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Monday, November 30, 2009

Eid Al Kbir in a Berber Village

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This article is nice because it gives an intimate description of the Eid that just passed in a rural Berber village in Morocco. ___________...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

Paying for the Eid Sheep in Morocco

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Mabrook al `Awashir! It only seems right to post a story about the Eid. Eid Al-Kbir in Morocco sure beats anything I've ever seen in th...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Lack of (Foreign) Funding Threatening Moroccan Farm Reforms

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Here is an article from Reuters about attempts to implement farm reforms in Morocco, and how Morocco is looking to secure Gulf money in or...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Moroccan Police Use Demand For "Prior Permission" to Stop Visits to Sahrawi Activists

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Here is a press release recently posted by Human Rights Watch about the treatment of Sahrawi activists by Moroccan authorities. They won...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Moroccan Carpet Confidential

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Here is an article on the rug trade in Morocco and how the women who make the rugs rarely see the big bucks that tourists pay for them. Jus...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

International Congress on Ottoman Rule in the Mediterannean held in Rabat Nov 12-14

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Morocco was the only Country in North Africa that resisted Ottoman rule. So, its kind of ironic that a congress on Ottoman rule in the Medit...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

A Corner of the Desert Called Home - but is it Morocco or Not?

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Please excuse us if we ignore all of the big celebrity visits to Morocco and post this article from Le Monde Diplomatique's English Edi...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

King inaugurates Qur'anic School in Eastern Morocco

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Here is an article from the official voice of the Moroccan government, MAP, on the opening of a Quranic school by the king M6. It's int...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Five Moroccan Writers/Poets make the Beirut 39

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Let us ignore the nonsense of the Tunisian elections and look instead of at the winners of Beirut39. Its a project to find the 39 best Ara...
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