The Medina in Fes

My love affair with Morocco

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May 26th 2009
It hasn’t even been 10 hours since we arrived back in Bamako, but I’m so eager to commit my memory of our Morocco trip to writing that even having recovered little from our red-eye flight I will attempt to do so now. Nora and I had left Bamako last Monday at 3:30 am, arriving in Casablanca at 7. With 6 hours to kill before the arrival of Nora’s sister, Sarah, and her boyfriend, we hopped a ... read more

Africa » Morocco

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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