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Moroccan Tbourida, ~ the Powder Game ~ on Show in Beijing
Photographer John Horniblow has a major exhibition opening in Beijing on July 4th. The exhibition Tbourida : The Fantasia of Morocco, is a series of photographs describing the thunder, smoke and dust,...
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Ramadan Dairy ~ 2015 ~ Day Fourteen
Ibn Warraq's Ramadan musings continue...We all need nourishment during Ramadan: spiritual, intellectual and culinary. For many Moroccans reading the Qur'an provides the first two. For others, there is...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Fifteen
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan musings...Half way through Ramadan and the big question - is half way a cause for joy or regret? If your Ramadan is full of joy it is often the case that you want it to...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Sixteen
Ibn Warraq's increasingly erratic Ramadan musings...It is amazing how quickly after reaching the halfway mark of Ramadan people's minds turn to Laylat al-Qadr, Leilat Sabawachrine and then Eid. The...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Seventeen
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan musings...While acknowledging that many of my friends are caring and compassionate people who give to the needy during Ramada, and the rest of the year, it does seem...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Eighteen
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan musings...In a follow up to my earlier thoughts on Ramadan TV, figures are out for the number of people watching. According to MarocMétrie the series "Nayda f'douar"...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Nineteen
Ibn Warraq's Ramadan Musings...Experiencing Ramadan in a Moroccan home it is hard to imagine how different it would be if you were in a foreign country where the support networks and extended family...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan musings...Doesn't time fly when you are having fun er... Ftour! Already we are into the last ten day of Ramadan 2015 and the days have vanished like dates after ṣalāt...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-one
Ibn Warraq's Ramadan musings...First of all, thank you to the readers who took the time to email me with comments, suggestions and contributions. Given the cumulative effects of Ramadan and heat, my...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-Two
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan musings...As the heat continues, the greetings in the street are more subdued, but have changed from Ramadan greetings to those wishing friends a "great Eid".Walking...
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Deep Travel Morocco: The Storytelling Workshop
Deep Travel, an immersive writing workshop, is returning to Morocco in October, this time offering a distinctive 9-day session that invites participants to help preserve a fading art form:...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-Three
Ibn Warraq's Ramadan musings...Heat and fasting exhaustion is beginning to take its toll, but not, maybe in the way you might expect. In the shady streets of the Fez Medina, things are quiet. There has...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-Four
Ibn Warraq's Ramadan musings...At the tail end of Ramadan, mistakes will happen. Your brain goes on vacation, leaving your stomach confused. Last night, feeling satiated after a wonderful f'tour, I...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-Five
Ibn Warraq's Ramadan musings continue... The 27th Day of Ramadan is only a couple of days away, but already the clothing souqs are doing a booming business outfitting young girls for whom Sabawachrine...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-Six
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan Musings... The heat continues. Forty-one degrees and the week ahead looks to be nothing different. Despite the weather, shopping for Eid is getting manic. So are the...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-Seven
Ibn Warraq resumes his Ramadan musings after a 24 hour computer outage!Your computer is fasting, someone suggested. Or maybe you got so vague during Ramadan, you forgot to pay your bill? Whatever the...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-Eight
Ibn Warraq's Ramadan musings...Spare a thought for those who, as I write, are slaving over stoves or charcoal burners, preparing the food that everyone is hanging out for. Too often we focus on our own...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Twenty-Nine
Ibn Warraq's penultimate Ramadan musing...The dominant theme of conversations around Morocco today is the moon. Does Ramadan end tonight or tomorrow night? Is Eid on Friday or Saturday? In second...
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Ramadan Diary ~2015 ~ Day Thirty
Ibn Warraq's final reflections on Ramadan...Ramadan 2015 in Morocco will be remembered for being hot - very hot! There was happiness and controversy, religious reflection and mediocre television. It...
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Computers Switch to Daylight Saving a Day Early?
Some people in Morocco were confused this morning when computers showed the time one hour ahead. According to official announcements, daylight saving starts early Sunday morning (tomorrow). Sunday, 19...
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