It’s almost here!
The eighth edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) billed from 14 to 22 November is set to be a high-profile event with a particular focus on tributes, authorised sources told APA on Sunday.
“40 ans de cinéma britannique”, “La Russie d’Andrei Konchalovsky”, “50 ans de cinéma marocain” and “le meilleur” by late Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, “one of the great friends of the event,” will be shown.
More from that article here.
And where should you stay? Why, Peacock Pavilions, bien sur.
October 7th, 2008 | Category: Art, Film, Tourism, Egypt, Business, Morocco | Leave a comment
This is a five-votive wall hanging by San Miguel, sold at Bed Bath & Beyond. Doesn’t remind me of Marrakech a bit. How about you?
October 5th, 2008 | Category: Design, Morocco | Comments (2)
If you see this, please go read Maryam’s post. It’s important. I’d give you an idea of what it’s about, but I’m speechless at this point, and you can probably guess from the title. What you cannot guess is how hard it may hit you, I advise not reading it at work, and have a box of tissues handy. Or a whole bath towel, in my case.
Rwanda’s genocide: and Vestine’s story
October 2nd, 2008 | Category: War, Women | Leave a comment
I believe that Morocco is celebrating this today - misinformation and a kind of happy confusion always abound, though - since it depends on an actual moon sighting.
Mmmm, have a look at Rachid’s post.
Macdo , Moroccantime congratulates the “Emirelmomenin” and the Moroccan people for Eid Al Fitr
September 30th, 2008 | Category: Religion, Morocco | Comments (1)
Interesting article from Le Matin about a meeting that recently took place in Ouarzazate:
La destination est pénalisée par l’insuffisance des dessertes aériennes
Well, I hardly think this needs to be pointed out. When we went back to Tinerhir, it was about 5 hours from Marrakech, going over the Tiz N Tischka every time, which is occasionally nausea inducing and sometimes downright terrifying. They have an airport in Ouarzazate, true, but the schedules/frequency aren’t very good yet.
De même, ils ont appelé à la mise à niveau urbaine de Ouarzazate afin de lui assurer son cachet architectural authentique.
Er, what authenticity, exactly? It’s got Taourirt, of course, and Ait Ben Haddou outside of town, but the rest of it is mostly left over from its French outpost days.
Anyway, the article is here - it has some interesting statistics for the “programme de développement régional touristique (PDRT).”
September 30th, 2008 | Category: Transportation, Tourism, Business, Morocco | Leave a comment
