to provide our Research Department with historical evidences regarding the Moroccan tradition of mutually respected coexistence and to endorse this hommage by writing to irwf@irwf.org.
Raoul Wallenberg
Wallenberg was born in Kappsta, Lidingö (near Stockholm) where his maternal grandparents, professor Per Johan Wising and his wife Sophie Wising, had built a summer house in 1882. His paternal grandfather, Gustaf Wallenberg, was a diplomat, and envoy to Tokyo, Constantinople, and Sofia.
His parents, who married in 1911, were Raoul Oscar Wallenberg (1888–1912), a Swedish naval officer who died of cancer three months before his son was born, and Maria "Maj" Sofia Wising (1891–1979). In 1918, his mother married Fredrik von Dardel (d. 1979); they had a son, Guy von Dardel and a daughter, Nina Lagergren.
In 1931, Wallenberg went to study architecture at the University of Michigan in the United States. In college, he learned to speak English, German and French.[7] He used his vacations to explore America. Despite the wealth of the Wallenberg family, he worked at odd jobs in his free time, including at a World's Fair.
On his return to Sweden he was unable to find a job as an architect. Eventually, his grandfather arranged a job for him in Cape Town, South Africa, in the office of a Swedish company that sold construction material.Between 1935 and 1936, he was employed in a minor position at a branch office of the Holland Bank in Haifa. He returned to Sweden in 1936 and obtained a job in Stockholm with the help of his uncle and godfather, Jacob Wallenberg, at the Central European Trading Company, an export-import company trading between Stockholm and central Europe, owned by a Hungarian Jew, Kálmán Lauer.
Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 – July 17, 1947?)was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of Jewish livesHis death has long been a source of dispute with the former Soviet Union denying knowledge of Wallenberg's fate. On January 17, 1945, he was arrested in Budapest by the Soviets after they wrested control of the city from the Germans, and was reported to have died in March. In 1957, the Soviets claimed that Wallenberg had actually died of a heart attack in 1947 at the age of 35. There had been reports, however, from prisoners in the same facility, that he was seen alive long past 1947. In 1991, Vyacheslav Nikonov was assigned by the Russian government to find out the truth; he concluded that Wallenberg did indeed die in 1947, executed while a prisoner at Lubyanka.Wallenberg has been honored numerous times. He is an honorary citizen of the United States, Israel, Canada, and Hungary; Yad Vashem designated him one of the Righteous Among the Nations; monuments have been dedicated to him; and streets named after him throughout the world. A Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States was created in 1981 to "perpetuate the humanitarian ideals and the nonviolent courage of Raoul Wallenberg" and gives out the Raoul Wallenberg Award to that end.
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
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Forum des organisations de jeunes by USAID Morocco
Time August 28 · 9:30pm - 11:30pm
Location Théâtre National Mohammed V
Dans le cadre du Forum des Organisations de Jeunes qui se tient du 22 au 28 août 2010 à Rabat, l’Agence Américaine pour le Développement International (USAID/Maroc) honorera, le 28 août au Théâtre National Mohammed V, des jeunes et des personnalités ayant contribué au développement de leurs secteurs respectifs, et offrira des trophées d’amitié maroco-américaine aux personnalités et aux associations de jeunes ayant œuvré de maniè...re remarquable à promouvoir l’amitié entre les peuples marocain et américain
Morocco on the road from Washington DC, USA to Laayoune, Morocco
The Washington Moroccan American Club Invites You to Participate in its Mobile Conference :
March / April 2011 USA & June / July 2011 Europe and Morocco
In Morocco, Visions of a Silicon Valley Campus, By Ursula Lindsey
Noureddine Mouaddib left Morocco to pursue his university studies in France over 30 years ago. He became a professor of computer science at the University of Nantes and a member of the French national council for higher education and research.
Defense Of Human Rights In Western Sahara-Morocco
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Sport TV Show by El Muhajer about the International Symposium on "Moroccan Sportsmen of the world, history and current issues
Participants in this event will include national and foreign sports historians, retired and active Moroccan athletes, specialized journalists, and representatives of national federations of various sports.
CCME to organise an International Symposium on "Moroccan Sportsmen of the world, history and current issues
CCME to organise an International Symposium
The Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad (CCME) is organizing on 24 and 25 July 2010 in Casablanca the International Symposium on "Moroccan Sportsmen of the world, history and current issues”. Participants in this event include national and foreign sports historians, retired and active Moroccan athletes, specialized journalists, and representatives of national federations of various sports.
Morocco religious tolerance'
Morocco, 'a rare beacon of religious tolerance'- US paper says
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Assaadi Family on 2M Les Marocains D'Amerique
L'Amérique est pour certains la destination de rêve, une deuxième patrie pour d'autres. Le pays de l'Oncle Sam est le pays d'accueil pour des millions de personnes de différentes origines et cultures. Parmi eux, des Marocains. «Les Marocains d'Amérique» est allé à leur rencontre. Dans ce volet, nous découvrirons les portraits de Nacir Assaadi member actif de Washington Moroccan Club
Hassan Samrhouni leading the Moroccan American Community by Alison Lake
Hassan Samrhouni: A bridge to Morocco
A Moroccan emigre and business owner, Hassan Samrhouni has been a good-will ambassador in Washington D.C. for two decades. “We try to empower our community and teach them they can do anything," he says.
Les Marocains D'Amerique
Les Marocains d'Amérique
L'Amérique est pour certains la destination de rêve, une deuxième patrie pour d'autres. Le pays de l'Oncle Sam est le pays d'accueil pour des millions de personnes de différentes origines et cultures. Parmi eux, des Marocains. «Les Marocains d'Amérique» est allé à leur rencontre. Dans ce volet, nous découvrirons les portraits de Hassan Samrhouni et Saïd Ouadghiri.
