American University to open in Tangiers

A project to create an American university in the Moroccan northern city of Tangiers is being finalized, Moulay Mehdi Alaoui, wali (governor) of Tangiers announced on Friday. The university, to be dubbed The Middle East University, will be similar to the American universities in other countries, the wali said.

The projected university will consolidate the multi-cultural character of Tangiers, he added.