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Tsunami in Morocco Video
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 Moroccan Arabic Verb Dictionary
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MARYAM MONTAGUE
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011 10:07 |
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 Oh, I was in a good mood when the night started but I had a no idea of the evening that lay before me.
Because near a secret garden in Riad El Fenn, a happening was, well, happening.The Caliph’s House, was speaking.
You see Tahir Shah, the illustrious writer of The Caliph’s House, was speaking. His introduction was made with great fanfare.
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MARYAM MONTAGUE
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Oh please don't mistake me for one of those girls who always has her bed made, or her make up on, or her schedule set.
Yes, please don't mistake me for one of those girls who always has her act together.
Because I'm not one of those girls.
In fact, lately, my mind has been a cluttered place. Jumbled, if you know what I mean. And when it gets that way, I know that I have to get out....
And the Moroccan Atlas Mountains are just the ticket to peace of mind.
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:57 |
Volunteer Morocco launches The Learning Room Project
The Learning Room Project is a program that provides school-aged children in small, rural villages in the countryside of Morocco access to computers, internet and learning materials.
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MARYAM MONTAGUE
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Thursday, 07 October 2010 13:17 |
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 Marrakech / Morocco Board News Service - I had met them accidentally. French, charming, stylish...the kind of people you want to know. That was months ago and there had been meet ups since then, including a dinner in the embroidered tent at Peacock Pavilions, Geraldine's Moroccan pique-nique chic and a soiree at designer Corinne Bensimon's house.
It was during one of those get togethers that I had heard about it. The party Oh, it was to be a party unlike other parties -- a Hollywood/Bollywood extravaganza.. David was turning 40 and it was their 10th wedding anniversary, too. Friends were flying in from everywhere to celebrate.
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 12:45 |
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Moroccan American Producer / Director Mohamed El Hajjam of AV Actions Recently released a documentary about how Moroccan Expats experience the Month of Ramadan in the US. The documentary was shot in New York, Philadelphia and Washington. ....
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MOSTAFA_CHTAINI
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The donkey politician who called my God a monkey has crossed the Line!
For the last 500 years, monsters like him controlled our lives’ destiny and design,
A lot of abuses since the Inquisition to keep us and the Have-Nots behind;
The Donkey, Jones, Graham, Gingrich, Palin, Keller are a real bad sign.
They deny that Church, Synagogue, Temple and Mosque are all divine.
Why must We not cross the line?
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Alfred Hackensberger
Mohamed Choukri's books rank among the classics of modern world literature. The Moroccan author would have been 75 this month, but there is little to celebrate: all over the world, almost all his books are out of print. Morocco has failed to preserve the legacy of one of its best-known literary figures.
A great literary figure: Mohamed Choukri achieved international renown with his autobiographical novels For Bread Alone and Time of Mistakes |
His date of birth, 15 July 1935, was something Mohamed Choukri had to 'reconstruct': "Where I come from, in the countryside, in the Rif mountains, there was no register of births." It was a story he was fond of telling astonished journalists, usually from the West. "We didn't celebrate birthdays either, as is customary in Europe these days." As a result, he said, he might easily have miscalculated his age by several years. "Perhaps I'm much younger, or I could also be much older," Choukri would say, with a wink.
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Morocco board news /
in a decomunentary by John Cleese, It is always a good idea to define something from A to Z. It is even a better idea to define Football (the one that is actually played with both a foot and a ball) from A to Z. It is obviously a fantastic idea to have Thierry Henry, Michael Ballack, Mia Hamm, Káká, Pelé, Arséne Wenger, Pierluigi Collina and Brigit Prinz explaining the beautiful game they play better than everyone (except Ronaldinho). |
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Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:59 |
Colin Kilkelly
 Washington / Morocco Board News Service - He was born in 1956 at Roche -sur-Yon in the Vendée which is the home of many famous artists and his roots in the Vendéé have always been important to him. He studied sculpture and applied arts and as well as photography and audiovisual art at l’Ecole de Beaux Arts at Nantes.
He left for New York in 1985 ( his great grand uncle Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi was the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty) .
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Thursday, 03 June 2010 16:51 |
Colin Kilkelly
 Marrakesh / Morocco Board News Service-- Colin Watson a Painter who captures "the otherness" of Morocco
He graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Ulster and has exhibited at the Pyms Gallery London, Jorgensen Fine Arts and the Royal Academy Dublin, One Oxford Street Belfast and other Belfast galleries, the Lawrence Arnott Gallery in 2007 and again on the 8th June -3rd July 2010.
