Sunday, February 23, 2014

International Book Fair in Casablanca

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The 20th annual Moroccan International Book Fair wraps up today in Casablanca. The fair is an important part of getting more Moroccans rea...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

معنى أن تكون أسودَ في مغرب اليوم On Being a Black Moroccan

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Here is a piece from Al-Monitor that originally appeared in Arab ic in   Al-Safir. Its an imporant  discussion of Moroccan racism ( not ju...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Three Moroccan Writers Nominated for the Arab Booker Prize

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Here is an article from  Sharq Al-Awsat on the nominees for the Arab  Booker Prize , an international prize for Arbic fiction. Three of t...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Migration Reform and the Syrian Refugees of Morocco

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Here are two articles on undocumented immigrants in Morocco. One about a new immigration policy to grant asylum and give legal status. The...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Casablanca Abandoned Slaughterhouse Now Home to Artist Collective

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Here is an article from the site BrownBook on an arts collective that is doing innovative things with an abandoned slaughterhouse in a wo...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Rare Moroccan Lithographs donated to University of Pennsylvania

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Here is interesting news from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries ( by way of  a press release). They have recently acquired an impor...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Moroccans Unhappy with Ramadan TV Programming

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Its hard to take this one too seriously. Why would you want to waste the night in Ramadan being a  couch-potatoe?   Here is the article fr...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Watching TV in Morocco

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Here is an article from the New York Times on the power play over what's on television in Morocco.   _________ In Morocco, TV Is Par...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Indian bookstore in Marrakech brings South Asian, Indian and World Literature to Moroccan Readers

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Here is an article from newstrackindia.com about an Indian bookstore that just opened in Marrakech. I hope to get a chance to check it out ...