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1 April, 2024 • Wanis El Kabbaj, Jordan Elgrably

Happy as an Arab in Paris

Wanis El Kabbaj fondly reminisces about his father's elation while in Paris and the profound significance the city held for him.

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9 October, 2023 • Sophie Kazan Makhlouf

The Tate Embraces Morocco with The Casablanca Art School

Sophie Kazan reviews a colorful exhibition that conveys Moroccan history and culture via paintings, ceramics, photographs, 1960s and 1970s film footage, woven textiles and posters.

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5 March, 2023 • Aomar Boum

The Man at the Heart of Lamhamid, Morocco

Aomar Boum and his daughter travel home to his village in the south of Morocco to visit with his brother Mohammed and their extended family.

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9 January, 2023 • Jenine Abboushi

Sudden Journeys: Morocco Encore

Jenine Abboushi in her latest travel essay, returns to Morocco for a long-overdue visit.

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3 October, 2022 • El Habib Louai

Marrakesh Artist Mo Baala Returns to Galerie 127 with Collage

El Habib Louai talks to artist Mo Baala about his latest exhibition of collages and overpaintings at Marrakesh's Galery 127.

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26 September, 2022 • Nora Ounnas Leroy

Two Ways to See Morocco from Across the Mediterranean

Nora Ounnas Leroy talks to three Moroccan artists participating in a Montpellier incubator project through the Festival Arabesques.

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15 March, 2022 • Malika Moustadraf, Alice Guthrie

Fiction: “A Day in the Life of a Married Man”

A tale of conjugal love from the first complete story collection in English by Moroccan writer and cult feminist Malika Moustadraf, translated by Alice Guthrie.

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25 April, 2021 • Rana Asfour

Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.

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