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| half-crazy desperation |
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| type: nonfiction date: August 2, 2006 location: Essaouira, Morocco rating: 7.00 (1 vote) |
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| To understand Morocco, it is necessary to spend time in bus stations at strange hours of the night. |
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| loss of identity |
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| type: nonfiction date: July 31, 2006 location: Essaouria, Morocco rating: 9.00 (1 vote) |
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| Yesterday I was told, not for the first time, that Europeans have lost their identity.... |
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| play somewhere else |
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| type: nonfiction date: July 27, 2006 location: Essaouira, Morocco rating: 10.00 (1 vote) |
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| "Play somewhere else" is what a French girl said to Nabil.... |
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| young entrepreneurs |
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| type: nonfiction date: July 27, 2006 location: Essaouira, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| When young Moroccans dream of escape.... |
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| fishermen |
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| type: nonfiction date: July 25, 2006 location: Essaouira, Morocco rating: 2.00 (1 vote) |
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| Moroccans are accomplished fishermen. They bait the hook and wait.... |
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| no surprise |
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| type: nonfiction date: July 18, 2006 location: Marrakech, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| My mother saw poverty and ignorance, noise and dirt. |
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| burdened with hope |
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| type: nonfiction date: April 20, 2006 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| In Morocco one can understand a phrase like "burdened with hope." |
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| waiting for the rain |
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| type: nonfiction date: August 15, 2005 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| During my last visit to Essaouira, I sat for a few hours with my friend Mohamed.... |
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| commander of the faithful |
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| type: nonfiction date: Summer 2005 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Nabil was upset the other day because the king decided to come to a mosque in Fez. |
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| brilliant improvisers |
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| type: nonfiction date: May 10, 2005 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| As a rule Moroccans are intelligent, a bit high-strung... |
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| uprising |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 25, 2005 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| I asked Boumedian how uprisings traditionally happen in the Arab world. |
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| young societies |
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| type: nonfiction date: February 15, 2005 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Morocco is like a poor, crowded America.... |
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| traffickers |
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| type: nonfiction date: August 6, 2004 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Sometimes I think that nearly all Moroccans are traffickers in something. |
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| guests of the police |
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| type: nonfiction date: June 14, 2004 location: Fez, Morocco rating: 10.00 (1 vote) |
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| As Nabil and I were walking back to his house after midnight, a police van pulled up next to us.... |
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| downbeaten |
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| type: nonfiction date: May 25, 2004 location: Sevilla, Spain rating: [not rated] |
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| What gets to me is how much I've internalized the downbeaten Moroccan way of thinking. |
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| death of an artist |
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| type: nonfiction date: May 24, 2004 location: Larache, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Boumedian told me the story of the most talented student he's ever had. |
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| casa barata |
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| type: nonfiction date: April 11, 2004 location: Tangier, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Casa Barata is a jumble of low concrete buildings tacked onto each other.... |
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| late night |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 30, 2004 location: Larache, Morocco rating: 10.00 (1 vote) |
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| I’m in the restaurant where the late night buses stop on their way through town. |
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| downtrodden elves |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 24, 2004 location: Larache, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| I love Moroccans, really, no matter what some of them may say about the others. |
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| girlfriends |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 20, 2004 location: Larache, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| I know Hayat, Saloua and Zahra because they are the girlfriends of male friends of mine. |
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| foreign aristocrat |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 16, 2004 location: Larache, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Sometimes I don't know whether I'm better off playing the foreign aristocrat.... |
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| twist of fate |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 16, 2004 location: Larache, Morocco rating: 7.00 (1 vote) |
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| Ali prepared himself to study at a German university. |
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| hidden masters |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 13, 2004 location: Chefchaouen, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| I hiked with Aziz up the mountain behind his house.... |
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| posters of the kings |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 12, 2004 location: Tangier, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| I keep forgetting to mention the posters of the kings. |
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| feudal society |
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| type: nonfiction date: February 21, 2004 location: Tangier, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Morocco remains a feudal society.... |
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| minor madness |
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| type: nonfiction date: November 8, 2003 location: Larache, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| I've been told more than once that Larache is a magical city, especially at night.... |
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| public streets |
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| type: nonfiction date: October 2003 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Nabil lives with his extended family in a three-room apartment.... |
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| predatory mentality |
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| type: nonfiction date: September 27, 2003 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| One thing I'm having trouble with is the social consequences of the money gap. |
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| those who hurry |
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| type: nonfiction date: September 27, 2003 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| The Arabs have a saying that "Those who hurry are dead." |
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| meet as brothers |
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| type: nonfiction date: September 22, 2003 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Why is it embarrassing to be asked for money? |
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| then what? |
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| type: nonfiction date: September 22, 2003 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| My curse is that it's hard for me to remain a tourist. |
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| morocco, a cruel country |
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| type: nonfiction date: September 20, 2003 location: Fez, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Morocco is poor because the rich keep everything for themselves.... |
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| without a slave |
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| type: nonfiction date: September 18, 2003 location: Larache, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| Larache was the home of Jean Genet in his later years.... |
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| moroccan style |
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| type: nonfiction date: September 5, 2003 location: Tangier, Morocco rating: [not rated] |
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| In Tangier I didn't get to see the Qasbah.... |
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| leaving europe |
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| type: nonfiction date: September 2, 2003 location: Algeciras, Spain rating: [not rated] |
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| The police on the boat ask, "What will you be doing in Morocco?" |
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| not in the script |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 29, 2003 location: San Francisco rating: [not rated] |
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| What makes us so passive, I want to know? |
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| front lines |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 24, 2003 location: San Francisco rating: [not rated] |
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| I am sitting in a cafe on the front lines.... |
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| shock and awe |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 20, 2003 location: San Francisco rating: [not rated] |
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| Last night was the first attack, a "pinpoint strike".... |
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| hit the wall |
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| type: nonfiction date: March 2003 location: San Francisco rating: 7.00 (1 vote) |
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| I feel that the world is racing away from me. |
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| emerald kingdom |
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| type: nonfiction date: February 2003 location: San Francisco rating: 8.50 (2 votes) |
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| Now that I am finally ready to leave here.... |
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