HRH Prince Moulay Rachid presents an array of Moroccan coastlines to explore

Rabat, June 13, 2007 – His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the honorary President of the Royal Moroccan Yacht Federation gives head start to the 1st International Yacht Race (M'diq- Rabat) held June 13th to 22nd 2007.

His Royal Highness’ objectives are to raise public awareness of maritime potentialities of the Kingdom, and to promote and encourage sport of yacht sailing and racing throughout the Moroccan coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

His Royal Highness underlines the particular need for a comprehensive maritime strategy aimed at developing the thriving maritime economy and the full potential of ocean-sea-based activity in an environmentally sustainable approach with positioned commitment to invest in the maritime future.

Within an unambiguous vision of His Royal Highness, the wide scope of challenges and the multiple potentialities that Moroccan coastlines present for the modern world, Prince Moulay Rachid acts with willpower and in the sustainable way in order to properly conserve and exploit these very main national resources.

This is Morocco’s first and only so far this extraordinarily remarkable international yacht race and with a strong endorsement of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the debut is the most prominent international yacht races in Africa.

The spirit of 1st International Yacht Race perfectly captures the character of Kingdom of Morocco with a great opportunity to promote and boost Moroccan tourism around the world and gives the confident that the future will bring the aimed results. The race began June 13th and the yachts will be in Tangier for the stopover to support the World Fair 2012 candidature of the city.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid is praised for his genuine commitment to science

Casablanca, June 1, 2007 – His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid graced the inauguration ceremony of the King Abdulaziz al Saud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences in Casablanca with his presence.

Saudi Arabia’s HRH Prince Muqran Ibn Abdulaziz has commended Prince Moulay Rachid's commitment to science in addition to stressing that Prince Moulay Rachid’s presence translated into accentuate of significance of this institution.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid has taken a keen interest in the importance of science and made it, one of the top of his agendas, highlighting that science will persevere to form our world and take a crucial position in addressing the challenges of the next century.

His Royal Highness encourages a need to maintain the true international framework for innovation, to advance the body of knowledge in all fields of expertise and placing them decisively on the map of science commitment and to share knowledge with the humankind, especially the new generation of scientists.

The King Abdulaziz al Saud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences in Casablanca financed by King Abdulaziz al Saud is the leading research facilities in the region.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid sets in motion Islamic Studies and Human Sciences

Casablanca, May 31, 2007 – His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the heir to the Moroccan throne, inaugurated the King Abdulaziz al Saud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences in Casablanca.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, a leading Muslim moderate, has voiced strong support to curb extremism and to promote moderate Islam through education, and to foster dialogue among the world's great religions.

His Royal Highness who also works to devise a new way to reinforce and advocate for the moderate, mainstream Islam aimed at spiritual and cultural issues, presents advice and support to the interfaith and Islamic affairs of understanding and cooperation.

The King Abdulaziz al Saud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences in Casablanca cost 69,703,154 Dirhams and will incorporate a 45-Meter long and 6-Meter wide bridge linking the old and new buildings.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid enhances the benefits of tourism industry

Marrakech, May 28, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the heir to the Moroccan throne, officially laid the foundation stone for new hotel, Four Seasons Hotel Marrakech.
During the official meeting, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid was briefed on the project managed by Kingdom Hotel Investments.

A business savvy Prince, who actively supports the development of Morocco’s tourism industry is looking to turn the attention to sustainable tourism development key’s positive characteristics, and to emphasize that relatively decentralized industry is highly capable of diversifying national economies, and therefore is more suitable in affording the nation equitable development.

His Royal Highness accentuates that a truly sustainable tourism development strategy must breed accountability of tourism industry to the locally defined development visions and objectives that benefits the local communities.

The Prince renowned for his striking business aptitude and creative thinking leads an effort to raise a challenge for promotion of tourism and great attention considering the potential of tourism in contribution to GDP, generation of employment, foreign exchange, development of infrastructure, agriculture or its positive linkage with industry and regional cooperation in the development.

His Royal Highness stressed well managed and developed tourism could become a direct and indirect sources of economic growth and development due to the inter-linkages the sector has with the rest of the economy, and therefore is advantageous in inducing macroeconomic incentives and motivations for development in the region.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, a tireless advocate of the Alliances of Civilizations, points out that tourism is a relatively less-pollutant industry and properly managed can enhance the protection and promotion of Morocco’s natural and cultural heritage, and become significant vehicle for promoting cultural exchanges that enhance international understanding and goodwill amongst the diverse civilizations of the universe.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid brings enchantment to equestrian event

Rabat, May 27, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid graced an annual royal equestrian event last night as he presides over the prize giving ceremony in Rabat on May 27, 2007.

His Royal Highness looked thrilled as his loyal subjects, who rank high in the eyes and heart of Prince, met him with the wholehearted applause.

Popular royal, who is always on hand for the national and international sports, made an enthusiastic contribution that generates extraordinary passions among millions of Moroccan people.

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, a keen equestrian fan, also handed the trophy to the winners after the game.

Prince Moulay Rachid spearheads several sporty projects with the main aim of the championships to discover new talents and to encourage more people to get involved in sport.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid ensures spotlight of MIFF in Cannes

CANNES, France, May 27 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid in his capacity as the President of the Foundation of Marrakech International Film Festival, has once again created the remarkable opportunity for the eight-members group, to get together with the world’s biggest distributors and producers of film at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in the spectacular French Riviera.

His Royal Highness in his effort to increase the awareness of already well-known Marrakech International Film Festival (MIFF), which takes place each end of November/ beginning of December, in the city of Marrakech (Morocco), bestowed to foundation’s representatives ability to attend tremendous international film festival to keep in touch with and abreast of current film productions and to establish and broaden contact with the stars, festival programmers, press or distributors.

One of the main objectives of His Royal Highness is to developed a highly regarded -both culturally and commercially – festival, to generate a series of projects to sustain and promote the local and international film industry and cinematography, to endorse talents outside their respective countries of origin, in addition to present challenging and diverse programs of international films for the public.

The Marrakech International Film Festival presents each year some of today’s most groundbreaking and impressive films that feature both originality and independence of expression, in line with the vision of His Royal Highness’ endeavor to reflect on unusual cinematic language focus of current trends in youth culture.

The Marrakech International Film Festival (Morocco) is an “A” category festival and one of the most prominent and appreciated cinema events in the world.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid internalizes aspirational notion of human rights

His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid and Moroccans efforts go hand-in-hand for human rights principles

Khemiss Sidi Yahia-Morocco, May 22, 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid who epitomizes a strong, gracious style of leadership, lead thousands of Moroccans in the funeral procession to pay their final respects to the Moroccan human rights activist Driss Benzekri.

His Royal Highness presence and leadership stressed the indissoluble links uniting security, development and human rights as the three pillars of the prince’s advocacy, without any of these world peace will not be accomplished.

His Royal Highness had been an ardent advocate of human rights and development and done his utmost to ensure that the Kingdom of Morocco own human rights apparatus that is more responsive to the needs of the day.

His Royal Highness - a driving force behind the global effort to achieve sustainable development and to promote and protect human rights for all - had shown exceptional courage and determination in the pursuit of peace, human rights and development.

Benzekri (57) died of cancer and was inhumed near his mother's tomb on a hillside near the village.