May 2004 Archives

MoorishGirl: Its Best Use is as a Doorstop

Moorish Girl on Raphael Patai's The Arab Mind and its racial stereoptypes.

The Washington Post devotes a page to coverage of Morocco.

Found on the Web

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Fes - Morocco

Six colorful photos of the medina in Fes.

Roots of Terror in Morocco

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The New York Times > International > Africa > Morocco Connection Is Emerging as Sleeper Threat in Terror War

"It's easier for the Moroccans to place responsibility outside Morocco and blame Al Qaeda, because it frees them from responsibility," said one senior Belgian intelligence official. "They refuse to see there's an internal component of the problem, one of poverty and despair."

The bad news is that European indifference to the Casablanca bombings and cultural misunderstandings have hampered coordination between Morocco and Europe of efforts to combat suspected Moroccan terror cells. The good news is that cooperation seems to be getting better as the two sides better appreciate the gravity of the threat.

Churchill at Marrakesh

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Responses to "Sir Winston Churchill's art" August 12, 2003

Painting joined Churchill's vocations of politics, reading, bricklaying and writing. In his little book Painting as a Pastime he tells of the benefits and joys of his forty-year hobby. We've included some of Winston's paintings and a few of his perceptive insights in the current clickback at www.painterskeys.com/clickbacks/pick.asp

Among the paintings described and shown above is Churchill's painting of the Koutoubia mosque in 1948.

Thé à la Menthe

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