- located in north-western Africa
- population: 2.5 million
- Casablanca has one of the largest ports in all of North Africa.
- "Casablanca" is Spanish for "white house." It was officially part of Spain between 1580-1640.
- Casablanca became independent from France in 1956.
Since independence:
- in 2000, womens' groups organized demonstrations in Casablanca proposing reforms to the legal status of women in the country.
- in 2004,the king implemented the family law which met some of the demands of women's rights activists.
- May 2003, 33 civilians were killed and more than 10 injured from a multiple suicide bomb attack done by Moroccans which was linked to Al-Qaeda.
By: Joel Swieca
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