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• Spirit of Fes at the British House of Commons

  
  THE VIEW FROM FEZ — Authority: 429
  Our London correspondant, Aurora Borealis, was at the House of Commons last week for the launch of Mahmood Jamals anthology, Islamic Mystical Poetry . Heres her report: The spiritual values that inspired the creation of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music were articulated with profound eloquence at The House ...
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• Fez Hip Hop - breaking the clichés

  
  THE VIEW FROM FEZ — Authority: 429
  Over the last few days a German film crew has been filming in the Medina of Fez. The View from Fez decided to track them down and find out what they were up to. The company is Schwenk Film from Stuttgart and the director is Hannes Schuler. When we caught up with him at Cafe Clock, he was filming the popular Fez ...
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• Eid ~ A Special Report

  
  THE VIEW FROM FEZ — Authority: 429
  The View from Fez team were invited into a local Moroccan home to celebrate Eid. Our host was the gracious Thami from Thamis Restaurant. Just after we arrived two visitors to Fez also were invited in. One was from Mexico and the other was Tess, from Sydney, Australia. Needless to say the visitors were amazed at their ...
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• Eid Mubarak

  
  THE VIEW FROM FEZ — Authority: 429
  The View from Fez team wishes all its Muslim readers a very happy Eid
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• HM King Opens New Fez Railway Station

  
  THE VIEW FROM FEZ — Authority: 429
  On Friday in Fez, HM King Mohammed VI, inaugurated the new railway station built at an estimated cost of some 70 million dirhams (9 million dollars). The King visited the stations buildings which were constructed over a 28 month period. According to reports the surface area is 20,000m2. The station ...
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• New Waraka Recipes.

  
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  The View from Fez recieves a lot of emails about Moroccan food and when we were recently asked about what other things could be made from the wonderful waraka, we set our resident chef the task of creating some new recipes. Katerina Annels accepted the challenge and here is her report: While in Fez I have ...
  4 days ago

• Guesthouses in Fez - the legal requirements

  
  THE VIEW FROM FEZ — Authority: 429
  Tourism authorities in all countries have a set of requirements that hotels and guesthouses have to fulfil in order to have permission to operate. The View from Fez takes a look at the new regulations put in place recently. Local authorities and the Guesthouse Association in Fez have been working hard over the ...
  4 days ago

• Cheap flight from Morocco? Not!

  
  THE VIEW FROM FEZ — Authority: 429
  In earlier posts on The View from Fez , our team has brought you many stories of brave or foolish attempts to travel to or from Morocco. Who can forget the flying sand buggy ? Or the jellyfish combating swimmers who swim to Morocco ? But now we have a new entry into the "dont try this at home" ...
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• Eid is coming ... the sheep are getting fat

  
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  The whole of Fez is buzzing -or perhaps baaing - with preparations for Eid that takes place on Saturday. Most families buy a sheep for the festivities that celebrate Abrahams slaughter of a sheep instead of his son, Isaac. The major supermarkets have tents outside in the carpark full of sheep for sale. ...
  5 days ago

• Rasco from RIF is closed for the holiday…

  
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  RIF wishes you a wonderful Thanskgiving celebration. Please note the RIF office will be closed from 3 p.m., November 25 until Monday morning, November 30.  I look forward to sharing more with you via Rasco from RIF on the 30th!    And if you haven’t had a chance to read a recent posting about ...
  6 days ago

• Swine Flu (A/H1N1) deaths in Mecca - Update

  
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  While some media outlets had reported that a Moroccan woman had died from Swine flu while in Saudi Arabia, Moroccan authorities have contradicted the report, saying that there were no A/H1N1 death case reported among Moroccan pilgrims Head of the Moroccan medical mission to the Holy city of Mecca, Dr. Fouad Bouchareb ...
  1 week ago

• Death of Peace Corps Volunteer

  
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  The Peace Corps volunteers and staff throughout Morocco have been shocked by the death of twenty-three year old So-Youn Kim. Her work at Tamagourte in the youth centre has been highly praised by those associated with her. And today, throughout Morocco, Peace Corps workers paused to remember and pay tribute to the ...
  1 week ago

• Morocco - beware the cheap itineraries!

  
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  Recently The View from Fez decided to look at what travel agents were saying about visiting the Fez Medina. To our horror (disgust?) we discovered that many companies and internet sites were suggesting it is a "one day or half day destination"! This is typical: The Fez Medina The narrow winding streets are ...
  1 week ago

• Photo Essay - Moroccan Bstilla Recipe.

  
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  The View from Fez has had the pleasure in the last few weeks of hosting legendary young Australian chef Katerina Annels. While in Fez we sent her out on assignment to discover the traditional way to make bstilla. This is one of the signature dishes of Morocco and as Katerina reports, it is relatively simple to make. ...
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• Moroccos close ties with Spain

  
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  While Moroccan Arabic (Darija) is the common language of Moroccans, many speak at least one other language, usually French, Modern Standard Arabic, and perhaps a Berber language. Judging by the success of language schools across the country, many people recognise the importance of learning or improving on their ...
  1 week ago

• UTMB FACULTY SENATE OCTOBER MINUTES

  
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  Image via Wikipedia The UTMB Faculty Senate met on October 12th and has posted its minutes .  The minutes are more remarkable for what they dont say than what they do.  First, Provost Garland Anderson, the mastermind of the RIF and RIF appeals processes, the processes that utterly cut faculty out of any input ...
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• Riad Fes gains international recognition

  
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  Riad Fes in the Douh quarter of the Fez medina has recently been accepted into the worldwide, prestigious Relais & Chateaux collection of the worlds finest restaurants and hotels. There are only four other hotels in Morocco that have reached this standard: Dar Ahlam near Skoura, Ksar Char-Bagh in the Palmeraie ...
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• Hammam Project in Fez

  
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  This week saw the gathering of specialists from across the world for a conference in Fez aimed at examining the sustainability of hammams in the Mediterranean region. The View from Fez reports. Hammamed is a project co-ordinated by Oikodrom of the Vienna Institute for Urban Sustainability and underpinned by ...
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• UNIV. OF CA FACULTY ASKED TO GIVE UP STIPENDS

  
  UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! — Authority: 132
  Is asking faculty to give up freshman seminar teaching stipends unreasonable? The Blogmeister doesnt particularly know.  I think it is unreasonable IF UC Davis administrators arent making proportional personal, monetary sacrifices, as well.  The general shouldnt be eating steak while his troops slowly starve.  Its ...
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• WEDNESDAY WINDOW: Thinking about Thanksgiving

  
  Rasco From RIF — Authority: 127
  Last year as I flew from DC to be with family for Thanksgiving I sat by a gentleman who struck up a conversation as we landed; he asked if I was going to have a big Thanksgiving.  I noted it is always “big” for me to be with family whether the gathering is large in numbers or not.  He asked about my family’s ...
  1 week ago

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