KENITRA

kənēˈtrə, city (1994 pop. 292,627), NW Morocco, on the Sebou River. It is a port exporting agricultural products. The city was built by the French and called by them Port Lyautey. American troops landed there in Nov., 1942, during World War II.

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books on: Kenitra  - 49 results

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Earth, Fire, Water, Air: Anne Dangar's Letters to Grace Crowley, 1930-1951
Book by Helen Topliss, Anne Dangar; Allen & Unwin, 2000
Subjects: Dangar, Anne--D. 1951--Correspondence, Potters--Australia--Correspondence, Potters--France--Sablons--Correspondence
...hullabaloo all night. Very worn out I took the car at 5.00 AM to Kenitra, a queer red mud town with a bright blue river, only had...Smudge if you were ____________________ 38 Kenitra is on the coast when travelling from Fez to Rabat.
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The Handbook of National Population Censuses
Book by Eliane A. Domschke, Doreen S. Goyer; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: Africa--Census--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Asia--Census--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...Boulemane Taounate Taza Taza Taza Rabat region Rabat pref./ prov. Rabat-Sale North-West region Rabat-Sale pref. Kenitra Kenitra Kemisset Intl Amd. Tanger Tanger Tanger Sp. Moroc. Tetouan Tetouan Tetouan Chaouen
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The Miseducation of the West: How Schools and the Media Distort Our Understanding of the Islamic World
Book by Joe L. Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: International Education--United States, Islam--Public Opinion, Multicultural Education--United States, Public Opinion--United States
...York Press, 1998), and Histoire des Femmes au Maghreb: Reponse 9 lExclusion. Proceedings of Kenitra Conference, December 4-6, 1997 (Kenitra, Morocco: University Press, 1999). Hereafter referred to as Histoire des Femmes. 11. Quoted...
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America's Overseas Garrisons: The Leasehold Empire
Book by C. T. Sandars; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Military Bases, American--History--20th Century, United States--Armed Forces--Foreign Countries
...established in Morocco in 1942 at Port Lyautey (later known as Kenitra) to be particularly sensitive. But the United States managed...facility that it had occupied under separate arrangements at Kenitra but this was phased out by 1978. United States access to facilities...
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The Modern Middle East: A Sourcebook for History
Book by Camron Michael Amin, Benjamin C. Fortna, Elizabeth Frierson; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Middle East--History--1517-
...with the arrival of the Americans,79 They were shooting in Kenitra when I came there. They did so to pretend that they had entered...house in the forest of Dar Salim near Sidi Yahya, not far from Kenitra. Later I went to Sidi Slimane and then to EI-Housima80 where...
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journal articles on: Kenitra  - 6 results

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Women and Linguistic Space in Morocco *
Journal article by Fatima Sadiqi; Women and Language, Vol. 26, 2003
Subjects: Feminism--Analysis, Language and languages--Analysis
...au Maghreb. In Monkacki, M. (Ed.) (1999). Histoire des Femmes au Maghreb. (pp. 205-231) Actes du Colloque de Kenitra. Casablanca: Imprimerie Najah El Jadida. Bennani, F. Maadi, Z. (2000). Selection de Textes Sacres sur les Droits...
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The Post-Migration Survival of Traditional Marriage Patterns: Consanguineous Marriages among Turks and Moroccans in Belgium [*
Journal article by Georges Reniers; Vol. 32, 2001
Subjects: Belgium--Social aspects, Consanguinity--Social aspects, Emigration and immigration--Social aspects, Marriage--Social aspects, Moroccans--Social aspects, Social surveys--Usage, Turks in Belgium--Social aspects
...regions were distinguished. These are the Golden Triangle and the Periphery (Casablanca, Meknes, Agadir, Rabat, Fez, Kenitra, Taroudannt, Guelmim, Tiznit, Marrakech, Beni Mellal, Khemisset, Ouarzazate), the Northern Arab provinces (Tanger...
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Constructing an Archival Cityscape: Local Views of Colonial Urbanism in the French Protectorate of Morocco
Journal article by Stacy E. Holden; History In Africa, Vol. 34, 2007
...Rabat, Sale, Fez, Meknes, and Marrakech. Some cases, however, do come from other cities like Settat, Essaouira, Kenitra, or Oujda. Most files contain a summary of the case in French, which allows for a quick appraisal of the cases relevance...
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Chronology-afghanistan/algeria/bahrain/egypt/iran/iraq/israel/jordan/libya/lebanon/mauritania/morocco/pakistan/qatar/saudi Arabia/sudan/syria/tunisia/turkey/united Arab Emirates/yemen
Journal article; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 62, 2008
Subjects: Arrests, Demonstrations & protests, Equal rights, Press releases, Truces & cease fires
...held by hundreds of convicts against what they claimed to be deplorable conditions in the prisons. The prison, located in Kenitra, about 25 miles north of Rabat, was the same prison that drug baron Muhammad Ouazzani escaped from in December 2007. BBC...
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The Limits of Cultural Hybridity: On Ritual Monsters, Poetic Licence and Contested Postcolonial Purifications
Journal article by Pnina Werbner; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 7, 2001
Subjects: Anthropological research--Reports, Culture--Research, Imperialism--Influence
...version of this paper was first presented at a conference on The Postcolonial Condition of Hybridity at Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco, 12-14 March 1998. The present version was presented to the conference Manchester 99 -- Visions and Voices...
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magazine articles on: Kenitra  - 9 results

