Café Clock has hands ticking rhythms to multiplying metronomes. The Clock Crew are behind the mechanics and after restoring the 250 year old courtyard house they have brought to Fez a cultural zone that we are all desperate to set our watches to. Musicians, thinkers, performers, lovers, restorers, teachers, travellers national international are walking...
Clock Kitchen is here to help you gain access to and intensify your sensory experience of Morocco! From recipe to souk, through preparation to plate, Clock Kitchen, located in the gastronomic capital of Fez, will chaperone you every step of the way. This special...
From top left: Habiba Msika, Zohra El Fassia, Leila Mourad, Raymonde Abecassis, Line Monty. *They scorched the stages of Algeria and Tunis, in Casablanca and Baghdad, and also in Berlin and Paris. Upcoming concert is occasion to recall these artists who were honored...
Oum – Moroccan singer, writer, composer. Patriotic Vanguard, Sierra Leone’s News Portal (May 19, 2013) — Oum is the first word of moroccan first name Oum El Ghaït,...
Workshops Cooking School Learn to cook traditional Moroccan food in the heart of the medina with Clock Kitchen. Fez’s first dedicated cooking school. Calligraphy Discover the sacred art of...
MarocPress/MAP (Rabat, Morocco, May 14, 2013) — King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, decided to personally finance the reconstruction of the Taroudant Grand Mosque which was partially...
King Mohammed VI reviews ambitious Morocco project, 1st of two phases to be completed in 2020, cover 3,000 hectares & generate 500 megawatts. Saudi ACWA Power leads construction of the plant,...
Morocco’s Rose Festival starts this weekend, in the town of El Kelaa M’Gouna, nestled high in the Atlas Mountains in the Valley of the Roses. Credit H.Zell / Wikimedia...
Carole Castiel, president, Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, Praia mayor Ulisses Correia Silva, Lisbon Grand Rabbi Eliezer Schai di Martino inaugurate Jewish gravesite **While the Jewish-Moroccan community has...
By Lara Brunt, for CNN May 8, 2013 — Updated 0945 GMT (1745 HKT) Writers, rock stars and eccentrics flocked to Tangier’s cafés in the first half of the...
“The warmth that we find in Moroccan houses—it’s something that we don’t find in any other culture.” —Samy Ymar, with Magen David Sephardic Congregation. Morocco on the Move...
Caftan, one of the most prestigious events in the traditional Moroccan Haute Couture calendar, takes place in Marrakech and requires months of meticulous preparations from designers. Reuters **The...
The world renowned superstar Rihanna – first celebrity on the social networking site Facebook with more than 62.5 million fans – will be performing for the opening of...
Having spent roughly a decade planning for high-speed rail service, Morocco’s plans for the project have gathered increasing steam in recent months following the signing of five key technical...
I have this urge to travel to Morocco if nothing for the sheer desire to re-enact Casablanca as Ilsa Lund, played by Ingrid Bergman. (Who wants to come along...
HBO’s Game of Thrones inspires travel to Morocco EuroNews, CANOE (April 22, 2013) — Hotel bookings in the desert town of Ouarzazate, Morocco have experienced a 100% spike since...
A student looks at a display at the Judaism Museum in Casblanca on Jan. 28, 2011. (photo by ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP/Getty Images) Al Monitor, by Meryem Saadi, from TelQuel (April...
The first semifinal match of the African U-17 Championship – between Morocco and Ivory Coast — will be played on 23 April. Nigeria and Tunisia face each other in the...
Renewable Energy Drive Gains Pace in Morocco Ambitious plans to increase renewables in Morocco’s energy mix have taken another step closer to completion, following the announcement that Africa’s second-largest...
By Keith Bowers· April 17th, 2013 ·This year’s International Butterfly Show at Krohn Conservatory brings in an Arab North African twist and creates a beautiful spectacle in the process. ...
A Hebrew lesson in Fez, Morocco. Courtesy of the Museum of Moroccan Judaism. Le Soir Echos, by Dalila Saadou (Casablanca, Morocco, April 15, 2013) — The Museum of Moroccan...
Ambitious plans to increase renewables in Morocco’s energy mix have taken another step closer to completion, following the announcement that Africa’s second-largest wind farm is to be built in...
The doomed camel. A camel presented to French president François Hollande as a gift in Mali has been eaten by locals. In what appears to have been a...
Churchill & Roosevelt enjoy a break from their deliberations to spend a few days in Marrakesh. Winston Churchill believed that “Marrakesh is simply the nicest place on Earth to...
