Morocco ~ a World Leader in Combating Terrorism
Recently the British Foreign Office (BFO) released a ranking showing Morocco as among the safest countries worldwide. The ranking, which was updated in early November, places Morocco on the same level...
View ArticleAir Arabia - New Service Between Fez and Toulouse
This spring the low cost airline, Air Arabia Morocco, will launch a new route between Fez and ToulouseThe service is scheduled to commence on March 29th, 2016. The Moroccan subsidiary of the airline...
View ArticleBoost in Brazilian Tourist Numbers in Morocco
By the end of 20125 Morocco will have welcomed 27,000 Brazilian tourists. According to the head of a Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) delegation, Abdellatif Achachi, the figure should reach...
View ArticleMoroccans Celebrating Christmas? - Opinion
In the West the celebration of Christmas has become mired in confusion and commercialism and that "spirit of Christmas" has reached Morocco. While many are embracing some aspects, for other Moroccans...
View ArticleDar Zerhoune Donkey Project ~ Education Day
Last Sunday the formidable Rose Button - the woman behind the Dar Zerhoune Donkey Project - experienced "a surge of delight, pride and awe and knowing that I had been part of a day that changed lives....
View ArticleThe Ouarzazate to Marrakesh Tunnel - A Tunnel Too Far?
The notion of a road tunnel linking Marrakech to Ouarzazate is a pipe dream that refuses to go away. There is no doubt a better connection from Marrakech could boost tourism and the film industry in...
View ArticleRoyal Air Maroc Launches Cheap Winter Flights
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is launching a unique promotion with unusually large discounts for flights to and from several European citiesThis winter flights to Venice, Turin, Brussels, Marseille,...
View ArticleStorytellers Donate to Fez Medina Children's Library
Yesterday a group of storytellers from around the world converged in Fez. After a tour of the Fez Medina, the group gathered for a Medina Children's Library fundraiser at Riad Zany, hosted by The View...
View ArticleMoroccan Photo of the Day - Dyers' Souk
Today's photograph was taken by renowned Australian satirist, Bryan Dawe. He was given a sneak preview of the nearly completed renovations of the famous Dyers' Souk in FezThe Fez Dyers' Souk had was in...
View Article12th Zagora Film Festival Opens This Week
The twelfth edition of the Trans-Saharan Film Festival at Zagora opens on December 17th and runs to the 20th under the theme: Film and ToleranceAgain this year the festival will hold an international...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2016
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View ArticleInternational Artists Gather in Fez
From January 7 - 9, artists from as far afield as Germany, the Netherlands, USA, UK and Spain, as well as Morocco, will be sharing their work and ideas at the International Artist's Gathering in Fez As...
View ArticleAre Free Internet Calls Being Blocked In Morocco?
Have Whatsapp, Viber and Skype been partially blocked in Morocco? At a time of the year when thousands of people are phoning their relatives around the world many in Morocco have found VoIP...
View ArticleMorocco 2016 - One of the Safest Countries to Visit
While tourism in Morocco is going through the post holiday quiet season, the outlook for 2016 is good with Abderrafie Zouiten, Morocco’s General Manager of National Tourism (ONMT), being in an...
View ArticlePhoto Essay - Road Trip to Morocco's South
Professor Catharine Lumby, guest contributor to The View From Fez, embarked on a trip around Morocco and discovered there was much more to the country than the persistent clichés Morocco. As a friend...
View ArticleFez - Way ahead in Waste Collection
The daily collection of household waste is something many cities can only dream of, but in Fez it is a reality, with between 700 and 1,000 tons collected each day. And waste collection is going to...
View ArticleFree Film Evenings in Fez
The French Institute in Fez continues its programme of free movies with a superb film - The Tree - from director Julie Bertuccelli In Australia, Dawn and Peter live happily with their children in the...
View ArticleAnger Grows Over Free Internet Call Blocking
The move to block Whatsapp, Skype and Viber services in Morocco has evoked an angry reaction from users both in Morocco and around the world. If the National Agency of Telecommunications Regulation...
View Article2016 ~ The Year of the Moroccan Babouche!
If the fashion pundits are to be believed, 2016 will be the year of the babouche. Yes, the famous Moroccan slipper is making another comeback (the last time was in the 17th century)Traditional men's...
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