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Hamadcha Concert in Fez this Friday
Visitors to Fez can have a special treat this Friday when the Hamadcha Sufi Brotherhood will perform at the ALIF Riad in BathaThe Hamadcha performing in Australia in 2014Along with the Gnawa and the...
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Morocco Turns Cold and Wet with Mountain Snow
From today, and for the next week, Morocco can expect a significant drop in temperatures, according to the National Directorate of Meteorology (DMN)Lower temperatures will be accompanied by snowfall...
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Flooding in Tangier
With the onset of a week of wet and cold weather across Morocco, there was major flooding this morning in TangierHeavy rains flooded the city, causing some traffic disruption at the main road...
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Free Photo Editing Workshop in Fez
Photo Editing Workshop Photoshop & Lightroom W i t h Ch a k i b Z i n e Sunday, November 27, 10:30 AM at the ALIF Riad(Meet in front of the Batha Fountain if you don't know the way)SHARE THIS!
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Hamadcha Tariqa in Fine Form
Ten members of the Hamadcha Tariqa (Sufi Brotherhood) performed a free concert tonight at the ALIF Riad in Batha. The Moroccan audience was delighted with the performance as were the foreign students...
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Remote Families Get Aid During Cold Weather
Every year, between December and January, Morocco experiences very low temperatures in some regions of the country. And although we are still in November the country is suffering from a sudden onset...
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Morocco's New Second Language - English - Gains Ground
During a recent speech, Rachid Belmokhtar, the Moroccan Minister of Education and Vocational Training, declared that the Ministry has taken serious procedures to expand and improve the use of the...
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Morocco's Tourism Numbers - Mixed Results
Moroccan tourism may be making a comeback, but only in certain areas. During the first nine months of 2016, revenues generated by foreign tourists in Morocco amounted to 50.77 billion dirhams. This...
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Fewer Visitors but the Fez Medina Expands Accommodation
Despite the present tourist downturn in Fez, the city is planning to go ahead with an increase in accomodation options, with a total of 29 projects to provide additional bed capacity of 13,000 bedsWith...
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Casablanca Invests in Security Cameras
While many European countries now employ public video surveillance as a primary tool to monitor population movements and to prevent terrorism, Morocco is catching up on the trend with a large...
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"My Photography" Exhibition in Fez
Saturday, December 10 at 4 PM at the ALIF RIAD P h o t o g r a ph y P r e s e n t a t i o n "My Photography, My Journey" by the Spanish photographer, Olga PibarsSHARE THIS!
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Moroccan Photo of the Day - Winter in Fez
Local photographer Suzanna Clarke captured the muted tones of winter in Fez in this shot taken from the terrace of Riad Laaroussa(Click on image to enlarge)See more in our series Photo of the Day The...
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What's the Story With the Russian Tourists?
For the last several weeks The View From Fez has been visited by an unusual and increasing number of Russians. But is this upsurge in interest matched by tourist numbers?This week's top source...
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l'Eid Al Mawlid
Bonne fête de l'Eid Al Mawlid Annabawi à tous les musulmans. Happy l'Eid al Mawlid!مَولِد النَّبِي mawlidu n-nabiyyi, "Birth of the Prophet", sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic مولد...
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Global Warming Impacts on Morocco
Morocco's Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) has warned that global warming is having an impact on the Kingdom's biodiversity, claiming that if nothing is done to fight climate change, nearly...
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Morocco's New Air Services to Paris
Last week low cost airline Air Arabia Morocco launched two new routes linking Fez and Tangier with ParisAir Arabia Morocco Airbus A320Air Arabia Morocco is the Moroccan subsidiary of the cheap flight...
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Fine Food in Fez - Resto 7 becomes "NUR"
When Resto 7 closed its doors, Fez lost one of the few fine food restaurants in the Fez Medina. Now the lights are on again - not as Numero 7 - but as NurNajat working some culinary magicSHARE THIS!
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Fez Gathering - International Artists to Meet in Fez
International Artists will be gathering in Fez from the 12th to 15th of January 2017. The aim of the meeting is to exchange knowledge between local and international arts organisations."The city of...
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Milestone for Fez Medina Children's Library
In January the Medina Children's Library will be two years old. In that time, more than 25,000 visits will have been made by local children to the small space off one of the main streets in the Fez...
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