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Oulidia ~ More Than Just Great Oysters
Oulidia, on Morocco's Atlantic coastline, is famous for its oysters. It also has a reputation as one of the cleanest, most family friendly seaside towns in the country. The View From Fez...
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Harvesting Fog in Morocco
Mist nets for harvesting water from fog have been around for a while and now the technology has come to Morocco. The results are impressive and have changed the lives of the inhabitants of five...
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The Worlds Most Exclusive Music Festival? Rolling Stone Thinks so!
Horn squeals and drum taps puncture the silence, come faster and gradually knit into melody and rhythm. A yowl of high-pitched ghaita horns pierces the air, reverberating from every direction, despite...
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Fez Fashion Day 2015
Fes Fashion Day, now in its third year, once again created a surreal experience by bringing modern womenās fashion, with cleavage, exposed legs, bare shoulders and figure-hugging forms to a place that...
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Ramadan Karim!
The View From Fez hopes all our readers have a happy and peaceful RamadanRamadan mubarak saĆÆdThe Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs in Morocco confirmed seeing the new moon last night and so...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day One
Each day Ibn Warraq shares his Ramadan thoughts...Oh how I love the confusion! Last night the boom of the cannon thundered across the rooftops of the Fez Medina. Was it the start to Ramadan? Or was it...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Two
Ibn Warraq continues his thoughts on Ramadan 2015...I have to admit that I love the Ramadan nights. There is something about the Fez Medina that takes on a special character in the hours of dark. The...
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Marrakech Museum for Photography & Visual Arts ~ Scholarship Programme
The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts in partnership with the University of Arizona, The American Institute for Maghrib Studies, La Fondation Jardin Majorelle, La Fondation Pierre...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Three
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan thoughts...A date with destinyLast night, sitting around a table in the Medina, a group of friends from different cultures and countries became involved in a vigorous...
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Fez Biogas to Light the City
Soon the street lights of Fez will be powered by electricity from an new environmentally friendly biogas plantThe Minister for the Environment, Hakima El Haite, will tomorrow inaugurate the new Fez...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Four
Ibn Warraq continues his musings on Ramadan...Fancy a Big Mac for Iftar (ftour)?It will come as little surprise to most people that one of the main topics of conversation at Ramadan is not about...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Five
Ibn Warraq continues his observations on Ramadan...Walking in the streets in Rabat today I came across a man smoking in public. Then, a few yards on, a young couple were tucking into a particularly...
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Important New Book Explores Amazigh Culture
Moroccan university researcher Moha Ennaji has just published a collective book entitled "Amazighity and Andalucia: Right of Belonging and Hospitality".This book of 250 pages, which consists of the...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Six
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan musings...Nights in the MedinaAfter a day in Rabat I am back in Fez and so, after Ftour, I slept for a couple of hours and then headed into the streets. Now that...
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A Literary Ramadan Evening in Fez
Ramadan Evening Sunday, June 28, 10pm at, Dar BathaA literary recital of Christian and Muslim mystical poetry: Saint Teresa of JesĆŗs and Sidi BoumedienThis poetry recital reflects the parallels between...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Seven
Ibn Warraq turns his attention to a Ramadan problem...Early this morning I took a walk through the streets and watched as the hard working street cleaners swept and collected the rubbish. They did a...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Eight
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan musings... Build it and they will comeThe original quote from the filmĀ Field of Dreams says "he will come", but hopefully I can be forgiven, as it was the first thing...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Nine
Ibn Warraq reports on a black day in Ramadan...Today's events have cast a pall of gloom over the usual joy of the Holy month. Around the Medina of Fez people were stunned by the barbaric beheading in...
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Fez Festival of Amazigh Culture - Updated Program
The FEZ Festival of Amazigh CultureANINTERNATIONAL Forum on the theme :"Alliance of cultures and religions for peace."July 24th to July 26th , 2015With a Tribute toThe Amazigh Militant Moha LyoussiFIND...
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Ramadan Diary ~ 2015 ~ Day Ten
Ibn Warraq continues his Ramadan musings...The sound of FtourWe all know the seductive smell of food in the lead up to the breaking of the fast, or the late night aroma of tagines in the hour before...
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