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Visiting Performer Plunges into Fez Medina Happenings 26 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm
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 hi...
Morocco and the Question of Corruption 24 Aug 2013 | 11:35 pm
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 corrupt...
Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts To Open in 2016 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 pm
David Chipperfield design concept North 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 Photogra...
Morocco's King Delivers Powerful Call For Better Education 23 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
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 s....
A Bizarre Project Aimed to Teach Moroccans How to Make Pottery 22 Aug 2013 | 05:38 pm
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 tha...
Silver Passion in Tiznit For The Silver Festival 21 Aug 2013 | 09:14 pm
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''...
Coming to Fez for One Night Only - A Musical Maestro and Comic Genius 21 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
Fez is about to experience one of the most unusual concerts it has ever witnessed! Comedian and singer/songwriter Martin Pearson will be performing at Riad Zany and everyone is invited. The date for t...
Beating the Heat in Fez ~ An extreme Option ~ Go to a Horse Race in Italy! 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
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 o...
Meanwhile in Saïdia ~ The Weather is Cooler 20 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
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, ...
Chilling Out in Asillah and a Trip to Paradise 20 Aug 2013 | 04:53 pm
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 out Asillah - cooler than ...
