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Morocco: And The Winners Are…

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Morocco, Arts & Culture, Citizen Media, Freedom of Speech, Ideas, Media & Journalism, Photography, Technology, Youth

The second annual edition of the Maroc Blog Awards [1] were held in Casablanca on January 31.  The awards honor the best Moroccan bloggers (as well as bloggers whose primary blog topic is Morocco) in 13 categories.  This year, awards were given in the following categories:

Reb, who is an American researching the Blogoma (Moroccan blogosphere), congratulated [2] all of the winners:

This is a little late–I was out of town last week–but congrats to all the winners of the 2009 Maroc Blog Awards! You all definitely deserve recognition.

Robin Des Blogs, winner of the Blog of the Year and Best French Blog categories, wrote about attending the ceremony and winning the award [3]:

Dire que jusqu’à ce matin j’ étais un citoyen ordinaire, juste un mec avec plein d’ambitions et de rêves comme tout le monde…Ce soir, je rentre chez moi avec cette impression de pouvoir tout faire, non pas parce que je me suis découvert quelque talent caché ou des forces mystérieuses, mais parce que j’ai gagné au Maroc Blog Awards…deux titres dont l’un n’est tout autre que le prestigieux blason de meilleur blog marocain de l’année 2009, rien que ça… Tu parles d’une soirée !

Say that until this morning I was an ordinary citizen, just a guy with a lot of ambitions and dreams like everyone else … Tonight I came home with the impression that I can do everything, not because I discovered some hidden talent or mysterious force within myself, but because I won the Morocco Blog Award…in two categories, one of which is none other than the most prestigious emblem of Moroccan Blog of the Year 2009…Talk about an evening!

The blogger also shared a photo from the event:

Casawaves, who won the award for Best Thematic Blog, shared videos from the event, including this one of a percussion group performing:

Saad Erraji, winner of the Best Skyblog category, also shared a photograph [4] from the event: