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Morocco's Foreign Minister to Visit Algeria
Blog: The View from Fez - 22 January 2012
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Bicycle Diplomacy Opens Algerian Border - Briefly
Blog: The View from Fez - 17 January 2012
Over the last few years there have been diplomatic moves to ease the tensions between Algeria and Morocco, especially in regard to the closed borders. Now a judge in the Algerian town of Maghnia has agreed to a temporary opening of the Zouj Bghal crossing in order to allow Moroccan cyclists to take part in a cycle race.
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Reopening the Algerian Moroccan border - fact or fiction?
Blog: The View from Fez - 17 May 2011
The ongoing domestic social tensions across North Africa and in the Middle East may seem an odd time to contemplate opening a border that has been closed since 1944, yet persistant rumours have been circulating and as Ibn Warraq reports, there may finally be some movement towards an open border between Morocco and Algeria.
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The Greatest Vagabond – Ibn Battuta – Moroccan Vagabond
Blog: Vagobond.com - 9 February 2011
The greatest adventurer of all time for me is the Moroccan vagabond, Ibn Battuta. He not only traveled everywhere in his known world, but he wrote about it in ways that no one before him had. Ibn Battuta's journey lasted 29 years, so by Moroccan standards, my wife should be understanding of this current journey I'm on.
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The Most Dangerous Places in the World
Blog: Vagobond.com - 18 December 2010
You might be surprised not to see Iraq and Afghanistan listed, but we figured that you already knew they were dangerous, so we focused on the countries you might have THOUGHT were safe.
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Of Gods & Men filmed at Toumliline, Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 5 December 2010
The movie, Of Gods and Men, that has won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes and is now the French Oscar entry, was filmed last year at Toumliline near Azrou in the Middle Atlas mountains.
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But how do YOU say it?
Blog: ginger beirut - 22 November 2010
One of the challenges of learning Arabic is its diglossic nature. The fact that two languages or different varieties of a language coexist – with one form used for writing and another, quite different, for conversation – can make life hard for would-be students. For those wanting to learn the spoken dialects, it is difficult [...]
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Travelling in Turkey – More Greek and Roman Ruins than Italy and Greece!
Blog: Vagobond.com - 29 July 2010
Again, not a lot of time to write, but we are having a wonderful time in Turkey. From cruising the Bosporus to marveling at the Iskander Kebap in Bursa, this trip has been filed with adventures stretching across the Black Sea, the Marmara Sea, and soon the Aegean Sea, and of course a bit of [...]
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49 People Flee Polisario's Camps
Blog: The View from Fez - 26 May 2010
According to reports (MAP) just in, another forty-nine Saharawis escaped the notorious Tindouf camps (south-west of Algeria) to join their homeland, Morocco.This new wave of returnees, which included youngsters, women and children, arrived in two groups of 30 and 19 people during the last two days.In recent weeks, hundreds of people, most of them youngsters, managed to join Morocco by groups of 15-40 people. There has been no explanation given by the Moroccan government for the sudden upsurge in escapes from Tindouf.
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ALGERIA 5 - Algers and on to Casablanca
Blog: Where on earth is Skye? - 26 February 2010
SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER It was 1am by the time we'd checked in and through customs at Tamanrasset Airport. Not surprisingly our flight was delayed so we had a long wait ahead of us on those ridiculously uncomfortable bucket seats. We all tried to get some shut eye or keep ourselves entertained. Judith and I came up with the fabulously hare brained of writing a “Loos of the World” book for Lonely Planet – couple of different criteria, ie. ...
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ALGERIA 4 - Southern Algeria Desert Safari (3)
Blog: Where on earth is Skye? - 17 February 2010
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER Last morning in the sandy desert - today we head in to the Hoggar. Brian wanted to change cars so he took my spot in the second car and I went in with Adrian, Yvonne, Ryan and Ali with Upsaad driving. It took us a while to leave camp with the usual engine trouble. We had a fun morning making our way out of the desert towards the town of Tamanrasset. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/238771/IMG ...
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ALGERIA 3 - Southern Algeria Desert Safari (2)
Blog: Where on earth is Skye? - 5 January 2010
WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER – Happy birthday G’Al I had such a great day and would go so far as to say that it happened to be one of the best days of my life. Woke up in our two man (women!) tent and Judy got up and had a ciggie. I tried to roll over and go back to sleep – it was a non event. That was about quarter past 6 so bright and early because we ...
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ALGERIA 2 - Southern Algeria Desert Safari (1)
Blog: Where on earth is Skye? - 21 December 2009
MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER Our safari 4x4s met us at the hotel and we started loading. Four people in a car and I was with Adrian, Brian and Yvonne for the first two days in Abdelkader’s car which travelled second in line behind Sulliman’s car and Upsaad bringing up the rear. There was another 4x4 ute which Mohammed drove, and the cook drove shot gun with him. Us passengers swapped around cars a couple of times during the trip ...
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ALGERIA 1 - Eastern, Central & Southern Algeria
Blog: Where on earth is Skye? - 15 December 2009
Many of you wondered what inspired me to go to Algeria - a country that has not seen peace or prosperity for the past 60 years, has been off limits to foreigners for decades and, on the face of it, is just one big desert. There's no doubting that visiting here is a challenge but there are not many destinations left in the world that still posess an edgy cachet, that showcase landscapes of rare beauty and promise the ...
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