Stories about Morocco from August, 2008
Morocco: Psychedelic Chicks
Marrakech Xanthe spotted some psychedelic-colored baby chicks in the medina today and shares photos of the multicolored poultry.
Morocco: Olympic Hopes
Morocco began competing in the Summer Olympic Games in 1960 and has competed in every Summer Games since (with the exception of the 1980 Games, which they boycotted along with the United States and its allies). Bloggers are, of course, following the 2008 Beijing Summer Games to find out what medals the Moroccan team might take home this year.
Morocco: I speak Darija!
Words for Change discusses the difference between standard Arabic and Moroccan darija, and stands up for her dialect.
Morocco: Passengers Set Fire to Plane
The View From Fez reports that angry Royal Air Maroc passengers set fire to their aircraft following over six hours of a delay. The pilot had to make an emergency...
Algeria: Morocco's Take on the Mauritania Coup
Algerian blogger The Moor Next Door discusses Morocco's take on the Mauritania coup. Among them is “asserting itself as a regional problem solver and power broker.”
MENA: Obama's Muslim Outreach Coordinator Resigns
Mazen Asbahi, the attorney who had volunteered as Barack Obama's outreach coordinator to Muslim and Arab-Americans, has resigned after accusations of ties to Jamal Said, an imam at a fundamentalist mosque in Illinois. Asbahi briefly sat on the board of Allied Assets Advisors Fund with Said in 2000. Bloggers from the Middle East react in this post from Jillian York.
Arabeyes: Mauritanian President Ousted in Military Coup d'état
Army commanders ousted Mauritania's first freely elected president in two decades, President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, in a military coup d'état Wednesday after political feuding over the firing of the country's four top generals. Jillian York sums up the reactions of bloggers in neighbouring Arab countries.
Morocco: Burgeoning Mollywood
Morocco has long been a mecca for foreign filmmakers. Iconic films like The Last Temptation of Christ and Lawrence of Arabia, as well as more recent films Rendition and Black Hawk Down, use Morocco as their backdrop. Other films like Babel utilize more than Morocco's landscape, taking its culture and people into account as well. Morocco's film industry hasn't escaped the blogosphere, reports Jillian York, on Mollywood.
Morocco: The True Story of Andalusia
die blog van toons expresses frustration at an Al Jazeera documentary and clarifies the history of Andalusia.
Morocco: Amazigh Weddings
Amazighblog [fr] writes about Amazigh wedding traditions.
Morocco: Direct Flights to Nigeria
The View from Fez reports that direct flights from Casablanca to Lagos will soon be available eight times per week.