“On the Edge,” Moroccan director Leila Kilani’s first feature, was inspired by true events. BBC BBC News (London, England, April 10, 2013) — Women film-makers from Morocco, Tunisia...
In Morocco a meal is not simply a meal: “It’s better.” – Sarah Dajani, Huffington Post Sarah Dajani, Writer and photographer, devourblog.com and windowdining.com Huffington Post, by Sarah...
Morocco World News The 16th edition of the festival of Gnaoua and the music of the world will be held from 20 to June 23 in Essaouira under the...
Morocco World News Fez, April 5, 2013 When writing about the old Medina of Fez, which is part of the historic city of Fez in the Kingdom of Morocco,...
Scientists show a nomad how to assemble a “waterpod” near the village of M’hamid El Ghizlane, southeast of Zagora, on March 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO/FADEL SENNA Omar Razzouki gazes...
Morocco World News Maakouda is a delicious potato fritters prepared by nearly all Moroccan families. It is a crispy and spicy disc shape fritters made of mashed potatoes mixed...
Morocco World News Fez, March 27, 2013 The music festival of Joujouka is to be held from 14th to 16th June, 2013. Since its first edition in 2008, the...
**According to a new report on global tourism, the top three most welcoming countries for foreigners are: Iceland, New Zealand and Morocco.**— Buried several hundred pages into a new World...
The 12th annual Meknes International Animated Film Festival (FICAM) in Morocco, showcases more than 50 animated short and long films, with workshops, conferences & exhibition? Middle East Online, by Saad...
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI was represented at the inauguration of Pope Francis today at the Vatican in Rome by Morocco head of government, Abdelilah Benkirane. Lemag.ma (Rome, Italy,...
CATCH BIG AIR — Dakhla is one of top kite-surfing destinations in the world, with a combination of wind, flat water, waves, amazing desert scenery and a very hospitable...
HM King Mohammed VI will visit Senegal, Ivory Coast and Gabon. Morocco committed to promoting openness, democracy and bring about peace, security to whole continent. Middle East Online,...
Gabriella Le Breton visits a remote region of Morocco where the roses for most of the world’s perfumes are grown. The views across the valley from the flat-roofed Berber...
Morocco’s first annual report on press freedom highlighted the progress that the country has made in the last year. Communications Minister Mustapha El Khalfi said that 2012 was characterised...
Most visitors to this year’s Fez Festival of World Sacred Music in June will have seen and heard the Oud − one of the most important instruments in...
“Every culture has their own version of pancakes, but I think these are legendary.” Back in Morocco, he says, most families only have one special pancake whisperer who can...
**’This US$75 million trade finance line fulfils EBRD and BMCE goals to foster growth of Morocco’s economy especially by targeting local SMEs.’ –Laurent Chabrier, EBRD Director for Morocco**...
Morocco World News Seffa Medfouna is one of the most fanciful way to prepare pasta. Prepared with chicken, lamb or beef hidden within a dome of steamed vermicelli (Known...
Morocco World News with agencies Fez , March 9, 2013 King Mohammed VI received, Saturday at the Royal Palace in Fez, 17 new ambassadors he appointed to serve in...
The interim director of the University of Virginia’s Center for International Studies, Majida Bargach, has won the Extraordinary Achievement Award in Education, given by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Women’s...
FEZ, March 08, 2013 (MAP) King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Friday in Fez, the regional center for blood transfusion where the sovereign donated his blood, marking the launch of...
Morocco World News The concept of “lbaraka” (meaning blessing or prosperity) in Moroccan culture is a complex concept that may have more than one meaning. Apart from the established...
Lauren Kubiak, Energy Fellow, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, just returned from a trip to Morocco, where she reviewed the country’s ambitious plans and progress in making a dramatic shift...
Medi1 TV launches “Jari Ya Jari”, a new talk show with a pan-Maghreb perspective, underscores “the human values of co-existence and sharing.” Magharebia, by Hassan Benmehdi...
RABAT, March 4, 2013 (MAP) Legendary and all-time best-selling group, the Jacksons, will take part in Mawazine Music festival held in Rabat in the month of May, “Maroc-Cultures” association...
Driss El Yazami presides over Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), which UN officials call “an independent & highly credible body” whose reports carry great moral weight. MedAfrica Times...
SAFI, March 4, 2013 (MAP) Archaeologists have discovered a tunnel dating back to the sixteenth century in the coastal city of Safi (Center of Morocco), said the Provincial Delegation...
