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14 days ago

‘So unchanged it is almost otherworldly’: the oasis town of Skoura, Morocco

For the explorer and author, the desert outpost, irrigated by water from the Atlas mountains, is the perfect place to decompress

The first thing I notice when I walk into the oasis is the temperature …

37 days ago

Recruitment boss died at five-star Moroccan hotel when he became trapped in spa after explosion on the first day of his holiday, inquest told

Anthony Barnes, 48, was staying at the Jaal Riad resort, a five-star hotel and spa in Marrakech, when the building he was in became filled with thick, acrid smoke.

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‘When I read my sister’s stories I think, that’s not what it was like!’: Esther Freud on the perils of writing about family

The Hideous Kinky author has always drawn inspiration from her own experiences. Now her sister Bella is writing her own version of their childhood. Does fact or fiction come closer to the truth, she …

‘People told me it gave them a sense of hope’: Ismail Zaidy’s best phone picture

The Moroccan photographer intended this portrait of his sister, taken during the Covid pandemic, to bring optimism in uncertain times

Ismail Zaidy took this image, with the help of his siblings, in th…

6 months ago

Women behind the lens: ‘The bridal dress is meant to present her as a queen … but to me it always felt like a cage’

The work of the Moroccan photographer Sara Benabdallah explores ritual and repression in her country’s marriage traditions

Through my series Dry Land, I explore the deep contradictions embedded in Mor…

7 months ago

Morocco’s happy valley – the wilderness that lies just beyond the souks of Marrakech

Just 20 miles from the bustle of the medina, Ourika valley is a place of magical gardens, olive groves and walking trails in the foothills of the High Atlas

From my vantage point on a rooftop terrace …

8 months ago

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