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Lonely Planet's top 10 countries for 2010
Blog: The View from Fez - 24 December 2009
Recently Lonely Planet released its top ten countries for 2010. To our delight, Morocco was once again included. The destinations were arranged alphabetically, so there was no special ranking, but here is the list: El Salvador, Germany, Greece, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Portugal, Suriname, USA.
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Season's Greetings from The View from Fez
Blog: The View from Fez - 24 December 2009
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All women tour groups in Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 23 December 2009
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New Fez Railway Station has free wifi hotspot
Blog: The View from Fez - 23 December 2009
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Fez Festival of World Sacred Music 2010
Blog: The View from Fez - 16 December 2009
The provisional programme for next year's Fes Festival of World Sacred Music has been announced.The festival runs from 4-12 June in Fez medina, and promises some interesting innovations such as morning ragas at the Batha Museum and a night in the medina, when artists will perform in various locations, including the Bouanania Medersa and Riad Sheherazade. The 16th annual
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Searching for Morocco on the internet - Trash and treasure!
Blog: The View from Fez - 15 December 2009
Searching the internet for stories that relate to Morocco is something The View from Fez team spend a lot of time doing. It is often like rummaging through a trash-n-treasure stall at a market; lots of junk and only a few good items.
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Roast turkey Moroccan style
Blog: The View from Fez - 13 December 2009
As turkey is a traditional dish at Christmas time, The View from Fez offers a Moroccan version flavoured with nuts and spices, and with a honey glaze.
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 10 December 2009
Swine Flu (A/H1N1) deaths rise to 12
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Chefchaouen - Morocco's mountain retreat
Blog: The View from Fez - 10 December 2009
Chefchaouen is a blissful retreat in the Rif mountains that makes for a relaxing few days en route from Tangier to Fez. The View from Fez team reports.
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The New Railway Station in Fez
Blog: The View from Fez - 7 December 2009
Back on November 27 The View from Fez brought you the news that HM King Mohamed VI was officially opening the new railway station in Fez (see story here).
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Tangier - the truth
Blog: The View from Fez - 7 December 2009
Full of hustlers, swindlers and corrupt officials perpetrating nefarious dealings and endless scams to outwit the tourist ... that's Tangier, right?
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Tarik ~ Ambassador to Disney Land
Blog: The View from Fez - 7 December 2009
Tarik and Mike and the famous lemon tart mixture
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The minaret ban ~ Switzerland's shame.
Blog: The View from Fez - 7 December 2009
A sight you won't see in Switzerland - a new minaret.
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Spirit of Fes at the British House of Commons
Blog: The View from Fez - 30 November 2009
Our London correspondant, Aurora Borealis, was at the House of Commons last week for the launch of Mahmood Jamal's anthology, Islamic Mystical Poetry. Here's her report:
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Fez Hip Hop - breaking the clichés
Blog: The View from Fez - 29 November 2009
Over the last few days a German film crew has been filming in the Medina of Fez. The View from Fez decided to track them down and find out what they were up to. The company is Schwenk Film from Stuttgart and the director is Hannes Schuler. When we caught up with him at Cafe Clock, he was filming the popular Fez Hip Hop band, Fassa. After the performance we sat down with Hannes Schuler for a chat.
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Eid ~ A Special Report
Blog: The View from Fez - 28 November 2009
The View from Fez team were invited into a local Moroccan home to celebrate Eid. Our host was the gracious Thami from Thami's Restaurant. Just after we arrived two visitors to Fez also were invited in. One was from Mexico and the other was Tess, from Sydney, Australia.Needless to say the visitors were amazed at their good fortune and the opportunity to experience a genuine cultural event. The View from Fez would like to thank Thami and his family for their warm generosity.
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Eid Mubarak
Blog: The View from Fez - 28 November 2009
The View from Fez team wishes all its Muslim readers a very happy Eid
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HM King Opens New Fez Railway Station
Blog: The View from Fez - 27 November 2009
On Friday in Fez, HM King Mohammed VI, inaugurated the new railway station built at an estimated cost of some 70 million dirhams (9 million dollars).
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Hamadcha and Malhoun music in Fes.
Blog: The View from Fez - 26 November 2009
Carrying in the incense
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Guesthouses in Fez - the legal requirements
Blog: The View from Fez - 26 November 2009
Tourism authorities in all countries have a set of requirements that hotels and guesthouses have to fulfil in order to have permission to operate. The View from Fez takes a look at the new regulations put in place recently.
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Cheap flight from Morocco? Not!
Blog: The View from Fez - 26 November 2009
In earlier posts on The View from Fez, our team has brought you many stories of brave or foolish attempts to travel to or from Morocco.
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Eid is coming ... the sheep are getting fat
Blog: The View from Fez - 25 November 2009
The whole of Fez is buzzing -or perhaps baaing - with preparations for Eid that takes place on Saturday.Most families buy a sheep for the festivities that celebrate Abraham's slaughter of a sheep instead of his son, Isaac. The major supermarkets have tents outside in the carpark full of sheep for sale. Alternatively, you can head to the sheep souk at Bab F'touh, as photographer Tom Fakler finds out:
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Swine Flu (A/H1N1) deaths in Mecca - Update
Blog: The View from Fez - 23 November 2009
While some media outlets had reported that a Moroccan woman had died from Swine flu while in Saudi Arabia, Moroccan authorities have contradicted the report, saying that there were no A/H1N1 death case reported among Moroccan pilgr
