Snake Handlers

Marrakech, a Taste of the Old Arabic World

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May 23rd 2013
Without a doubt, the easiest way to flatter me while traveling is to mistake me for a local, and be sincere about it. I am sure many have an alterior motive, anything to strike up a conversation and get me to look at their goods. But when they insist, when they tell me that I look like their brother Mohammed or Hamed, when they speak Arabic and get upset that I can't answer back, then it at le ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » Marrakech

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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