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Yoga Workshop in Fez Next Weekend
It's time to get moving again - stretch those limbs to banish the winter blues. A yoga workshop will be held on Saturday and Sunday February 1 & 2 at Jardin des BiehnThe yoga instructor is Rima...
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Charity Clothing Drive in Fez
Got clothes cluttering your wardrobe that you no longer wear? Someone else may be able to make good use of them. There are still a few days left in the ALC Fes Community Service Club Clothing Drive The...
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Tunisia's New Constitution Good News For Morocco
Tunisia's constituent assembly overwhelmingly passed a new constitution Sunday night after two years of bargaining between the country's Islamists and secularists. Last week, the assembly voted on each...
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Exposé Artisanal - Linking Up With the Artisans of the Fez Medina
Exposé Artisanal is an exciting initiative that aims to create opportunities to meet and speak with artisans in the Fez Medina. Too often visitors to the Medina only glimpse the artisans who create the...
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What’s on the Menu? Tagine or Goats Head Soup? ~ Disques Gam, Vinyl Record...
Speciality music shops come and go so it is a relief to confirm that Disques Gam, one of the top five vinyl shops in the world, is still up and running in Casablanca. Our man on the spot, John...
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The 19th Fez Festival of Andalusian Music ~ February 21 - March 1 2014
The 19th Fez Festival of Andalusian music will be held from 21 February to 1 March under the banner "Heritage, Authenticity and Renewal."The annual project is produced by the urban district council of...
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Mixed Results For Moroccan Tourism in 2013
At first glance 2013 appeared to be a great year for tourism in Morocco, with large numbers of visitors. The down side, according to to Ministry of Tourism, is that the visitors spent considerably less...
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The Cervantes Theatre in Tangiers ~ Can it be Restored?
The Cervantes Theatre in Tangier is considered to be a masterpiece of Spanish architecture - sadly, a hundred years after it was built it is in danger of crumbling into nothing.The cost of restoration...
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The 5th Marrakech Biennale ~ February 26 - March 2, 2014
Higher Atlas, by Hadley Maxwell - SKIES OF THE HEART 2012, photo by Alia RadmanThe Marrakech Biennale is a festival that was founded in 2001 with the mission to build bridges between the cultures...
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An American perspective on Moroccan Arabic
Darija (Arabic: الدارجة), means "everyday/colloquial language"and is spoken by around 30 million people in Morocco. For visitors Darija may seem difficult at first, but more and more expats and...
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The Marrakech Hell's Angels ~ Guardian Photos.
The British The Guardian newspaper just published some interesting photographs of Marrakech women and motorbikes. Although the setup and execution of the photographs is contrived and highly stylised,...
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Photography and Food - Slideluck in Fez
Peace Corps worker Amoy BarnesWant to see your photos on show? Then submit them to Slideluck Fez - a public slideshow and pot-luck meal to be held on April 6The photographic work of 10 emerging and...
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The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music Turns Twenty!
The 20th edition of the Festival will run from 13 to 21 June 2014, with: The Conference of the Birds, "Journey of Cultures" as its themeThis is just a gentle reminder to those of of readers who are...
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The Season of Women in White ~ Reflections on Mourning in Fez
It is the season of the women in white and the mat man is dead. Up on the roof a man is calling out to Lalla Malika. He has been calling for weeks, hour after hour. It is the season of the women in...
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Moroccan News Briefs #111
Fez Court of Appeals acquits Christian convertOn Thursday the Court of Appeals in Fez acquitted Mohamed El Baladi, 31, who was sentenced on September 3rd by the Trial Court in Taounate to thirty months...
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Moroccan Photo of the Day
Spring in Fez and the chance to dry some of the sheep skins...Photograph: Suzanna ClarkeThe View from Fez welcomes contributions for our photo of the day series. Our contact details can be found via...
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Casablanca Vying for UNESCO World Heritage Listing
The push is on for the registering of Casablanca on the UNESCO list of World Heritage cities. Any such listing is still a long way off, but if successful the city would gain a boost in tourism and...
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Maroc Electrik in Fez on Friday
See the best new music talents in Morocco perform in Fez this Friday night from 7 PM. A selection of bands from all the regions, from a training program run by the 11 French institutes will be...
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Jazz Guitar on Saturday in Fez's Ville Nouvelle
Come and see jazz guitarist Barry Glick perform this Saturday evening at the Cafe L'empereur des ArtsBarry Glick is an accomplished and unique American jazz guitarist who has performed professionally...
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Moroccan Photo of the Day - Master Baker in Rabat
Today's Moroccan Photograph of the Day comes from our regular contributor and man on the ground in Casablanca, John Horniblow. He travelled to Rabat to get this photograph - the Master Baker of the...
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