Colin Watson a Painter who captures "the otherness" of Morocco
Colin Watson has participated in many group exhibitions including The National Portrait Gallery in London, The BP Portrait Prize Exhibition, The Royal Hibernian Gallery in Dublin, The Royal Ulster Academy in Belfast
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Friday, 21 May 2010 11:34 |
Kawtar Krifi
Rabat - "Moroccan music has its own and special rhythms and tones, which reflects the cultural richness of Morocco and the exuberance of its songs with high emotional load," Spanish pop star Julio Iglesias said.
In an exclusive interview with MAP, Julio Iglesias who will give a concert on May 23 as part of the Festival "Mawazine Rhythms of the World" (May 21-29), said he would like to make a song inspired by Moroccan music.
The Spanish star said he is happy to meet his fans in Morocco, a country he visited several times, without hiding his fascination for Rabat, "a beautiful city with very friendly population and lives music with passion and enthusiasm."
"I am looking forward to an unforgettable evening with the Moroccan public that I really like," he added.
"Sharing the stage with B.B. King, Elton John and other big stars, in an international festival such as Mawazine is a pleasure," he said.
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Unlike other painters who visited Morocco and were gone in a flash, Claudio Bravo, born in Chile and a world traveler, settled in this country in the early seventies. He likes Morocco as a native. He carries it in his heart, his eyes, and his dreams. Whether in Tangier, Marrakech, or his farm in Taroudant, Claudio Bravo likes Morocco not just for its light but also for its people, its countryside and other places away from city life.
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JAMAL ELABIAD
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 11:10 |
 “I do not know why I still have problems using many grammar rules in Arabic despite the fact that I have been learning Arabic for more than a decade, and why after studying English only for four months, I have almost no problem as far as the grammar rules my teacher of English has taught us so far,” I told one of my high school friends one day. What reminded of this is one of Faisal Al Kassim’s articles I read recently on the Internet. And it was not until I became a teacher of Shakespeare’s language that I knew the why.
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MARYAM MONTAGUE
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Friday, 19 March 2010 09:59 |
 There was a boulevard in Marrakech named after his grandfather -- a man who had put his life on the line for a noble cause, fought off marauders of a terrible kind, and protected those who needed it most. You know the sort: a risk-taker, a gambler, a hero.The grandson was a lawyer, by profession. The type who used to fly first class from country to country, meeting clients, brokering deals, and doing the complicated things that lawyers do. But he was more than that, much more.
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MARYAM MONTAGUE
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 03-03-2010 12:14:48-- Oh you may have at your fingertips the vespa riding fellas from Domino's Pizza.
And that flower-of-the-month-club with its variety of orchids delivered right to your door.
And that nice boy down the street who shovels your drive way when the snow is blowing in gusts.
And those darling doorbell ringing girl scouts who entice you with their thin mint cookies.
Oh, you're lucky all right. I'll give you that. Yes, I'll give you that.
But here in Marrakech we have...........henna home delivery.
What you say?
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 02/25/2010 --- The 4th Fez Festival of Sufi Culture will be held from 17 to 24 April in the palaces, riads and Andalusian gardens of the city of Fez around the theme "Mysticism and poetry”.
The festival will , according to the Association of Fes Festival of Sufi Culture, continue to show Morocco as the land of the ancient home of Sufism and promoter of dialogue among cultures, but also as a bridge between the East and the West, symbolized by the mediating role that Morocco has always played, especially in its modern history.
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Lory Hess
 02-22-2010 22:21:25-- -- -- Is the folk tale dying? Will mass media wipe out the oral tradition, replacing that living and evolving heritage with ephemeral entertainment?
Jilali El Koudia is afraid so. Born into a rural family in the ancient cultural crossroads of Morocco, he experienced his mother's telling of folktales as a vital relief from daily hardships. Now a prominent writer and translator, he feels it urgently necessary to preserve the tradition that nurtured him, before it disappears. From a number of narrators, primarily older women, he has collected the thirty-one tales in this brief but rich anthology, and offers them for us to enjoy and marvel at in our turn.
There's certainly no shortage of excitement, as our heroes and heroines dodge jealous stepmothers, man-eating ghouls and unscrupulous sultans on their way to "happily ever after." Most of the tales begin with a fraught family situation: jealousy, betrayal or revenge provoke a crisis, which usually leads to an encounter with magical beings or events.
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