This week sees one of the largest and most important pilgrimages in Morocco. The beautiful white-washed town of Moulay Idriss Zerhoune is only an hours drive from Fez and less than half an hour from Meknes. For many centuries it has been a place of pilgrimage, thanks to its tomb of the city’s founder,...
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Kareena Kapoor, the famed Indian actress, has been speaking about her love for Morocco. The actress, who is currently filming Agent Vinod with boyfriend Saif Ali Khan in the Moroccan city of Tangiers, revealed that she is enjoying working in the country because of its cultural similarities to India and its love of Bollywood...
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The city of Ajmer in Rajasthan, India, houses one of the greatest Sufi shrines of the world, that of the sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisty. Founder of the Chisty silsila, his love for the people led him to be called Gharib Nawaz, ‘caretaker of the humble and poor’. The love that reached out...
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Marriage is Morocco’s richest traditional event which is closely connected to ancestral traditions and customs. A joyful celebration and a welcome opportunity for a social gathering, marriage is celebrated for days. The wedding practices evolve around the beauty of the bride, the unity of the family of the two spouses and the life within...
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What is couscous, anyways? Ever wondered how couscous was made in Morocco before the days of Tria and Couscous Dari, with their giant factories and thousands of kilos produced and sold every day? A group of women in the Middle Atlas village of Khoukhate hopes to bring back an appreciation for the art (and...
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Yesterday Rabat ville train station opened her doors to travellers after a long time of renovation. There was a sumptious tea party on Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the new station (as seen above). All locals, commuters and international visitors will welcome the expanded concourse and lavish facilities provided after this painstaking restoration....
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Heston Blumenthal, owner of Michelin-starred ’The Fat Duck‘, was recently in Fes filming for his newest TV series and book “Heston’s Fantastical Feasts”. The chefs at Cafe Clock helped in creating a series of camel inspired dishes for his ‘Titanic Feast’. Read below an excerpt from his recently published book. “In the souk I had...
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Attention, Matthias Schriefl is here in Fes and specifically at the Café Clock. He is a 29 years old German musician. He started his music lessons at an early age(7 years old). He has received numerous awards as a soloist, composer and bandleader, the latest of these being the WDR jazz prize for improvisation...
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Directed by Mohamed Frites with Rafik Boubke, Majdouline Idrissi. Rouiis is a young among others who live in the streets: homeless or “Chamkar. He falls in love with Malak, a young girl from a wealthy family. Rouiis is convinced that his marriage with this beautiful creature is senseless and impossible. But fate is such...
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I haven’t often seen corn on the cob in the Fez medina, so this is probably something you’ll have to pick up on trips to Marjane. Nevertheless it’s full of Moroccan flavours and makes good use of the goat’s cheese you see wrapped up in palm leaves all over the medina (there’s a particularly...
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Watch more Fez videos at tripfilms.com Trawling the internet we found the following exerpts and video footage from Trip Films. “Meet Mike Richardson owner and operator of Fez’s most eclectic restaurant, the Cafe Clock. He will tell you that it is not just a restaurant that serves camel burgers, real espresso, and rich cheesecake; it?s a place to mingle , explore new ideas, express yourself, learn...
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