HRH Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid unveils national skiing championships

Oukaimeden – Morocco, January 11, 2008 – Taking another step in ensuring the nation's developing ski racing, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Honorary President of the Royal Moroccan Skiing and Mountaineering Federation (Fédération Royale Marocaine de Ski et Montagne - FRMSM), unveiled the National Alpine Skiing Championship.

The opening ceremony scheduled for Thursday followed by a full day of races. The Championship holding nationwide country skiing competitions this weekend allows its participants to measure themselves against the best national representatives of this group.

The Championship is the showcase event for the top level racing in Morocco with the aim to introduce athletes to a national level of racing that will help prepare them for the international HRH Prince Moulay Rachid Skiing Cup.

The international HRH Prince Moulay Rachid Skiing Cup is scheduled to get underway from January 30th to February 3rd at the Oukaimeden ski resort.

This ski mountaineering events are part of the schedule for the FRMSM 2007-2008 season.
The achievement of this event will be measured by the quality of the association efforts to create an event tailored to the needs of athletes to guarantee a memorable experience.

Happy Islamic New Year Your Royal Highness!

Allow us to extend to Your Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid our most sincere and best wishes of loyalty, peace within Your Love and accept our hearty wishes for the New Year (1429 anno hegirae).
We hope you will continue to enjoy good health, happiness, cheerfulness, success and new achievements for the good of the Kingdom of Morocco, Region and the World at large.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid takes youth one step closer to the Friendship Meeting

Rabat – Morocco, January 6, 2008 – The Friendship Meting 2008, a scout event unique of its kind will be held from July 10th to 25th 2008 in four cities: Rabat, Fes, Sefrou and Safi.

Detailed information on accommodation and other useful information are being sent since the beginning of January 2008 to all designated participants well in advance of the meeting.

The Meeting is a great scout social event, an intercultural project, a humanitarian happening, and a place where scouts and their leaders will celebrate the brotherhood and solidarity with their international counterparts.

It is above all a gratuitous gesture to make humanitarian and intercultural projects with other scouts, give their time and energy to create the experience and mechanisms to narrow differences between West and Muslim.

Held under His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid’s patronage, the meeting provides a platform for discussion and exploration of an international dimension of scouting to learn about other cultures and other living conditions.

His Royal Highness’ aim of this project is to develop young people’s intercultural competence by integrating scouts from aboard into the Moroccan culture.

The cultural discourse that will unfolds there is just one of the fruits of His Royal Highness who works tirelessly to promote the understandings of intercultural awareness and intercultural competence to spread His message of peace to the youth all over the world.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid strives to offer exploration of the beautiful Moroccan coastlines

Agadir – Morocco, January 5, 2008 – The end of December 2007 saw the Agadir coastline dotted with the white sails of ships racing for the Agadir Statutory Regatta.

The annual race, sponsored by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, takes place annually in December as the official close to the Moroccan yachting season.

The event began on December 29th, 2007, with a full day of sailing racing festivities and spectacular sight of yachts with participation of 26 sportsmen representing six Moroccan clubs.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid stressed that the regatta is great opportunity of the celebration of the ocean and spectacular coastlines sight, while paving the way with days of competitions between yachtsmen, followed by sailing team friendship onshore.

As an Honorary President of the Royal Moroccan Yachting Federation, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid envisions a year-round sailing racing programs, offering nautical products, services and initiatives for yachting and sailing in particular. Adding, rich schedules of sailing and fishing traditions combined to spectacular regattas with modern yachting.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid's passionate efforts pay off

Rabat – Morocco, January 4, 2008 – The Moroccan golf community has one more reason to celebrate, after the wining the Open ONDA by Mr. Fayçal Serghini.

There is no doubt that this proud triumph for Moroccan golf is due to the inspiration and decisive efforts of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid. Under the leadership of HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, Morocco is witnessing the fantastic development in the golf industry.

Prince Moulay Rachid, a keen golf player himself and President of Morocco’s most prestigious Hassan 2 Golf Trophy, was definitely pleased to hear of Fayçal Serghini’s fantastic result, noting that this win can bring a confidence and positive attitude for the Moroccan golf players.

HRH Prince Moulay Rachid announces 2007-2008 Ski Season

El Haouz Province, January 2, 2008 - His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, who is the Honorary President of the Royal Moroccan Skiing and Mountaineering Federation (Fédération Royale Marocaine de Ski et Montagne - FRMSM), is pleased to announce the lineup for the FRMSM 2007-2008 season.

The Royal Moroccan Skiing and Mountaineering Federation’s annual opening event took place in the breathtaking Atlas Mountains at the Oukaimeden ski resort in the province El Haouz from December 29th to January 2nd, starting off with the series of courses and the first competition of the season, the Morocco’s Federal Cup.

The season will continue with the national alpine skiing competition, which will take place at Oukaimeden from January 10th to 13th and will be followed by a refresher course for the benefit of the national teams organized from January 26th to February 2nd.

These national teams hope will be involved in the International Ski Mountaineering Competition, the Trophy HRH Prince Moulay Rachid, taking place at the Oukaimeden ski resort and mountains from January 30th to February 3rd.

His Royal Highness is hoping that the set of events will help to raise awareness of the Morocco’s finest ski resort Oukaimeden - the true taste of adventure and cultural experience - to help to attract more international visitors.

Morocco’s finest ski resort Oukaimeden is located a 1 hour, 30 minutes drive from Marrakech and it boasts almost 12.5 miles of runs and loads of off-piste options. The surrounding scenery is breathtaking and Oukaimeden encompasses stunning scenery and fabulous atmosphere provide the perfect recipe for a wonderful winter getaway.

Oukaimeden presents a selection of 20 trails for various levels of ability, but the ski resort’s most outstanding attraction is the access it provides to countless untracked trails that wind through the High Atlas mountain range. The slopes are served by seven chairlifts including the continent’s highest at an altitude of 10,734 feet.

A BLESSED AND HAPPY NEW YEAR YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS!

WE, Your Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid's most devoted and faithful subjects, we respectfully convey to Your Royal Highness our sincere heartfelt wishes of Happy New Year and the greatest gratitude to Your Royal Highness for all goodness of Yours granted to us.

With all our hearts, souls and minds we wish You the best of everything all throughout the year...

Cheers!