Best of Moroccan Blog Awards 2010

HeyMorocco has been nominated for Best of Moroccan Blog Awards 2010 in category of travel, take a second to cast your vote for HeyMorocco and other nominated Moroccan blogs !!

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A Jamaican Born writer, Jacqueline Bishop, experience in Morocco as Fulbright scholar

"working to bring the great writer Claude McKay back to Morocco".

Read the rest of article here.

ING New York City Marathon: Professional Moroccan Runners

The ING New York City Marathon is tomorrow November,01,1009. Below are two Moroccan Professional runners men's field that are expected to compete for top spots in the race:

Abderrahime Bouramdane,Age: 31

Bouramdane finished fifth in his ING New York City Marathon debut last year after finishing second in the 2008 Boston Marathon. He has won marathons in Ottawa, Marrakesh, and Tunis. He began his career in 1993, drawing inspiration from Abdessalem Rhadi, a fellow Moroccan who won the silver medal (behind the barefoot Abebe Bikila) in the 1960 Rome Olympic Marathon.

Jaouad Gharib, Age: 37

The defending Olympic marathon silver medalist and a two-time IAAF World Champion at that distance, Gharib holds the Moroccan records for the half-marathon and marathon. He withstood the repeated surges made by eventual Beijing Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru in a tough battle for the gold, yielding only in the final two kilometers. Now 37, Gharib shows no signs of slowing down; his 2:05:27 at this year's London Marathon was a personal best.

Source: ING NYC web site

Mc Donalds Morocco

Ain Diab, Corniche Ave, Casablanca

Agadir Beach front Location

This Mc Donalds franchise is located in Avenue Mohammed V.

Must Eat Now in Marrakesh Morocco

Lamb Tagine offered at riad la maison arabe in Marrakesh was selected as "Must eat now" by travel and leisure magazine, september,2009 issue. This is a sepetember issue, so the selection is not live yet in travel and leisure website. ( see attached picture for the review.

La maison arabe restaurant menu can be accessed here.

Morocco Hot New Hotels

Code Nast Traveler published hot list hotels 2009. Two Marrakech hotels were part of the list of this year out of 140 top new hotels worldwide.

AnaYela, Marrakech: located inside the Medina, a restored 300 years old palace.

Dar JL, Marrakech: located 10 min from Medina and Gueliz.

Bizarre Foods: Moroccan Foods

Andrew Zimmern from the travel channel explores Moroccan mysterious and exotic dishes from Marrakesh to Ouarzazate.

Moroccan Mashoui: Roasted lamb

The exotic Moroccan breakfast: "Kalia" with eggs, Kalia is a salted lamb with fats.

The combination is prepared usually by local villagers who

do not have electricity to preserve meat for long time usually months.

Morocco Old Pictures

Morocco Old Pictures: love, mint tea, hookah and dance

Morocco Cuisine Popularity !

Moroccan cuisine is gaining grounds in the United States and the world, according to this article published in NYtimes.com travel section. 

As the fascination with Moroccan cuisine has taken off — both in the United States and around the globe — epicures and chowhounds are flocking to the ancient ochre-hued city of Marrakesh. Foreign-led food tours are sprouting. Homegrown cooking classes are multiplying. And high-end restaurants run by European hotshots are opening alongside the city's nonpareil street food and old, home-style establishments.

Impress your friends by learning how to make Moroccan Couscous with vegetables by watching the video below.

Morocco: Marrakesh, Djemaa El Fna Square

Morocco Old Pictures

Casablanca, Morocco

Marrakesh Pictures

Marrakesh, Morocco street view



Jemaa El Fna square, Morocco.

More Marrakesh pictures can be viewed in our website here.

Morocco Picture of the Week

I got some old Moroccan pictures from a friend of mine (See the side picture).
The picture is labeled TAOURIRT. According to Wikipedia:

Taourirt is a city in the Northern part of Morocco. Situated in the Rif mountains about 100 km south of the city of Nador and theenclace of Melilla.

There is also Taourirt Kasbah a historic site in Ouarzazate . So, which Taourirt is it ?

Organic Argan Oil - New York ?

I guess no need to head to Agadir region to taste the organic Argan Oil, it will be available very soon at AliliMorocco web site based in New York City. Accroding to Alili's web site.

ALILI’s Organic Argan Oil is considered pure, Moroccan gold. This legendary, lightweight, and extremely rare oil, is grown organically in the Essaouria region of Morocco, is rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids

I will share my experience with Alili's oil once I tasted it.

Casablana Pictures Morocco

Ein Diab Beach, Casablanca, Morocco



Marche Central, Casablanca, Morocco

View More Casablanca, Morocco pictures here.

El Jadida Video Pictures

Historic pictures of El Jadida, Morocco.

El Jadida Festival

EL Jadida festival ( from 18th to 25th of July) : The festival offers various religious activities, music, fantasia, and falconry.

The festivities of the Moussem are very varied and diversify between the marabout and dits mosque and patrimonial folkloric activities in the different spaces of the Moussem.

El Jadida festival official web site.

Oldest sculpture in Earth found in Tan Tan

According to BBC web site, a 400, 000 year old object found a few miles near the town of Tan Tan in Morocco believed to be the oldest sculpture in the world. Venus of Tan Tan was discovered in 1999 by Lutz Fiedler.
Tan Tan is a small town in southern part of Morocco, mostly populated by nomads.

Gnawa Festival Essaouira

From 26^th to 29^th June, 2008, Essaouira will experience a transformation from a quite city to cultural and musical Mecca.

American Wayne Shorter, Belgian Eric Legnini and his trio, the Lebanese trumpet player, the British guitarist Justin Adams, Mani Marley the son of Bob Marley. Berber music and Gnawa music are all being represented in this year's Mogador Gnawa festival.

The official festival web site.

HeyMorocco.com launch

We are very happy to announce the launch of HeyMorocco.com, one spot for all your Moroccan needs, the site offers travel, Moroccan cuisine, pictures, discussion boards and much more.
We are looking forward to receiving your feedbacks and comments.