UK-based Moroccan Fine Art launched its online gallery today in a bid to promote Morocco’s contemporary art in Britain and worldwide, Director Nadia Echiguer told Middle East Online. Moroccan Fine Art, the UK’s first dedicated gallery to Moroccan artists, was Echiguer’s inspiration from her grandfather who once told her that “a home without art...
The United States Peace Corps and USAID welcome you to the annual Marché Maroc artisanal craft fair in historic Fès. The four-day fair begins Monday, April 23rd, and ends Thursday, April 26th, from 11:00 – 19:00 daily. Marché Maroc Fès will showcase the work of diverse artisan groups from the various regions of...
Amid the eager and often conflicting discussions about what it’s going to take to develop a real, tangible green economy in North Africa – one that makes the most of a seemingly endless supply of solar and wind – one conclusion keeps rising to the surface. If there is one state – one organized...
A symposium on the theme “Cambridge in Morocco: Perspectives on Islamic and North African Studies” opened Monday in Fez, with the participation of academics from the prestigious British University of Cambridge, Moroccan researchers, diplomats and literary figures. Speaking on the occasion, Farissi Serghini, president of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, emphasized that this workshop...
Book Club Foundation of Morocco decided to present the Fez’ Award of Creativity of this year to the Moroccan author Mohammed Berrada. The announcement and official award of the winner will be during the 4th edition of the Mediterranean Book Festival of Fez which will take place in April 21-26, in partnership with the...
When most people think of Moroccan food, it’s couscous that immediately comes to mind. My thoughts, however, make a beeline for chermoula. This herb-spice combo, which North Africans often use to marinate and sauce fish—whether fried, grilled, baked or stewed—might loosely be thought of as a Moroccan-spiced salsa verde. After too much time away...