WMC 20 /20: Women's empowerment in Morocco by Norman L. Greene
A provocative and fast-moving four-hour discussion of women's empowerment in Morocco, including "past and projected legal reforms affecting women's rights and on how best to empower Moroccan women to achieve social, economic, and political equality," was held in two separate panels before a packed room at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. on March 17, 2010.
TOP TEN Reasons to Think of MOROCCO on Global Earth Day
Leading up to next week's 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the following are ten good reasons to keep Morocco in mind — and visit online or in person — to mark Global Earth Day.
It is my pleasure to extend congratulation to The Washington Moroccan American club, on the occasion of your 20th Anniversary. Mr. Andrian M. Fenty, Mayor, District of Columbia
As Mayor of the District of Columbia, it is my pleasure to extend congratulation to The Washington Moroccan American club, on the occasion of your 20th Anniversary.
Ambassador Mr. Aziz Mekouar note to Washington Moroccan Club
It is my great pleasure to congratulate the Washington Moroccan American Club (WMAC) on its twentieth Anniversary.
On the footsteps of Zemmouri by Driss El Yazami, CCME- WMC 20/20
The celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Washington Moroccan American Club is an event in more ways than one. It owes its richness to the program prepared for the population of the U.S. capital, which reflects primarily the profound changes experienced by Morocco. On all fronts (gender, ethno-cultural pluralism, rule of law, etc...) Morocco has opted for the path of modernity and reform. The road is still long, but both Moroccan society and Moroccan government are forging their own history.
Happy Anniversary; with my best wishes for success in your initiative, which strengthens the position of those Moroccans living in the USA. HE Mohamed Ameur - WMC20
It is with great pleasure that I congratulate the "Washington Moroccan American Club" on the occasion of its 20thth Anniversary.
Les "Hommes Bleus" s'invitent à Washington -Par Nadia Hachimi-
Les "Hommes Bleus" s'invitent à Washington
Washington- La place historique de "Dupont Circle" au nord-ouest de Washington s'est transformée, jeudi, en une grande scène musicale, avec à l'honneur les "Hommes Bleus" et le patrimoine culturel des provinces du sud du Royaume. En effet, cette place a agréablement surpris ses habitués avec une prestation musicale inédite du groupe de Guedra "Mnat Azaouan", venu spécialement de la région de Guelmim-Assa pour célébrer le 20-ème anniversaire du Washington Moroccan Club (WMC).
Une rencontre à Washington met en exergue l'essor de la presse écrite au Maroc
Une rencontre à Washington met en exergue l'essor de la presse écrite au Maroc
Washington, 27/03/10 - Une rencontre sur le rôle des médias dans le développement du monde arabe, organisée vendredi à Washington, a mis en exergue l'essor que connaît la presse écrite au Maroc, grâce notamment aux nouvelles technologies de communication et d'information.
"La presse écrite au Maroc a connu une grande avancée qualitative et quantitative qui lui a permis de se développer de manière significative au cours des dernières années", a souligné Mohamed Dourrachad, consultant médiatique et ancien directeur adjoint d'Abou Dhabi TV, qui modérait cette rencontre organisée dans le cadre de la célébration du 20ème anniversaire du Washington Moroccan Club (WMC).
Pour M. Dourrachad, le développement de l'outil Internet au Maroc est à même de permettre une avancée considérable dans le domaine de l'information au Royaume, ainsi que pour ce qui est de la promotion de l'image du Maroc à l'étranger.
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Soirée de Gala à Washington pour marquer le 20ème anniversaire du WMC
Washington- Une soirée de Gala, marquée par une magnifique prestation de la troupe folklorique de Guedra "Mnat Azaouan" des provinces du sud, a été organisée, dimanche à Washington, pour célébrer le 20ème anniversaire du Washington Moroccan Club (WMC).
Mr Ahmed HAJJI, Directeur Général L'Agence pour la Promotion et le Developpement Economique et Social des Provinces du Sud -WMC20
Mr Ahmed HAJJI, Directeur Général L'Agence pour la Promotion et le Developpement Economique et Social des Provinces du Sud
"It is for me a pleasure to wish a happy anniversary to the "Washington Moroccan American Club", and to congratulate you for the rich programs started for the celebration of its 20th anniversary. It is an initiative which can only be encouraged, being based on promoting Morocco , the bilateral, US-Moroccan, relations and our national cause.
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Forum des organisations de jeunes by USAID Morocco
Time August 28 · 9:30pm - 11:30pm
Location Théâtre National Mohammed V
Dans le cadre du Forum des Organisations de Jeunes qui se tient du 22 au 28 août 2010 à Rabat, l’Agence Américaine pour le Développement International (USAID/Maroc) honorera, le 28 août au Théâtre National Mohammed V, des jeunes et des personnalités ayant contribué au développement de leurs secteurs respectifs, et offrira des trophées d’amitié maroco-américaine aux personnalités et aux associations de jeunes ayant œuvré de maniè...re remarquable à promouvoir l’amitié entre les peuples marocain et américain
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I just want to welcome all the memers of raoulwallenberg to morocco to see and feel that love we have for all of you !!
Thank you
Driss Amrani from : Marrakesh MOROCCO
I want to welcome all of you to discover the countery where your history is hiden , MOROCCO
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What a magnificent initiative by the Wallenberg Foundation. It is high-time to distinguish the great tradition of the Moroccan Royal House and its People. I have read a bit about the blessed activities of this NGO which not only divulges the legacy of Raoul Wallenberg, but also actively researches the feats of thousands of other saviors, from all walks of life!