Links for related
information:
Rugs and Weaving:
Morocco:
- Moroccan
Food - my favorite recipes, including one for couscous.
- Maghreb.Net
- lots of good information on Morocco including recipes
- Moroccan
Forum - for discussions on issues relating to Morocco and also live chat
with Moroccans
- Jim
Miller's photos of daily life in Morocco - a great collection of photos
showing a more hidden face of Morocco
- Moroccan
diary - recounting of a trip through Northern Morocco - the author's style
is very sardonic and I find his observations hit the nail on the head
- Maps
of Morocco - an interactive site that gives you maps of Morocco and regions
of Morocco, allowing you to zoom in and out of different areas of the map
Travel
- Morocco
Travel Schedules - an interactive site giving you schedules for all the
major forms of transportation in and around Morocco plus weather reports for
major cities
- Royal
Air Maroc - interactive flight reservations online; in my experience,
RAM has the best prices for flying to Morocco
- Morocco
Bound - an excellent source of travel information about Morocco and plenty
of related links
- Women
Travel Morocco - stories by women who have traveled through Morocco, put
out by Rough Guide travel guide books
- Bloomberg
currency exchange rates - check the exchange rate for the Moroccan dirham
before traveling - rates vary between 8 and 10 dirhams to 1 US$
Berbers/Tuaregs: (the
sites listed do not necessarily reflect the political views of Maison Kenzi
or its employees)
- Guedra
dancing of the Tuareg - an excellent description of Tuareg society and
culture including the Guedra dancers
- Sahara
Journal - an extremely evocative journal of a young suburban man traveling
through the Sahara, including his encounters with the Tuareg
- Crossing
the Sahara - another fascinating account of a journey across the Sahara
- Tuareg
page - a non-profit organization providing "a platform of various information
concerned with Tuareg who are suffering from environmental, social, economical,
and political problems"
- Tamazight
- information on Berber Culture and Language
- Tamazgha,-
a Collection of Resources on North Africa, the Amazigh (Berber) People, their
Language and Culture
- Tamazight
(Karim Aguenaou) Resources on Berber culture of North Africa - a source for
many related links on Berber culture
- Witness:
Roads to Refuge - an excellent on-line documentary series which features
a story on the Tuareg people - very informative and beautifully crafted
- Touareg
- the information at this site is basic, but the design is truly excellent...take
a look just to dazzle your eyes, if nothing else
- Amazigh
Renaissance - this is another well-designed site with a lot of information
covering many aspects of the Tuareg including news, literature, music, poetry,
language, culture, history and the Tuareg movement
Traditional Healing in Morocco
- Argan
Oil - a site devoted solely to this tree indigenous to Morocco, whose
fruit makes an oil that is purported to cure many ills and prolong life -
this tree grows only in one area of Morocco (outside of Agadir) - you will
recognize it because there will usually be several goats climbing around its
branches trying to get at the fruit
- Gnawa
music - a review of a recent CD, explains the background of Gnawa music
- Healing
Trance Music - Gnawa music by Hassan Hakmoun and others
Coming soon: a list
of suggested reading and listening (contact
me if you have any suggestions)
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