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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m A g e n c e M a g h r e b A r a b e P r e s s e )
Moroccan official news agency
Maghreb Agence Presse Formed 31 May 1959 (1959-05-31 ) Headquarters 122 Avenue Allal Ben Abdellah, Rabat , Morocco Motto "News are sacred, comment is free" or "The value of information" Agency executive
Fouad Arif, Director General
Parent department Department of Communication of the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication Website www
Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP ), also known as Maghreb Agence Presse , is the government-owned official news agency of the Kingdom of Morocco .[1]
History and profile [ edit ]
The agency was founded on 31 May 1959 by Mehdi Bennouna in Rabat .[2] [3] [4] [4]
The director is Fouad Arif, and headquartered in Rabat . The agency has official international services in five languages: Arabic , English , French , Spanish , and Tamazight . In 1960, the agency launched an African bulletin. It launched a Middle East service as well as an English service on 14 October 1975.
Abdeljalil Fenjiro served as the director of the agency for more than twenty years until 16 November 1999 when Mohammed Yassine Mansouri replaced him in the post.[5]
In addition to providing news, the agency co-founded a national charter for the improvement of women's images in the media with the Ministry of Social Development and Family and Solidarity and the Ministry of Communication and Culture in 2005.[6]
On 19 May 2023, King Mohammed VI appointed Fouad Arif as the new Director General of MAP, following the death of Khalil Hachimi Idrissi .[7] [8]
International offices [ edit ]
The agency has international offices in Abidjan , Algiers , Bonn , Beyrouth , Cairo , Dakar , Geneva , Jeddah , Lisbon , Madrid , Mexico City , Montreal , Moscow , New Delhi , Nouakchott , Paris , Rome , Tunis and Washington . In addition, the agency is reported to have a "large network in Asia".[9]
National and regional offices [ edit ]
The agency has national and regional offices in Agadir , Casablanca , Tangier , Dakhla , Fez , Kenitra , Laayoune , Nador , Oujda and Settat .
Correspondents [ edit ]
The agency has correspondents in Abu Dhabi , Addis Ababa , Ankara , Baghdad , Buenos Aires , Beijing , Caracas , Damascus , El Jadida , Essaouira , Málaga , Marseille , Mexico City , New Delhi , Ouarzazate , Pretoria , Tan-Tan , Taza , Tehran , Tétouan and Tripoli .
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Chiba Yushi (February 2012). "A Comparative Study on the Pan-Arab Media Strategies: The Cases of Egypt and Saudi Arabia" (PDF) . 5 2 ). Retrieved 13 February 2014 .
^ "Country profiles - Morocco" . Journalism Network. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2014 .
^ a b Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (16 January 2006). Historical Dictionary of Morocco ISBN 978-0-8108-6511-2 . Retrieved 8 October 2014 .
^ Mohammed Ibahrine (2002). "Democratisation and the press: the case of Morocco" (PDF) . Nord Süd Aktuell . Retrieved 29 January 2014 .
^ Loubna H. Skalli (2011). "Constructing Arab Female Leadership Lessons from the Moroccan Media" . Gender & Society . 25 doi :10.1177/0891243211411051 . S2CID 145483355 . Retrieved 9 October 2014 .
^ Kasraoui, Safaa. "King Mohammed VI Appoints Fouad Arif as Director General of MAP" . moroccoworldnews . Retrieved 2023-05-21 .
^ "Fouad Arif Installed as MAP Director General" . HESPRESS English - Morocco News . 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-05-21 .
^ "MAP one of the rare Arab news agencies to have large network in Asia, Chinese official" . UMCI News . 6 June 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014 .
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