Talkin' About Morocco

Two of the premier English language bloggers on Morocco converse in this charming dialog in Global Voices. Jillian C. York, a frequent contributor to Global Voices and author of a well-known pocket guidebook on Morocco, interviews Sandy McCutcheon, the blogging powerhouse behind the wildly popular View from Fez apart from being a prolific Australian author and commentator.

In this interview, McCutcheon briefly describes the painstaking process of restoring his home in Fez, a traditional "riad," to its original quiet elegance. "Riad Zany," named for his wife Suzanna, also an author and a photographer, serves not only as blogging headquarters for the View from Fez but also as locus for frequent concerts of traditional Moroccan music.

Asked for his views on the country's future, McCutcheon expresses optimism tempered by mild concern over the competition that Marrakesh and Casablanca pose to his beloved Fez. This short interview repays the reading, but for the real low down on McCutcheon's immersion in Morocco, one need only turn to his blog.