Around ten years ago, you can go to any restaurant in Marrakesh and for sure your plate will be served with some exotic floor shows complete with drummers and belly dancers. With all the frenzy your palate will really have a hard time distinguishing what’s bad and what’s not. Faux food, faux flavor and real [...]
Restaurants in Morocco Forgoing Exotic Floor Shows in Favor of Authentic Flavor
December 30, 2012 | Posted by
Blacks in North Africa and Middle East Often Face Virulent Racism from Arabs
October 17, 2012 | Posted by
As the West continues to train its focus on racism leveled at blacks by white people in the U.S. and recently in Europe and Israel, attention has increasingly been directed at the mistreatment of blacks by Arabs in Northern Africa and the Middle East. For years, observers interested in probing a little more deeply in [...]
Morocco, Beyond the Well-Known Destinations
October 10, 2012 | Posted by
Although well travelled by tourists, Morocco remains a country where secret places abound. The desert is vast, as are the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains and here, far from the cities and cultural centers, one can finds places removed from the camera-wielding crowds. Admittedly, many Berber desert towns are popular with tourists; they’re reached via the modern-day equivalent to the [...]
Morocco’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites
September 9, 2012 | Posted by
There are 9 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Morocco, here are brief descriptions of what you can expect to see at each of the sites: The Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou is an example of a traditional pre-Saharan habitat, surrounded by high walls and reinforced with corner towers. Aït Benhaddou is a ‘fortified city’, or ksar, along [...]
Moroccans Fight Over Premarital Sex and Islam
August 9, 2012 | Posted by
Activists in Morocco continue to battle against laws they believe to be encroaching on basic human rights and gender equality within the country, including the right to pre-marital sex. Going by article 490 of the country’s penal code, Moroccans can be imprisoned if they are found to be having sexual relations outside of marriage, regardless [...]
African Child Policy Forum: African Adoption Should Be Discouraged ‘At All Costs’
May 30, 2012 | Posted by
The number of children from Africa being adopted by foreign nationals from other continents has risen dramatically, a report has said. In the past eight years, international adoptions increased by almost 400%, the African Child Policy Forum has found. “Africa is becoming the new frontier for inter-country adoption,” the Addis Ababa-based group said. But many [...]
Tangier, the Most Fashionable Place in Morocco
May 28, 2012 | Posted by
A relic of the expat glamour of the 1930s through the 1960s, Tangier is home to a curious mix of upper-crust residents, from French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy to American heiresses and English dukes and duchesses (Elena Prentice, an American painter who has been coming to Tangier for the last 50 years, dubs them “The Accidentals”). [...]
Travelers Choice 2012: Top 25 Destinations In Africa
May 20, 2012 | Posted by
Marrakech, Morocco It’s easy to lose yourself in the narrow, winding streets of the Medina—and we mean that both literally and metaphorically. Smell the spices in the air, brush up on your haggling at a local souk, then sip mint tea in the Majorelle Garden. End your day lounging in the rooftop garden of your [...]
Mike Tyson Spotted in Poland Promoting Black Power Energy Drink
April 30, 2012 | Posted by
Mike Tyson, his wife Kiki and son Morocco were spotted in Poland as the former heavyweight champ made rounds to promote Black, a new energy drink. Paparazzi were on the scene as the family walked through Warsaw. “In Warsaw, Poland. Just wrapping commercial for Black Power Energy Drink. They put me on the can,” Tyson [...]
