Archive for December, 2012

The Excavation at Aghmat, Morocco’s Medieval Capital

The Excavation at Aghmat, Morocco’s Medieval Capital

Morocco Travel Tips

The Medieval  site  of Aghmat can be found beside the modern village of Ghmat which is 30 km south east of Marrakech in the northern foothills of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Professor Ron Messier, Professor Emeritus Middle Tenessee State University and Senior Lecturer in history at Vanderbilt University and…

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The Jewish Moroccan Heritage, Your Morocco Tour Guide

The Jewish Moroccan Heritage, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco City Guides

The busy medinas of Morocco with their maze of zig-zagging streets reveal the daily life as it was for Morocco’s jewish population  who lived in the mellahs the walled-in old sections of the cities of Rabat, Fez, Marrakech and Casablanca. The daily haggling over food and handicrafts as the Muslim…

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Moroccan Jewelry and Tiznit, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Moroccan Jewelry and Tiznit, Your Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

Morocco has an ancient tradition of  jewelry craftsmanship which continues today. Morocco’s Jewish population grew over  many centuries and they were the artisans who created the jewelry as the muslims for religious reasons would not work with silver and gold. The jews and the berbers intermarried and there were a…

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Moroccan Designers, Ahmed Laghrissi, Hicham El Madi and Myriam Mouabit, Morocco Tour Guide

Moroccan Designers, Ahmed Laghrissi, Hicham El Madi and Myriam Mouabit, Morocco Tour Guide

Morocco Travel Tips

There are many Moroccan designers, artists and craftsmen breaking new ground and leading innovations in lifestyle and creativity. Moroccan Designers Ahmed Laghrissi, Hicam El Madi and Myriam Mourabit are three exceptional practioners of their art. All were born in Morocco and have been influenced by either great family artists, their…

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