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Moroccan Film and Arts News Update
The French Institute in Fez presents excerpts from 'The Life of Galileo' by Bertolt BrechtThis new staging is by Frederick Maragnani is designed for five actors and aims to unite young professional...
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Fes Festival Preview #8 - Tribute to Oum Keltoum
Tribute to Oum Keltoum – Egypt and the Arab WorldMy heart, don't ask where the love has goneIt was a citadel of my imagination that has collapsedPour me a drink and let us drink of its ruinsAnd tell...
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Fes Festival Preview #9 ~ Samira Saïd
The final concert of the 2016 Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is an unapologetically populist choice - Samira Saïd (Arabic: سميرة سعيد, Samira Bensaïd) - a Moroccan Arabic pop singer who...
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Moroccan News Briefs #136
A round up of the latest news from around Morocco and links to all Fes Festival concert previewsElectrifying Rural Morocco Masdar , Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company, has installed 50 percent of the...
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Fes Festival Preview - The Forum Sessions
From the 7th to the 9th of May the Forum sessions - Giving Soul to Globalisation - will be held each morning in the beautiful Jnan Sbil GardensThe Forum session were previously at the Batha MuseumThe...
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Fes Festival of Culinary Diplomacy
Culinary diplomacy and Mediterranean Cultures at the service of Peace is the name of a culinary event intended to showcase the culinary art of Fez, Seville, Montpellier, Palermo, Istanbul and...
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“The Djinn in the Skull: Stories from Hidden Morocco” - Free Lecture in Fez
The ALC-ALIF Lecture Series continues on Monday (April 18th) at the ALIF Riad, 6 Derb Drissi starting at 7pm with a lecture by author Samantha Herron The general public are welcome at the lecture,...
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Arbaa Experimental Chaâbi ~ Concert in Fez
Saturday night in Fez there is a special concert of experimental Chaâbi music - a collaboration between the ArbaA Experimental group and Moroccan musicians. The View From Fez caught up with the groups...
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Will King Mohammed VI Inaugurate the New Fez Airport This Week?
The new Fes-Sais airport appears to be complete - all 17,000 square metres of it. Yet, its commissioning has been postponed several times. King Mohammed VI is in Fes at the moment and many locals...
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The ArbaA Experimental Chaâbi Concert Review
The French Institute's Dar Batha venue in Fez was the place to be on Saturday night. An over-capacity crowd packed into the dar to enjoy the concert of "experimental chaâbi" musicThe French members of...
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A Win for English is a Win for Morocco
According to Rachid Belmokhtar, the Minister of National Education and Vocational Training, Moroccan students will begin studying English, as a part of a newly enhanced language curriculum. Experts say...
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The Coffee King of Fez
In a tiny and extremely modest shop in the R'cif souk is a man whose spiced coffee mix is now drunk and appreciated around the worldYoussef Bouhlal - king of spiced coffeeIf making a great cup of...
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Cannabis in Morocco - the Struggle to Decriminalise
The Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) have joined the push to legalise the production of cannabis in Morocco. Their move comes in a parliamentary bill to create a national cannabis agencyThe...
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Artists Residencies in the Fez Region
Artists residency programmes in Morocco are popular with visual and performance artists as well as writers and poets. Many organisations run programmes, some as tours, others as live-in residencies In...
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Essaouira's Gnaoua Festival Dates Clash
Following the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, it is the turn of Essaouira to host the 19th edition of the Gnaoua Festival of World Music. Unfortunately there has been a lack of scheduling...
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Fes Festival Preview - Free Boujloud and Sufi Nights Program
During the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music there are free concerts in the Boujloud Square starting each evening at 10pm. The Sufi Nights at Dar Tazi at 11pm are also freeTariqa BoutchichiyaSaturday...
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Morocco's Quiet Youth Revolution - Opinion
There is a change taking place amongst the young people of Morocco. The high acceptance rate of new technologies is leading to attitude changes that will have a lasting and positive effect on the...
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Fez Medina - Kids Art Workshop for Earth Day
E a r t h D a yKim Simon will facilitate the Art Workshop for kids. Sunday, April 24 at 10:30am - Meet at the Batha FountainSHARE THIS!
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R'Cif Renovations - Not Yet Officially Opened
A few weeks ago there was a buzz of excitement when HM King Mohammed VI arrived in Fez as it was expected he might inaugurate the new airport and open the restored areas in R'Cif - so far it has not...
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Earth Day in Fez - Photo Essay
E a r t h D a yEarth Day in Fez was celebrated by a group of thirty children from around the Fez Medina. They came together to participate in a drawing and art workshop to express their personal...
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