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Facing Down the Soviets
Magazine article by David Colley, Richard Kolb; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 85, February 1998
Subjects: Cold War, Mediterranean Sea, Military deployment, Military history, USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United States
...the Straits of Gibraltar were key bases in Morocco. Port Lyautey, now Kenitra, served as a base for recon flights and Naval Security Group facilities until 1978. Kenitra, Sidi Yahya and Bouknadel were support facilities for the 6th Fleet...
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Thirsty and Underpowered
Magazine article by Chris Mcivor; The Middle East, December 1993
Subjects: Agriculture--Effect of drought on, Droughts--Morocco
...by ONE with Electricite de France and Endesa of Spain to construct a $400m at Kenitra, north of Rabat. The Mohammedia plant will be fired by fuel oil. The Kenitra plant, on the other hand, will be one of the first beneficiaries of the trans...
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Hot Spots: Morocco
Magazine article by Hans Belcsák; Business Credit, Vol. 110, March 2008
Subjects: Currency devaluation, Economic policy, International disputes, Morocco, Negotiations, Political behavior, Trade deficit
...Nationale des Chemins de Fer), and RFF (Reseau Ferre de France) for the construction of a rail link between Tangiers and Kenitra. Alstom is to supply 18 high-speed trains, while SNCF and RFF are to furnish technical support. The link is slated to...
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Florida: Burkeen Heads to Miami
Magazine article; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 39, August 2004
Subjects: Appointments & personnel changes, Burkeen, Ernest, City managers, Government executives, Miami Florida, Parks & recreation areas, Personal profiles
...a $9 29 million budget, manage 500 employees and oversee 88 parks. Burkeen has also served as head basketball coach for Kenitra American High School in Morocco, and as an adjunct professor at Eastern Michigan University. he also served in the United...
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Moroccan Political Prisoner Freed
Magazine article by Carol A. Macha; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. X, November 30, 1991
Subjects: Correctional institutions, Crime, International, Morocco, Politics, Prisoners, Prisons
...African continent, exceeded, perhaps, only by the term served by Nelson Mandela of South Africa. After 17 years in Moroccos Kenitra Prison, Abraham Serfaty was released and sent into exile in France. As leader of the Moroccan Progressive Front, a left...
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newspaper articles on: Kenitra  - 3 results

 
 
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GEORGE CLOONEY SAVED MY LIFE; for One British Tourist It Was the Ultimate Nightmare. Falsely Accused of Drug Running and Thrown in a Moroccan Jail Where Prisoners Hung in Chains, John Packwood Thought His Life Was over ... until a Very Unlikely Saviour Arrived
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 17, 2007
...time, perhaps, it would be them. This was my welcome to Kenitra jail in Morocco. I had been extradited here from Spain after...It was hopeless. I was flown to Casablanca and driven to Kenitra prison. Jane had been told it was the worst in Morocco. What...
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Eighteen Years Underground in Morocco
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 5, 2002
...sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, Salim and the other convicts are held in a severe but more or less conventional prison, Kenitra, for a year or two, before being bundled off to Tazmamart, where the intention seems to be to forget them. And have their...
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Freed from My Moroccan Prison Hell after George Clooney Wrote to the King; Jailed Briton Tells How Star's Plea for Mercy Saved Him from Jail Nightmare
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 27, 2005
...11 months while his lawyer fought in vain to stop his extradition to Morocco. Then in September he was moved to the hell of Kenitra prison in Morocco, where he shared a sweltering 20ft by 20ft cell with up to 45 other men. I was a newcomer so I was in the...


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encyclopedia articles on: Kenitra  - 2 results

 
 
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Kenitra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KENITRA k ne tr , city (1994 pop. 292,627), NW Morocco, on the Sebou River. It is a port exporting agricultural products. The...
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Port Lyautey
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PORT LYAUTEY see Kenitra , Morocco. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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