HRH Crown Prince Moulay Rachid lauds more education and better opportunities for all

Marrakech, December 19, 2008 – Lauding a need to increase of the country's education spending, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid has advocated concrete measures to upgrade Morocco's education system.

Reminding about the importance of education to international competitiveness, Crown Prince Moulay Rachid has taken an important step towards developing education in the Kingdom, laying out guidelines and principles for education policy in visual arts.

In 2007, Crown Prince Moulay Rachid launched a first ever major national cinema school, the Marrakech Graduate School of Visual Arts, with the aim to enable everybody to improve their own qualifications through education.

The school is the first of its kind in the country and embodies a holistic approach to professional and cultural education, opening up fresh personal horizons.

One of key factors of success of school are the Master Classes delivered by prominent professionals of the international film community, including the veteran US movie director Martin Scorsese, Elia Suleiman, Gilles Taurand screenwriter and actor Nour Cherif.

This year during the eighth edition of the Marrakech International Festival, the Master Classes were hosted by British director Hugh Hudson, Spanish director Villaronga Agusti and Egyptian actor Ezzat El Alaili.

Crown Prince Moulay Rachid's campaigns to ensure that all children and young have the same chance of gaining a sound education have helped to inspire and encourage those hoping to succeed through education.

HRH Crown Prince Moulay Rachid’s groundbreaking work on crossroads of cultural diversity and sport psychology

HRH Crown Prince Moulay Rachid briefed on preparations for the 12th Congress of Sport Psychology

Marrakech, December 14, 2008 -- Continue to show ongoing support for meaningful action carried out through the promotion of the sport image and the cultural and ethical values of the sport, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid will be hosting the 12th Congress of Sport Psychology under the motto “Meeting New Challenges and Bridging Cultural Gaps in Sport and Exercise Psychology.”

This five-day high quality Congress of the scientific program, to be held on June 17-21, 2009 at the Congress Center “Palais des Congrès” in Marrakech - Morocco, will focus on opening new perspectives on the science of art and sport and exercise psychology and on issues related to the athlete’s mental management and social changes.

Crown Prince Moulay Rachid expressed pleasure that Morocco will be hosting the twelfth international congress and hopes it will open up the grassland to the amalgamation of qualitative research methods and examination aims of issues of diverse aspects of modern sport and exercise psychology. Adding, broadened focus should include examination of socio-cultural difference and justice in general that will help to empower the athletes from socially and culturally marginalized groups in particular.

Moreover, Crown Prince Moulay Rachid reaffirmed that fruitful exchange can help to advance knowledge and progress development of a proficiency in sport psychology and to bridge cultural gaps between countries and societies.

Further, Crown Prince Moulay Rachid has extended backing for 12th Congress of Sport Psychology with His Royal Honour Presidency of the Congress.

Registration is currently open and the conference fee is €240; limited number of reduced registration fee is available until December 20th, 2008. Student scholarships are also available. Full time students MUST provide proof of status when submitting their registration form and payment (copy of valid student ID card or a letter from their institution). For additional information and to register, visit: www.issp2009.com.

Striking Crown Prince Moulay Rachid with Ernie Els

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid, President of the Hassan II Golf Trophy, with the winner of the 36th Hassan II Golf Trophy, Ernie Els.

HRH Crown Prince Moulay Rachid’s aspiration for interfaith shelter

Rabat, December 11, 2008 – Marking a Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid expressed hope for universal message of endorsement of respect and mutual understanding among all faiths and cultures, which could bring lasting harmony and peace in the world.

Sporting the stylish traditional outfit, Crown Prince Moulay Rachid glowed with charming smile during the traditional virtue marking holidays.

Crown Prince Moulay Rachid also reaffirmed the His commitment to continue to address challenges achieving peace and moves towards peaceful coexistence.

Crown Prince Moulay Rachid who has emerged as a leading voice and advocate on religious pluralism, established tone of the whole committed to education and action that intensify promotion of religious dialogue and interfaith understanding.

Wishing HRH Crown Prince Moulay Rachid very happy Eid al-Adha

We humbly surrender all our love, gratitude, and devotion and convey our sincere regards to the great His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid on this special occasion!

Our sincere gratitude and appreciation for the outstanding leadership of Crown Prince Moulay Rachid that brings steps closer to achieving peace, progress towards sustainable development and offers guidance on how to pursue democracy.

All our best wishes to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid!

Moulay Rachid – Prince with a Majestic Heart

The e-journalist Tarik Essaadi, a founder of several sites that enrich the national and worldwide canvas, including Emmarakech.info and L’image.info, suffered from exhaustion that caused breakdown to carry out work on the opening evening of the Marrakech International Film Festival (MIFF).

That kept him from covering the MIFF as he did over the last few years.

His absence has not escaped the attention of the President of MIFF, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid, who pays close attention to what is written about the festival, especially what Tarik publishes on his sites.

When Crown Prince Moulay Rachid inquired about his absence, He learned a bad news.
Inspiring reaction: Crown Prince Moulay Rachid without delay paid a surprise visit to famous e-journalist.

Instantly, the generous His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid decided to pay the hospitalization costs of Tarik.

This gave a hope to this young father loved by many people for both his professional and human qualities.

We wish him a speedy recovery.

HRH Crown Prince Moulay Rachid urges to give hand to visually impaired

Marrakech, November 23, 2008 – One of the crucial components of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Rachid’s strategy is to focus on supporting IT linked educational necessities of people with special needs.

Under the direction of Crown Prince Moulay Rachid, 8th edition of Marrakech International Film Festival (MIFF) made movies accessible for visually impaired people by using the "Audio Description,” the actor's voice describes each scene and is transmitted by headset.

This initiative further promotes Crown Prince Moulay Rachid constant efforts to enhance IT skills of citizens with physical challenges, which in return is significant for the overall development of the society.

Crown Prince Moulay Rachid, who is also the President of MIFF Foundation stressed IT capability will significantly exploit a shift more rapidly to achieve objective of integrating people with special needs as self-sufficient and contributing citizens of society.

Crown Prince Moulay Rachid also urged and encouraged government and all involved in the audiovisual sector, including National Broadcasting and Television, to adopt similar technology in national productions to allow greater availability to visually impaired citizens.

This will give them access to the cinema with the knowledge that it is regarded as a place of entertainment for the visually impaired as well.

Thanks to the vision and the steps taken by Crown Prince Moulay Rachid, people with special needs are able to come out of their silence and express their concerns and challenges they face and pose.