Reading Morocco
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Letting North Africa be African
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The Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Mauritania and Libya) doesn't seem to belong anywhere. Instead of celebrating it...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
The Nuances of Women and Religion in Morocco
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Here is an interesting article on women and religion ( i.e. Islam) in Morocco from Open Democracy. ...
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Morocco Says Goodbye to Author and Historian Abdelhadi Tazi 1921-2015
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Inna lilahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un . On April 2nd, Si Abdelhadi Tazi ( almarhum) returned to his Lord. He was a prolific Moroccan au...
Sunday, April 19, 2015
The Reconquest of the Mosque of Cordoba - a part of Moroccan Cultural History
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Here is a well written piece on the mosque-cathedral of Cordoba and the tension around Muslims and Islamic history in Spain. We general...
Friday, March 20, 2015
WeloveBuzz - The Moroccan Verion of Buzzfeed
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Here is an article from Wamda, about a unique website providing content geared towards Moroccan youth called welovebuzz. ________________...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Woman's Back, Donkey's Back by Hicham Houdaifa - A Book Review from The Arabist
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There is a lot of good content already on the Internet. Today, we want to draw your attention to a Morocco-related book review done by ou...
Sunday, February 22, 2015
A (Syrian) Shaykh in Exile in Morocco
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Here is a piece that originally appeared in the French language magazine Tel Quel. A translated English version appeared on the Sacred K...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Islamic Geometric Design Heritage - Part of the Beauty of Morocco
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Here is a piece from the Guardian on the geometric designs developed by Muslim artists/mathematicians and common in various forms througho...
Monday, January 12, 2015
Wonderful Moroccan Literature
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We didn't notice this piece when it first appeared a few months ago in the Independent. But its not too late to appreciate now. ____...
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