The 8 best restaurants in Marrakesh? (Times Online)

3 July 2008, 10:29 am

The Best of Morocco, a long-serving tour operator to the country, has produced its best-of list.... What do you think?... read more

Islamic finance making a slow start in N Africa (Gulf Times)

2 July 2008, 10:43 pm

RABAT: After years of watching from the sidelines, North Africa has begun to embrace Islamic finance as banking develops and governments try to channel more Arab Gulf petrodollars into an investment-starved region.... read more

Wedding in Casablanca (Canada.com)

29 June 2008, 8:36 am

MARRAKESH, Morocco - "I'm off to Morocco," I announce cheerily to a small gathering of friends over lunch on a typical drab November morning in Vancouver. "Simply can't stand the rain anymore."... read more

Islamist prisoners stage hunger strike in Morocco (International Herald Tribune)

21 June 2008, 4:42 am

At least 300 prisoners are now refusing some or all food, and 25 are now very weak, said Abderrahim Mouhtad, an advocate.... read more

Here's looking at Rick's Cafe in Casablanca (The Charlotte Observer)

20 June 2008, 4:20 pm

The white arches gleam under brass lamps hanging from the ceiling and, yes, a jazz pianist tinkles out “As Time Goes By.” Rick's Cafe evokes the fictional Rick's Cafe from the movie “Casablanca.” The building in the Moroccan port city, which gave the 1943 movie its name, was built 13 years b... read more

Hampton Falls news briefs (Hampton Union)

20 June 2008, 3:17 am

HAMPTON FALLS — Cait Colacchio, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Colacchio of Hampton Falls, is New Hampshire's first Legacy International-Arabic Language Institute finalist.... read more

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