Category Archives: Culture

FEZ: jewel in the imperial crown of Morocco

by Travels with My Hat Posted on February 12, 2021

To visit Morocco without seeing the historic capital of Fez is like eating a birthday cake without the icing. Fez is a gem. Some people might even say it is the jewel in the crown of the Kingdom of Morocco. The city was … Continue reading →

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TOURISM REPLACES SPICES IN ZANZIBAR

by Travels with My Hat Posted on July 3, 2017

‘..Not a ray of optimism can be seen,’ concluded Amir.A.Moh’d writing painfully of Zanzibar twenty years on from the violent revolution in 1964 that killed an estimated 17,000 Arabs and Asians on the African ‘Spice Island.’ Summoned to help in the aftermath, Eastern … Continue reading →

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GLIMPSES OF OLD QATAR

by Travels with My Hat Posted on April 23, 2017

I first visited Qatar in 1975 when it was still a quiet backwater. This I understood was due to its old merchant families being unable to agree on who owned the prime real estate  in capital Doha. In June 1995 when … Continue reading →

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