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Photos of Morocco – A selection of photos from Morocco archived by city.

Photos of Morocco

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Genesis Morocco – a compendium of research, findings and thoughts concerning the viability, feasibility and opportunity of harnessing renewable energy to attain sustainable development in the Kingdom of Morocco.

Genesis Morocco

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This morning I have witnessed a scene repeated countless times, too many times, one too many. Everyday across the Kingdom in every major city people prowl trash containers looking for anything of value, that can be recycled, cardboard, glass and aluminum can be resold to industries that recycle them. They are also active in the public dumps usually situated at the periphery of cities.

Theses people have no work papers, no health insurance; it is a weak expression to say that they are marginalized, since on the official radar they do not exist.

In order to integrate them, a census has to be conducted as to how many they are; I think the figure would be quite sizeable, and what is the population’s composition, mostly young males from what I have seen. We have to estimate justly their apport to the economy; I believe it is quite important since poverty in the country leads many young men to recycle for a living.

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Adrian Campbell-Howard – Archives of photos from the lens of a photographer in Morocco.

Adrian Campbell – Howard

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Went to Oualidia last weekend with some friends. It’s about 2 and a half hours drive east of Marrakech on the Atlantic Coast south of Casablanca. You can imagine 20 years ago before buildings started to go up it must have been one of the most idyllic places on Earth.

It is still amazingly beautiful and very peaceful away from the main village.

We stayed at the Hippocampe (wow that could be a superb hotel with a bit of investment – if only it was to come up for sale). Had Lobster, Calamari, Turbot, John Dory, Whitebait, Spider Crab, Tiger Prawns and sooo much more). Lobster coming out of our ears.

A wonderful place.

Claude Renault Photography, Morocco – An exclusive blog by Claude Renault on images taken by him in Morocco.

Claude Renault Photography

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Digital Morocco – A blog by a 31 year old blogger, builder and photographer on various aspects of Morocco told in life-like pictures.

Digital Morocco

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Life in Marrakesh – The chronicles of an American lady who grew up in Marrakesh, Morocco, has two degree, three children, speaks four languages. Laugh, cry or roll your eyes as you read her chronicles of what life is really like in Marrakesh.

Life In Marrakesh

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Ramadan has made the transition back to Morocco, after two months in the states, very kind. Most people are being the best they can be. Those who generally “know better”, in Ramadan actually “do better”. When I walk by, I can recognize the young men who might, if they weren’t fasting, make boorish cat-calls to me and any other female. But because it’s Ramadan, they just lower their gaze (and I don’t need to puke, thank you very much).One of the Islamic teachings about Ramadan is that “demons are chained up, and the gates of heaven are thrown open”. It does seem that people are freed from their demons, because when you give up food, smoking, sex, drinking and drugs, for 14 hours a day, what demons are left? I drove through the empty streets of Marrakesh, and really that was a treat in itself. There is no other time when the driving is that pleasant.The Koutoubia mosque was built some 1000 years ago (ok, I’m a little loose with dates), by the founders of Marrakesh, the Almoravids. It was then partially destroyed and rebuilt by the Almohads around 1150 C.E. It stands at an impressive 69 m (221 ft) which was quite an architectural feat for its time. Tonight, the towering minaret is all ablaze with lights. Atop the minaret are 4 decorative golden balls, tour guides will often perpetuate the urban myth that highest ball was donated by the wife of Sultan Yaqoub el Mansour, who melted down all her gold jewelry, as penance for breaking her fast. (I find this Arabian nights-esque tale rather implausible, as there are 3 ways of atoning for a fast that is broken for no reason: either freeing a slave, or if that’s not possible, then feeding 60 poor people, or fasting 2 months back to back).

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Moroccan lifestyle is a blog which aims to promote and expose an authentic Moroccan culture to anybody who is interested. Everyday life of Moroccans told from a Moroccan point of view and by Moroccans living in Morocco or abroad. In simple words, a genuine and sincere view of Morocco, Moroccans and Moroccan lifestyle. The blog will highlight all aspects of the Moroccan culture: social life, history, geography, tourism, art, cuisine, contribution of expats Moroccans to their birth country and their new home. The aim of the blog is try to change things for better and rectify prejudice…… Compromizing will be lying.

But then we saw this picture and knew this was something special.

Moroccan Lifestyle

Hello, I’m the youngest Jonesberries. I’m TJ. Do you see the 3 girls up there on the yellow, blue and green slide? That’s me, Hannah and Abi.

Oh, do you see that yellow and green stripy slide. That’s the best slide. We call it the toilet bowl . That is Alana on it. She has the family record for going around the toilet bowl the most times. She went around 5 times. Dad tried all day to beat Alana’s record but he could only do 4. The big orange slide is really cool too. Well, I think so.

Oh, did I remind you this was my 8th birthday party.