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“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…” chanted the three and four year olds in Arabic.  The door of the classroom was slightly ajar and so we pushed it a little further open so we could peek inside.  The teacher beckoned us in.  In the center one little boy led the call and response with

Here in Morocco, the silk that is used in weaving is not from caterpillars, but from the fibers of the Agave cactus plant family — the Aloe Vera cactus, the same plant that gives a sap valuable for creating a salve for sunburn.  Besides using the “silk” to make cloth, Moroccans also make the cording

Non-Muslims can’t go into the interior of mosques, although if the outside gates are open, it is usually permitted to peer in, and even take a photo or two.  The most famous mosque in Fes is the Karaouiyine Mosque which can hold up to 20,000 people.  From outside, one only gets a glimpse of the

When Moroccans in Fes celebrate, one of their favorite dishes to prepare is a pastilla.  A pastilla is effectively a compressed round pastry that surrounds different types of meat.  One traditional example is pastilla aux pigeons, featuring pigeon meat, onions, eggs, ground almonds, saffron and ginger, with powdered sugar first sprinkled overtop and then cinnamon