May 2007 Archives
The Morocco Report calls upon the Blogoma to rise up in protest of Morocco's decision to block access to YouTube, joining the likes of China, Syria, and Iran as Internet censors. Fortunately, an attack on the Internet is often defeated by the Internet itself, and there are a number of suggestions online for circumventing such censorship: see for example, Blogspot Blogs Banned in India and How to Access Blocked Sites. Unfortunately, since I am not in Morocco, I cannot personally verify whether any of these methods work, although I would certainly appreciate feedback from anyone who tries them.
Driss Benzekri, late head of Morocco's Truth and Reconciliation Commision ('L'Instance Equite et Reconciliation (IER)) is dead at 57. He spent 17 years in prison during the "Years of Lead" in the reign of Hassan II, before being appointed to lead the Truth Commission by King Mohammed VI.
Aujourd'hui Le Maroc - D�c�s de M. Driss Benzekri, Pr�sident du CCDH
The genuine Mauritania, or country of the Moors, which, from the ancient city of Tingi, or Tangier, was distinguished by the appellation of Tingitana, is represented by the modern kingdom of Fez. Salle, on the Ocean, so infamous at present for its piratical depredations, was noticed by the Romans, as the extreme object of their power, and almost of their geography. A city of their foundation may still be discovered near Mequinez, the residence of the barbarian whom we condescend to style the Emperor of Morocco; but it does not appear, that his more southern dominions, Morocco itself, and Segelmessa, were ever comprehended within the Roman province. The western parts of Africa are intersected by the branches of Mount Atlas, a name so idly celebrated by the fancy of poets; but which is now diffused over the immense ocean that rolls between the ancient and the new continent.
Edward Gibbon - The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume 1
The View from Fez has a beautiful layout of the mosaics of Volubilis, Morocco's beautifully preserved Roman ruins.
Morocco Report points to Mariane Pearl's article in Glamour on the fate of unwed Moroccan mothers and their babies.
The Morocco Report � Mariane Pearl on unwed Moroccan mothers
Not everyone is enamored of the Hassan II mosque.
annalog � Blog Archive � Cambridge Taxi, or Masjid Hassan II
Everything Morocco points out how unusual, and valuable, it is that Morocco has a rich and vibrant artisanal culture even as it becomes progressively more modernized.
