Rugs and Weaving:

• Care for your rugs - lots of good information for getting rid of stains of all sorts, even blood!
• Weaving - the Mining Co. - a site about weaving and textiles
• Moroccan textiles bibliography

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