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Gnaoua Festival 2013

18/06/2013
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Gnaoua Festival 2013

Each year, the beautiful city of Essaouira devotes its maze of streets, lovely beaches, and vibrant public squares to music. In just a few years the city has become Morocco’s answer to Woodstock. Colourful and exciting nights to soothe the spirit, thousands of music lovers swaying  to the music in a convivial and intimate atmosphere –...

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Clock Culture this week 17th June – 23th June

16/06/2013
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Clock Culture this week 17th June – 23th June

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 calligraphy with master Mohamed Charkaoui. Fez Download Let us introduce you to Moroccan culture, customs and language with Khalid. In 1:30hrs you will wow your...

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Patti Smith

14/06/2013
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Patti Smith

Patti Smith is a singer, writer and artist who became a highly influential figure in the New York City punk rock scene. After working on a factory assembly line, she began performing spoken word and later formed the Patti Smith Group (1974-1979). Her most famous album is Horses. In 2010, she won the National...

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Moving it in Morocco with Step Africa!

14/06/2013
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Moving it in Morocco with Step Africa!

Step Afrika!  will be turning up the heat this summer with their friends in Morocco!  And there is still space to join this tour made specifically for Step Afrika! patrons to experience the exciting Rabat Festival  - a premier cultural and musical event.  Then alongside Step leaders, explore Casablanca and finish the thrill of...

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Bouchra Khalili of Morocco among 2014 Abraaj Group Art Prize winners

12/06/2013
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Bouchra Khalili of Morocco among 2014 Abraaj Group Art Prize winners

Five young artists from Morocco to India are winners of 6th annual Abraaj Group Art Prize. Daily Star he Abraaj Group Art Prize, now in its sixth year, will fund projects by five artists from Iran, India, Morocco, and Egypt.  The works will be unveiled in an exhibition at Art Dubai 2014. Funded by the...

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Film Screening Highlights Morocco’s Jewish Heritage, Culture of Coexistence

05/06/2013
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Film Screening Highlights Morocco’s Jewish Heritage, Culture of Coexistence

Scene from the film “Tinghir-Jerusalem: Echoes from the Mellah”   MACC (Washington, DC, June 4, 2013) — When people think of Morocco and its culture, the first things that come to mind are the food, the colorful mosaic tiles, and the splendid desert landscapes we so often see in American films. Less well known,...

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