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The Last of the Cold Weather in Morocco?
Blog: The View from Fez - 14 February 2012
Average temperatures in Morocco have been far colder than normal but now a change is coming and this week should see a return to the normal averages at this time of year.
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William S. Burroughs – Junkie Vagabond
Blog: Vagobond.com - 28 January 2012
William S. Burroughs - no other name rings so loudly in the annals of extraordinary literary vagabonds of the 20th century. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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"Louche" author in Tangier
Blog: The View from Fez - 14 January 2012
François Beaune In 2013, France's Marseille-Provence will become the European Capital of Culture - a major festive and popular event on an international scale and specifically throughout the Mediterranean region
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Travel Writing About Morocco ~ #32
Blog: The View from Fez - 27 October 2011
Regular readers of The View from Fez will be aware that we run an occasional series on travel writing in Morocco. Many times we find the journalism patchy and the research less than thorough. However, back in June this year, we came across journalist Steve McKenna and gave him the "thumbs up" for his piece (see our story here Travel Writing about Morocco #31
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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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Tangier Jazz Festival
Blog: The View from Fez - 19 September 2011
Yes, it is jazz time again in Tangier, with the opening on the 21st of September of the 12th edition of the Tanjazz Festival.
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Sunday's Protests in Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 26 June 2011
Another 42 degree Celsius day in Fez - not the sort of weather to encourage people to get out and protest. However, the hardy were not discouraged and at 5pm, several hundred, mainly young women, turned out in central Fez to show their support for the constitutional changes. Later in the march they were joined by others.
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Travel Writing about Morocco #31
Blog: The View from Fez - 20 June 2011
Many times The View from Fez has been critical of travel writing about Morocco. However, today we give the thumbs up to Steve McKenna from the Australian newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald. As he discovers, train travel in Morocco is a brand new experience. Here is an edited extract:
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Artist Claudio Bravo dies in Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 7 June 2011
Morocco Board News reports that the painter Claudio Bravo died Saturday, June 4 at the city of Taroudant, at the age of 74. Installed in Morocco since 1972, he will most likely be buried in Taroudant, which he considered his second home.To escape the hectic life of a busy artist in Madrid, the Chilean-born painter Claudio Bravo moved to Morocco where he had three homes: in Taroudant, a house dubbed "the refuge of the artist" - a fortress against the outside world; in Marrakech, a small palace in the Medina, and in Tangier, a sublime garden house.
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The Weather in Fez ~ Still Lurching Towards Summer
Blog: The View from Fez - 27 May 2011
The odd spell of weather that has brought days of sunshine alternating with rain (and even hail) continues. "I thought Africa was warm," exclaimed one bemused German tourist. I might have been warmer in Hamburg!"
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Leila Kilani... Moroccan Filmmaker at Cannes
Blog: The View from Fez - 19 May 2011
The Moroccan filmmaker, Leila Kilani will realise a lifelong ambition when her debut feature, Sur La Planche, is screened at the Cannes film festival today.
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More Film News From Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 18 May 2011
More news from the world of film. For this story we turn our attention, not to Cannes or Hollywood, but the beautiful town of Assilah here in Morocco. South of Tangiers, Assilah, is a favourite holiday spot with good beaches and a colourful history. From a local tower, prisoners were once thrown onto those rocks by El Rassouli, the Berber chief played with an oddly Scottish accent by Sean Connery in "The Wind and The Lion." The tower and fortress now host an annual art festival.
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Moroccan Bluegrass Tour ~ Tangier, Chefchaouen, Fez & Casablanca
Blog: The View from Fez - 28 April 2011
If you have ever wondered what a fusion of Bluegrass and Moroccan beats might sound like, well now is your chance to find out.
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Update on Protests in Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 25 April 2011
One of the clear differences between Morocco and other countries where protestors are calling for reforms is that the protests are peaceful. Although thousands of Moroccans nationwide held demonstrations yesterday, they were without violence. Here in Casablanca as in other parts of Morocco the demonstrators are calling for a radical overhaul of the country's governance before a new constitution is unveiled in June by King Mohammed VI.
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The King's Speech ~ Morocco takes a positive step
Blog: The View from Fez - 10 March 2011
“I only desire (your) betterment to the best of my power; and my success (in my task) can only come from Allah. In Him I trust, and unto Him I look.” ~ HM King Mohammed VI
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Tourist Travel in Morocco - Update
Blog: The View from Fez - 10 March 2011
The ongoing unrest in the Middle East and parts of North Africa has caused many travellers to reassess their travel plans. Consequently we have received a large number of enquiries about the safety of travel in Morocco.
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Is it safe to travel to Morocco?
Blog: The View from Fez - 22 February 2011
Despite the odd comment that The View from Fez must be a government mouthpiece, we have to say that the protests in Morocco on Sunday were generally calm and orderly. The police acted with restraint, there was no bombardment of people by airforce jets, no defections by ministers and the King has not fled to Venezuela or anywhere else.
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Moroccan News Briefs
Blog: The View from Fez - 20 February 2011
HM Mohammed VI pardons 413 prisoners
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Air Arabia links France and Morocco
Blog: The View from Fez - 25 January 2011
Beginning at the end of March this year, Air Arabia will fly between Montpellier in southern France and the cities of Nador, Tangier, Oujda, Fez and Casablanca.
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Fes Festival programme announced
Blog: The View from Fez - 13 January 2011
The View from Fez is delighted to bring you the Fes Festival of World Music programme for 2011.
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New year greetings
Blog: The View from Fez - 31 December 2010
The View from Fez team wishes all its readers all the very best for 2011.
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Artisan weaving in Fez
Blog: The View from Fez - 24 December 2010
Sy Hassane Kabil and his wife Isabelle run a hand-weaving atelier in Fez known as Dar al Tiraz - the house of embroidery.
