Fes Festival Day Five - Review
Another glorious day in Fez with many visitors expressing their delight in the Festival so far. Today there was a broad spectrum of music with some performances leaving the audience enchanted while...
View ArticleFes Festival Fringe
During the Fes Festival a number of fringe events have been held in the Fes Medina, adding to the lively and creative atmosphere. These include a singing workshop and street performance with children...
View ArticleFes Festival Day Six - Review
Wednesday in Fez was again a perfect day - except for some Fes Festival confusion and a few unhappy patronsFestival websitePeople arrived early at Jnan Sbil gardens for the advertised performance by...
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MYSTICAL BREATHS DIABOLUS IN MUSICA 16:30 JNAN SBIL - Review: Lauren CrabbeThis afternoon's performance in the gardens by Souffles Mystiques got off to a slow start, with a 15-minute delay and then...
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SEPHARADIC SONGS, FROM THE SACRED TO THE PROFANE 16:00 SYNAGOGUE- Review and photographs: Suzanna ClarkeA restored synagogue in Fez's Mellah district - the old Jewish quarter - was the atmospheric...
View ArticleFes Festival Day Nine - Review
The Festival ended on a high note with the audience responding overwhelmingly to a performance from the Soweto Gospel Choir - with commentary and songs in English. Earlier in the day the audience were...
View ArticleFes Festival 2018 - The Wrap
The 2018 Fes Festival of World Sacred Music has been generally acknowledged by audiences and critics as a success. The general consensus is that it returned to its spiritual roots rather than...
View ArticleTIMITAR FESTIVAL - WHEN AMAZIGH MEETS THE WORLD
The Timitar Festival was born in the Souss Massa region to preserve and promote Amazigh culture both nationally and internationally. This year, from July 4 to 7, 2018, nearly forty artists will perform...
View ArticleThe Next Great Moroccan Festival - Not to be Missed!
The Fes Festival of Sufi Culture runs from the 20th to the 27th of October and aims to make Moroccans discover or rediscover a culture that is theirs and offer them access to this artistic,...
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ALIF's Amazing and Talented Drama Club presents: A Broadway Revue, Music & Dance from Broadway MusicalsSunday, July 15 at 7 PMALIF Vila Garden, 28 Rue Mohammed Diouri, Ville NouvelleIt‘s free and...
View ArticleCasablanca loses an icon - 'Madame Rick'
Kathy Kriger, former American diplomat and founder of the renowned Rick’s Cafe Casablanca, passed away on Thursday July 26th, aged 72 US-Moroccan relations have lost a champion. Kathy Kriger first came...
View ArticleFes Festival - 2019 Dates
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music 2019 will take place between the 14th and 22nd of June. Ramadan is expected to be celebrated between the evening of Sunday the 5th of May and the evening of Tuesday...
View ArticleMorocco and the English Language Debate
After last year's Fes Festival of World Sacred Music there was much debate about the Festival's failure to use English in its introductions. Given the large number of Festival patrons who have English...
View ArticleMorocco's Festival Season Continues
The Moroccan Ministry of Culture and Communication is responsible over the period from April to November of each year, for more than 23 festivals, spread over the different regions of the KingdomThe...
View ArticleRAM - Turbulence Continues
The fight between Royal Air Maroc (RAM) management and the pilots union has created an unending series of last-minute flight cancellations and angry customersThe Royal Air Maroc (RAM) pilots,...
View ArticleAshura Crackers Now Illegal
The Muslim world celebrates the Day of Ashura on November 3rd or 4th, depending on which country you are in. It is the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar but now fireworks are banned from...
View ArticleShock Closure of Tangier's Famous Cafe Hafa
The famous Café Hafa, an iconic place in the city Tangier, has been closed since Saturday morning. The reason given is that it is undergoing an "operation of destruction" of a terrace built,"without...
View ArticleAustralians Get a Taste of Morocco
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Canberra has just launched the first Festival of Moroccan Gastronomy at the Hyatt hotel. The public is invited, for ten days, to discover the flavours of the...
View ArticleBook For Sufi Festival Now and Save!
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