October 2024

Social media refers to online platforms and tools that enable users to create, share, and exchange content, ideas, and information among individuals, groups, and organizations, allowing them to connect with each other and stay informed about events, news, and trends as they happen in a real-time. These platforms can range from general-purpose sites like Facebook and Twitter to more specialised platforms like Instagram and Pinterest. Social media empowers individuals to produce and publish their own content, whether it's text, images, videos, or audio. This democratises content creation, allowing anyone with an internet connection to share and distribute their creativity with...

TikTok filters are taking the social media world by storm, offering users a chance to see themselves in a whole new light. These digital tools, powered by artificial intelligence, have the ability to transform people's appearances in ways that were once unimaginable. The latest trend sweeping the platform involves filters that make users look like younger versions of themselves, sparking both fascination and debate among millions of viewers worldwide. This phenomenon has an impact on more than just entertainment. It raises questions about self-perception, identity, and the psychological effects of digital age regression. As TikTok's youth filters grow in popularity,...

A car auction is a sale where cars are presented to people to buy against a bid. These auctions can take place either in a physical location or online. Some car auctioneers use both methods. When a person participates in a car auction, they have the opportunity to purchase vehicles at potentially lower prices than in a retail, but it’s essential to understand the risks involved. Auction houses charge buyer’s fees, which typically range from 10% to 20% of the final hammer price. Car auctions can be a daunting place for the uninitiated. But understanding how the auction process works will help you...

On the border between Africa and Europe and home to 35 million people, Morocco is a complex, cultural mosaic of varied cultures and civilisations. It has been cradled throughout its two thousand years of history by diverse influences and inhabited since at least Palaeolithic times by a series of independent dynasties and powers. Some powers controlled and influenced over centuries, Romans, Vandals and Visigoths in the early 7th century CE. The Arabs arrived in the late the 8th century and conquered much of the coastal region. They established dynasties in Morocco and together with native Moroccan Berbers, extended control to...

It happens that we sometimes wake up without having any idea of where we are, or what has happened the during our sleep. Haven’t we? This must be true because I cannot remember half of what I did in my mid-twenties. Also, what would happen if you wake up surrounded by cats with boxes on their heads in a in the desert in a Middle Eastern country and you cannot remember your name? This is how Abo Khashem sets the stage for a grand adventure. "Abo Khashem" is first and foremost an open world comedic third-person action adventure video game...

Educational games section is a specific segment of the gaming industry that serve as interactive tools designed to facilitate learning in an engaging and enjoyable manner.  With a combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning, educational games can be used by students and professionals as well since they combine the edtech elements of entertainment with educational content, aiming to enhance cognitive skills, reinforce development, knowledge retention, and problem-solving abilities. As John Dewey argued, games do not need to be specifically geared towards education to be educational tools. Games can bring together ways of...

If you’re planning a trip to Morocco, make sure to include a visit to its capital city, Rabat. Rabat is home to several important monuments that are worth exploring. One of the most iconic landmarks in Rabat is the Hassan Tower. Hassan Tower in Berber languages: ⵙⵓⵎⵓⵄⵜ ⵏ ⵃⴰⵙⵏis the minaret of a mosque that was intended to be the largest in the world. Its construction  in 1195, but was never completed.  Caliph Yacoub el-Mansour started construction of the mosque in 1196, but he died 3 years later, and the mosque was never finished. Hassan Tower was inscribed as a...

The word “zellige” comes from Arabic الزليج   ( al zulaycha ) that means « little polished stone ». This word is sometimes written zillij or zellij. This ornemantal technique is typical of Maghrebi architecture: how to assembly fragments of glazed terracotta tiles of different colours to create a geometric pattern. Sherds used are sometimes so thin that it is a true ceramic inlay. Why “little polished stone”? Because the purpose was to imitate North Africa Greco-Roman mosaics, not by assembling pieces of polished marble (“tesserae”), but fragments of colored earthenware tiles. It is obvious that this requires less effort to cut...

The wealthy American technologist and entrepreneur Elon Musk expressed a keen interest in learning about the life of the of Amazigh scholar and explorer Ibn Battuta, an intriguing historical figure hailing from Morocco. Elon Musk’s shared his interest about Ibn Battuta on the platform “X,” Born on 24 February 1304, in Tangier, Morocco, Ibn Battuta is a medieval Moroccan traveller and explorer known for his extensive journeys spanning diverse continents, Ibn Battuta embarked on extensive journeys encompassing diverse regions and regions, Africa, Asia, and Europe. His explorations were documented in his famous travelogue, entitled the "Rihla" (the Arabic word for...