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Background: In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurated a golden age. In 1860, Spain occupied northern Morocco and ushered in a half century of trade rivalry among European powers that saw Morocco's sovereignty steadily eroded; in 1912, the French imposed a protectorate over the country. A protracted independence struggle with France ended successfully in 1956. The internationalized city of Tangier and most Spanish possessions were turned over to the new country that same year. Morocco virtually annexed Western Sahara during the late 1970s, but final resolution on the status of the territory remains unresolved. Gradual political reforms in the 1990s resulted in the establishment of a bicameral legislature in 1997. Parliamentary elections were held for the second time in September 2002 and municipal elections were held in September 2003.




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Our plans to rise early to escape Meknes were thwarted by sheer laziness on our behalf. However due to our recent bouts of illness we are blaming it entirely on a lack of energy. When we did leave the hotel, it took some doing to get us both with our backpacks to the top of the hill. The train station was comfortingly European and the French language announcements were almost completely understood. The train was delayed but we didn't mind one iota as the sun was shining and we got to watch a nosy rabble of football fans arrive on the [View Full Entry]

Steph and Rob - Steph Duke, Rob Cridland | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 1st 2008 | 50 Views | [diary=251427]

Through To The Souqs
Fes Road
Main Square

By pnltravels
February 17th 2008
Chefchaouen to Fes Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes
Our last night in Chefchaouen we met a Moroccan fellow at our hotel. Mohamed is from Fes, and speaks only French and Arabic. We had quite the evening with him trying to communicate, but it was fun. Out came the French/English dictionary, the phrasebook and lots of charades! We ended up playing a few hands of cards and swapping stories (as best we could) - it was an evening we won't soon forget. Mohamed asked if we liked olives, and I said no, but Peter LOVES them and is in olive heaven here! Mohamed laughed and pointed at Peter and said [View Full Entry]

pnltravels - Peter & Laini | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 17th 2008 | 761 Views | [diary=247202]

View of Fes from the South Fort
Pottery Factory Worker
Bab Bou Jeloud

After a couple of days in Meknes, we went to the train station and, while talking to and petting a cat, struck up a conversation with a well dressed man by the name of Rida. He told us he was an engineer from Fez just returning home, and that he would be pleased if we could meet him for some tea at 1800 that night and gave us a shred of paper with the name of a restaurant scribbled on it. We got on the train to Fez, and ignoring the "mosquitos" as Rida had called the touts and cab drivers [View Full Entry]

Nyingma - David Thompson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 16th 2008 | 126 Views | [diary=253784]

Medina life
Daily bread
Master and apprentice

Tuesday 29 January 2008 Stepping onto the pier, it was now the first time either of us had set foot on African soil - well concrete anyway! The docks were chaos. There were people, trucks, boats, cars and MORE people going every which way. There wasn’t really any signage at all to speak of so we just followed the crowd who were in turn following people, who looked like they were official in some capacity, that were yelling at everyone. Once all the tour groups had disbursed to their buses we found ourselves alone in a scene of chaos, with no [View Full Entry]

vicarious travelling - Michael and Barbara | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 20th 2008 | 67 Views | [diary=268070]

Small attractive town on outskirts of Tanger
Our train arrives
Michael gets 'comfortable'

By Gavin the Green
January 30th 2008
Fes Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes
Our second destination was Fes, one of the biggest cities in Morocco. We took a train there, which was a ride of seven or so hours from Casablanca and not very expensive. We were able to get a good look at Morocco, and I must say I am impressed with how beautiful it is. Long flat vistas of green, dotted by picturesque towns and grazing herd animals, watched by young boys or men with sticks. Where there were hills, they were similarly smooth and green, and despite the complete lack of clouds in the sky for our entire visit the land [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 7th 2008 | 25 Views | [diary=253750]


We are nearing the one month mark of our return from Morocco, and so we turn to these: images that keep us close to an experience that is quickly fading from our daily reality. We still sometimes say "shokran" instead of "thankyou," and will occassionally burst into giggles while saying "Scuse me" and recalling the sweet way Tahara insistently repeated her five-word English vocabulary. But it is difficult to keep a daily vigil of remembrance of Morocco when we are immersed in a completely different context, where characters like Omar or patterns of daily life (like waking up to the dawn [View Full Entry]

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Djellabahs - Libby and MC Abbott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 14th 2008 | 100 Views | [diary=235726]

the mirror store in the medina
medina life
prayer beads

The first day of our trip consisted of waking up at 3 am. I dont want to ever wake up that early again. We made it safely to Girona and had only been out of the bus station maybe 2 minutes when we needed to cross the street. I was the last one of the four of walking when BAM!!! All of a sudden I am on all fours in the middle of the cross walk and cant get up because my pack was starting to fall over my head. Talk about starting the trip off on the right foot, I [View Full Entry]

Abbs - Abbi LaCarte | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 7th 2008 | 155 Views | [diary=233730]


Founded as a imperial capital in 800 AD, Fes's primary attraction is its ancient medina, a walled city with a millenium of history that's famous for it's rug and antiquities merchants, leather and other handicraft workshops, and a thousand-year old Islamic university that is still in operation, a point of pride that will be mentioned to you by all the Fassis you meet. The Fes medina is also notorious for swallowing tourists alive in its labrynthine depths, and during a couple of days of exploration we certainly got lost our own share of the time. (Recognizing this, the official map issued [View Full Entry]

steve_hoge - Bicycling Adventures with Steve and Kate | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 21st 2008 | 1093 Views | [diary=238098]

Haircut in Fes
Lunch with the ladies at the carpet emproium
Fes Tannery

By RachKat
December 11th 2007
Photos from Morocco Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes
Hi all - the following info is all cut and pasted from Brenden's email. Lazy, I know, but I have alot of uni work to do before heading to Prague with Amy on Thursday. So, in Brendens words... With a rugged work week last week containing two public holidays i decided to take my first wedge day (the day between the public holiday and the weekend). A bit of last minute planning had us heading off to Morocco for 4 days. A short drive down to Tarifa had us on a ferry and in the kingdom of Morocco. Now we didn't [View Full Entry]

RachKat - Rachel Kathage | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 11th 2007 | 144 Views | [diary=226762]

Horse drawn Carriage in Meknes
Berber woman selling produce at the markets in Tangier while her husband drinks tea with his friends
Sign on a building in the dingiest street in Tangier

I suppose it is to be expected that we finally feel like we are getting good at living in Morocco as soon as we are bound to leave. With only seven days left it seems as though we are just mastering some of the basic tasks of daily living. I refer mostly to the fact that I just successfully pulled off a feat of rather impressive qualifications. From the moment of my arrival in my new home in Fes I was immediately in love with my rooftop room—gorgeous views of the medina bowl during the day (black smoke rising from the [View Full Entry]

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Djellabahs - Libby and MC Abbott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 10th 2007 | 100 Views | [diary=226500]