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Morocco Reacts to Events in Egypt
While Moroccans were initially supportive of the ousting of the Egyptian leader, Mohamed Morsi, the sentiment is now mixed with understandable outrage at the carnage over the last few days The clearing...
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Funny Money In Morocco ~ The Real Problem with Riyals
Although Moroccans have an official currency - the dirham - they also have an informal currency - the riyal and so, buying vegetables or fruit in a Moroccan souk can sometimes be extremely confusing,...
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Morocco's Heatwave Set to Continue - Where to Swim
The weeks of hot weather across Morocco are set to continue until at least the end of August. Long range weather predictions are all suggesting that the first break may be on August 24 in Marrakech,...
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Chilling Out in Asillah and a Trip to Paradise
Escaping the heat in Fez is not always as easy as it sounds. Simply getting on a train is difficult, as our reporter, Sue Bail, discovered as she headed to Asillah to chill outAsillah - cooler than...
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Meanwhile in Saïdia ~ The Weather is Cooler
Saïdia, known as the "Blue Pearl", is a beach in Berkane. It is located in the province Berkane, near the Mediterranean Sea and at the Moroccan-Algerian border. In search of anywhere cooler than Fez,...
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Coming to Fez for One Night Only - A Musical Maestro and Comic Genius
Fez is about to experience one of the most unusual concerts it has ever witnessed! Martin Pearson will be performing at Riad Zany and everyone is invited. The date for the concert is Thursday August...
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Beating the Heat in Fez ~ An extreme Option ~ Go to a Horse Race in Italy!
With temperatures in Morocco set to continue in the high 30s (Celsius) people are going to great lengths to stay cool - including taking a weekend break out of the country. In the last in our series on...
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Silver Passion in Tiznit For The Silver Festival
The Moroccan city of Tiznit is hosting the fourth edition of the Timizart silver festival, which runs through August 24.Opening yesterday with the theme ''Silver: passion, creation and development'',...
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A Bizarre Project Aimed to Teach Moroccans How to Make Pottery
Millions of dollars being spent on teaching Moroccans to make pottery? At first glance it looked like a joke. But no, on further investigation it turned out to be at least partially true. The idea that...
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Morocco's King Delivers Powerful Call For Better Education
Said Temsamani, writing for the Eurasia Review, reports that the Moroccan King, Mohammed VI, has delivered an astonishingly strong address on the need to improve education in the Kingdom. "Courses...
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Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts To Open in 2016
David Chipperfield design conceptNorth Africa’s patchy museum scene is set to be enhanced with a new purpose-built museum dedicated to photography based in Morocco. The Marrakech Museum for Photography...
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Morocco and the Question of Corruption
It is quite normal to hear both Moroccans and ex-pats complaining about corruption in Morocco. Indeed, listening to the stories, one could be forgiven for thinking that Morocco was the home of...
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Visiting Performer Plunges into Fez Medina Happenings
One of the wonderful things about living in the Fez Medina is the exposure to the amazing number of events that take place every day. When singer-songwriter, Martin Pearson arrived in Fez, prior to his...
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Photo of the Day ~ How to Thank Your Staff
How do you thank your staff for a year's hard work running one of the top guesthouses in Morocco? If you are the owners of a riad like Riad Laaroussa, you close your business for a a week and take all...
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A Day Trip from Fez - Into the Mountains and the Azrou Market Day
The city of Fez is perfectly located for use as a base to explore the countryside and towns in the region. Yesterday The View from Fez tagged along with two visiting Australians as they travelled to...
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Martin Pearson Entertains in Fez
A house concert in Fez last night was attended by a wonderfully diverse audience - Moroccans, Austrians, Russians, Germans, Argentinians, Italians, New Zealanders, Britons and Australians. The concert...
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Fez Gourmet Restaurants Reopen After Summer Break
Good news for lovers of fine food. Two of the top restaurants in Fez are set to reopen after having taken an August break. The Ruined Garden opens on September the fifth and Dar Roumana on September...
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Comment ~ Why Did the Muslim Brotherhood Fail in Egypt?
Moha Ennaji is Professor of Cultural and Gender Studies and President of the International Institute for Languages and Cultures in Fez. In this interesting article (first published inMorocco World...
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Moroccan News Briefs #103
Morocco urges political solution to Syrian crisisThe Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday stressed that the ultimate solution to the Syrian crisis should be a political one achieved through a...
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Life of Pi ~ Showing in Fez This Week
The superb Ang Lee film Life of Pi is one of the two movies on offer in Fez this week at Café ClockFilm times: Monday & Friday @ 6pm - Entry is freeMajid - Directed by Nassim Abbasi with Ibrahim...
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