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My Weekend in Tangier!

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February 7th 2011
Apologies for not writing for a while; I've been so busy lately its crazy! Last weekend a group of my friends & I decided to take a weekend trip to Tangier- a city on the Mediterranean Sea. So after class on Friday we hopped in a cab to Meknes (a town maybe 40ish minutes away) & proceeded to make our way to Tangier by train. The ride was so much better than my initial train ride into Fes; we took ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Tangier-Tétouan » Tangier

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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 inaugurate... ... read more