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Elton John performance in Morocco raises outcry

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:00:09 +0000

(Rabat, Morocco) A concert by Elton John has tested the limits of Morocco’s drive for modernity, probing this Muslim nation’s complex and ambiguous attitudes toward homosexuality like rarely(...)

Elton John to perform in Morocco despite outcry

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:30:30 +0000

(Rabat, Morocco) Elton John is expected to be the highlight of Morocco’s biggest music festival Wednesday evening – despite calls by the country’s main Islamist party to shelve the British(...)

Gay Moroccan writer takes on homophobia

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:17:51 +0000

(Paris) A soft-spoken slip of a young man, Abdellah Taia hardly looks the part of an iconoclast. But as Morocco’s first high-profile, openly gay man, Taia has made it his mission to win(...)

Morocco clamps down on gays, Shiites

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:42:44 +0000

(Rabat) Morocco’s government is clamping down on homosexuality and alleged Shiite propaganda, saying it will tackle any group that threatens moral and religious values in the Sunni Arab(...)