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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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YEMEN & THE WAR THE WORLD IGNORES

by Travels with My Hat Posted on October 16, 2017

The terrible war over who rules Yemen drags on to its third year. Yemen was always one of those off-the-beaten-track places, totally untouched by tourism. When I first visited the country in the early eighties, there was no national newspaper, … 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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