<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Mocal News</title><description>Analysis and insights on Morocco&apos;s economic and social transformation.</description><link>https://mocalnews.com/</link><item><title>The Fassi Century Is Ending. Here&apos;s What&apos;s Taking Its Place.</title><link>https://mocalnews.com/blog/fassi-century-ending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mocalnews.com/blog/fassi-century-ending/</guid><description>For seventy years, a few dozen families from the old city of Fes ran Morocco&apos;s banks, businesses, and ministries. English, the internet, and $13 billion a year in diaspora remittances are ending their grip.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1655376407147-4acdf34667ff?q=80&amp;w=2070&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop</image><category>Class &amp; Society</category></item><item><title>The Marrakech Car-Apocalypse: When Development Outpaces Its Roads</title><link>https://mocalnews.com/blog/marrakech-car-apocalypse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mocalnews.com/blog/marrakech-car-apocalypse/</guid><description>Moroccan vehicle sales set an all-time record in 2025: 234,372 units, up a third in a single year. The roads, the zoning, and the transit plans did not.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1760741319697-cf29ac50fc7b?q=80&amp;w=2070&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop</image><category>Urbanization &amp; Economy</category></item><item><title>The Airbnb Squeeze: Marrakech&apos;s Escalating Housing Crisis</title><link>https://mocalnews.com/blog/marrakech-airbnb-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mocalnews.com/blog/marrakech-airbnb-crisis/</guid><description>Nearly 10,000 short-term rental listings now saturate a city of 1.57 million. Decree 2.23.441 tries to catch up. The rent math already broke.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><image>https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1697028654192-7fc892ab2a09?q=80&amp;w=2070&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop</image><category>Real Estate &amp; Policy</category></item></channel></rss>