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Moroccan Independence Day.
Blog: The View from Fez - 18 November 2009
The late King Mohammed V returns from Madagascar
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 12 November 2009
Forty new A/H1N1 cases confirmed in MoroccoForty new cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus were confirmed in the cities of Tangier, Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat, Temara, Meknes and Ifrane, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. All cases are under medical treatment in their homes, with regular medical check-ups, said the ministry.
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Exploring the Atlas Mountains
Blog: See Simi Travel Blog - 9 November 2009
If wanting to visit Morocco properly (or most countries for that matter) in a short period of time, I strongly recommend renting a vehicle (RV, car, motorbike, whatever!). It gives the leisure to stop and go as one likes, take whatever pictures one desires and enjoy the small, remote mountain village gems hidden in central [...]
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Morocco ~ nominated for foreign language Oscar
Blog: The View from Fez - 6 November 2009
The full list of the 65 nominated countries has been released with only Morocco representing Arab language cinema in the foreign language Academy Award listThe contender is Morocco’s Casanegra by Nour-Eddine Lakhmari.
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 5 November 2009
King Mohammed VI to give a speech on Green March anniversaryHM King Mohammed VI will address the nation on Friday evening on the occasion of the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Green March, the Ministry of Household, Protocol and Chancellery, said.
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The Finns are coming!
Blog: The View from Fez - 26 October 2009
The language skills of Morocco's street kids have always been impressive. It is not unusual for them to have few words of greeting in almost any language you can imagine. However, even The View from Fez was impressed the other day to hear a eight or nine year old on hearing that the young backpacker was from Helsinki, smiled and said "tervetuloa - terve poika!"
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Is Royal Air Maroc going to drop Atlas Blue?
Blog: The View from Fez - 23 October 2009
The View from Fez is in debt to our reader Andrea Massa for alerting us to the latest news from the sky.Royal Air Maroc Light?
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Moroccan Aid - a different perspective.
Blog: The View from Fez - 22 October 2009
When you hear the words "Morocco" and "aid", is your immediate assumption that Morocco is on the receiving end? If so, you could be wrong. International aid is a two way street and Morocco has a long history of supporting nations in trouble. Our guest commentator, Ibn Warraq, takes up the story:
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 21 October 2009
Swine Flu toll hits 173 on October 20Morocco's H1N1 documented cases reached 173 up to October 20, according to Health Minister, Yasmina Baddou (pictured left).
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 17 October 2009
President Sarkozy hosts reception for HM King Mohammed VI
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Moroccan Argan Oil - fashion and fair trade
Blog: The View from Fez - 13 October 2009
Though the Berber people of southwestern Morocco have used Argan oil for centuries in their cuisine and for medicinal and cosmetic purposes, it has only been within the last decade that argan oil has become known to the outside world. In that time the prices of Argan oil have sky-rocketed. So, how much is Argan oil actually worth? In fact, that is not really the correct question. The question should be, "who is making money out of this Moroccan export?".
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 9 October 2009
Fez Jazz in Riad Festival 2009« Let the Jazz burn, to each of these terms, for it sets us ablaze… » Leitmotiv of the top of the line of the Fez Jazz in Riad Festival 2009.The 2009 edition of the Fez, Jazz in the Riads Festival kicks off today and runs until the 11th. Mohamed Kabbaj, President of Spirit of Fez Foundation has this to say about the festival:
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Moroccans warned of swine-flu during the Hajj
Blog: The View from Fez - 6 October 2009
With many Moroccans intending to make the trip to Mecca for the Hajj, here is a timely warning from the Saudi government about the risks of swine flu.
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Road accidents kill 14 in Morocco in 24 hours
Blog: The View from Fez - 23 September 2009
Fourteen people have been killed and 38 others injured, seven seriously, in three traffic accidents that occurred in Morocco in the last twenty four hours. In Salé (Rabat twin-city), five people died and four injured, two seriously, on Tuesday afternoon when a small car collided with two other cars coming from the opposite direction, police sources said. On the same day, four people were killed and four others wounded, two seriously, in the province of Kenitra (40 km north of Rabat).
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 16 September 2009
Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity - latest projectsIn the eastern city of Oujda on Tuesday HM King Mohammed VI inaugurated an extension of the girls' home (Dar El Fatat) and laid the foundation stone of a disabled centre.The sovereign was also briefed about the project of a centre for drug addicts. The three projects are financed by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity for an amount of 18.7 million dirhams (2.4 million dollars).
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Eight percent increase in tourists visiting Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 9 September 2009
Some 5 million tourists visited Morocco in Jan-Jul 2009According to the Moroccan tourism authorities, around 5 million tourists visited Morocco over January-July 2009, an increase of 8% compared with the same period of last year. French tourists topped the list with 1.94 million (+8%), followed by the Spaniards (1.11 million, + 14 %), the Belgians (291,000, +16 %), the Dutch (273,000, +14 %), the Germans (259,000, +4 %), the Britons (209,000, -10 %) and the Italians (186,000, +10 %). The arrivals of Scandinavian tourists showed a stagnation.
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 31 August 2009
H.M. King launches Ramadan foodstuffs distribution.On Monday H.M. King Mohammed VI handed out food baskets to needy people in the Yacoub Al Mansour neighbourhood. This marked the launch of a 57 million dirhams ( $7.62 million) operation which consists in delivering foodstuffs to the needy during the holy month of Ramadan 1430 AH.
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Moroccan market fire injures 31
Blog: The View from Fez - 26 August 2009
According to reports coming in from Taourirt (450 kilometres east of Rabat), a massive fire has swept through a local souk (bazaar).The fire happened on Tuesday, but reports are only just beginning to make the amount of damage clear.Local police say the fire broke out in the Al-Qods souk in the early afternoon and although fire-fighters were quick to respond it took four hours to bring the blaze under control.
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Bensalem Himmich wins 2009 Naguib Mahfouz award
Blog: The View from Fez - 26 August 2009
On Friday, the Egyptian Writers' Union announced that the 2009 Naguib Mahfouz award will be granted to the Moroccan writer and intellectual Bensalem Himmich for his contribution to literature.
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Moorish Corsairs: The History of Salé
Blog: The View from Fez - 19 August 2009
Inspired by Professor Leila Maziane's new book, The Corsairs of Salé, Helen Ranger looks at the history of piracy in the small port of Salé that lies across the Bouregreg River from Rabat.
