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Tourist Warning ~ Beware the Man on the Train !
Blog: The View from Fez - 1 November 2011
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Morocco's Vanishing Cinemas
Blog: The View from Fez - 24 October 2011
Walking by the the Cinema Boujloud in Fez is a sad experience for anyone who loves old movie houses. This once bustling cinema is closed and used for storage of market goods. The seating was still in place in the auditorium when seen in 2006. Cinema Boujaloud is symptomatic of the Moroccan cinema market which has been suffering a severe decline during the past years.
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Vagobond Guide to Morocco Part 1
Blog: Vagobond.com - 15 October 2011
While it's not really possible to tell you everything about Morocco in a blog post or even in many, here is a simplified guide to a lot of the many wonderful things you can do in Morocco
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Volubilis Visitor Centre ~ Progress at last?
Blog: The View from Fez - 28 September 2011
The Visitor Centre at Volubilis seems to have been under construction for years. According to locals the problems centred around non-payment of contractors.
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Japanese Loans to Finance Moroccan Water and Road Programmes
Blog: The View from Fez - 5 August 2011
A recent article on the USA Morocco Board highlights the impact of tourism on water resources in Morocco. As Rebecca Timson points out, water is a scarce resource in Morocco, and tourists use a lot of it when they stay in hotels and swim in pools and especially when they go golfing. A single 18-hole golf course requires 3500 m/day of water, which is 3.5 times as much as the average Moroccan consumes in a whole year.
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Meknes - Volubilis Festival Opens Tomorrow
Blog: The View from Fez - 14 July 2011
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The enchanting Moussem of Moulay Idriss Zerhoune
Blog: The View from Fez - 11 July 2011
Guest contributor New Zealander Rose Button reports for The View from Fez on a much anticipated festival in a sacred Moroccan town.
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Contemporary dance in Meknes
Blog: The View from Fez - 24 June 2011
Moroccans do not get to many opportunities to see contemporary dance as too few dance productions tour Morocco. Tomorrow night, June 25, the National Ballet of Lorraine will perform in Meknes.
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Moroccan Photography Competition #57
Blog: The View from Fez - 1 August 2010
Fez Dyer's souq - (click to enlarge) photographer Tom Fakler, Kampong Cham, Cambodia
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Moroccan Photography Competition #56
Blog: The View from Fez - 29 July 2010
Meknes Waterman - Photographer: Enoch Latham(Click image to enlarge)
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Meknes to host international agricultural expo
Blog: The View from Fez - 12 April 2010
A small section of the huge tented site
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Mosque minaret collapse: death toll rises to 41
Blog: The View from Fez - 20 February 2010
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Meknes minaret collapses
Blog: The View from Fez - 19 February 2010
A mosque minaret has collapsed in Meknes, killing a number of people.
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Vagobond Valentines – Part 3 – Imperial Meknes
Blog: Vagobond.com - 18 February 2010
In the first two parts of this short series I wrote about our time in Moulay Idriss and at Volubulis, the ancient Roman city. Part 3 – Imperial Meknes will be the final chapter of this short odyssey. We were having a great time all weekend in Moulay Idriss and Volubulis but one subject had come [...]
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Vagobond Valentines – Part 2 – Volubulis
Blog: Vagobond.com - 16 February 2010
Since coming to Morocco a year ago, I’ve wanted to visit the ancient Roman ruins of Volubulis. Each time I’ve planned to go, something has kept me from it, until now. It turns out that Hanane had also never gone there. As a young girl, she was supposed to go there on a school trip, [...]
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A Vagobond Valentines – Part 1- Dar Zerhoune in Moulay Idriss
Blog: Vagobond.com - 15 February 2010
Saturday Morning, Hanane and I woke up and grabbed our overnight bags to set out for a further exploration of Moulay Idriss, Volubulis, and Meknes. Since our previous expedition (http://www.vagobond.com/2010/02/vagobond-in-meknes-and-moulay-idriss/) had been so incredibly enjoyable, I decided to surprise her with a weekend trip so that we could really dig into this incredible region. After scouring [...]
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Vagobond in Meknes and Moulay Idriss
Blog: Vagobond.com - 8 February 2010
Last weekend, we decided to take a daytrip to Meknes since neither Hanane nor I had been there before. We got a later start than we intended but figured it would be no problem since Meknes is only an hours train ride from Fez and Fez is only a 40 minute taxi ride from Sefrou. The [...]
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Medina Madness in Morocco
Blog: GoBackpacking - 11 January 2010
Casablanca’s medina feels more like a recreated theme park than a relic of ancient urbanity.Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 core lessons, a community forum for asking questions and receiving personalized feedback, plus audio interviews and a blog.
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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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American killed, Brit injured in Morocco Rally
Blog: The View from Fez - 13 November 2009
According to the MAP news agency, an American taking part in an auto rally has been killed after his car plunged into a ravine in Morocco's Atlas mountains.Frank Warren, 63, was killed and his British companion was badly injured and taken to hospital.The accident happened between the towns of Midelt and Khenifra in the Atlas mountains as the pair were taking part in the Casablanca Challenge rally. The car came off the road near the village of Ait Oumina, MAP said.The British woman was taken to hospital in Meknes.
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Wine-tasting in Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 8 October 2009
Domaine de la Zouina is a wine- and olive-producing estate just outside Meknes.The View from Fez went to visit this week to taste the wines.
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The leaving of Meknes - Jillan York
Blog: The View from Fez - 4 August 2009
Jillian York is one of our favourite bloggers and recently wrote a wonderfully nostalgic piece about missing her favourite Moroccan city - Meknes. It is reprinted here, with her permission. Meknes, ya Meknes
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