Independence Resistance Day in Morocco
Independence Resistance Day in Morocco is held on January 11. This event in the second decade of the month January is annual. 
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Mint tea is the national drink of Morocco. Snake charmers are a real thing in Morocco.
Morocco is home to the world's largest desert known as the Sahara desert! In Africa, Morocco is the 25th largest country with a population of almost 34 million. Since its foundation by Idris I back in 788AD, the country has been under the rule of a series of independent dynasties.
Each year on January 11, Morocco's commemorates its Independence Manifesto Day when the document demanding independence for the Kingdom was submitted to France, the USA and Great Britain. These events took place in 1944 during the reign of the late Sovereign, His Majesty King Mohammed V. On Thursday, January 11, 1944, the nationalists of the Istiqlal party presented the Manifesto to the Sultan Mohammed V, and handed a copy to the French legation. In this Manifesto, nationalists openly demanded the independence of Morocco under the auspices of His Majesty Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Morocco Independence Day on November 18 (celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956);
Yennayer on January 12 (Berbers, Amazigh New Year);
Throne Day in Morocco on March 3 (since 1961);
Mother's Day in France on May 25 (also Algeria, Dominican Republic. First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May);
Hassan II Day in Morocco on July 9 (Moulay Hassan Alawi born July 9, 1929, died July 23, 1999 - King of Morocco from March 3, 1961 until his death in 1999);
Feast of the Throne in Morocco on July 30
Oued Ed-Dahab Day in Morocco on August 14 (Also known as Allegiance Day)