Book propositions for Morocco

Morocco with Map (Insight Pocket Guide...
of Dorothy Stannard

The Rough Guide to Morocco
of Mark Ellingham

Translation of the French work published by +ditions de la MariniFre, Paris, 1993. A big format book (11x14.5") to showcase amazing photos shot from the air of the cities, land, and people of Morocco, and printed here as double-page spreads. The text consists of an introductory history and explanato.
 

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This guide to Morocco offers insider advice on where to sleep, eat and play and understand Moroccan Arabic, French and Berber. Detailed maps cover medieval medinas, the rugged Atlas Mountains and everywhere between, and where to experience the country's best trekking, bird-watching and surf.
 

Map - Michelin Maps
Publication date: Juli 2000
ISBN: 2067009591

Map - Langenscheidt Fachv., M.
Publication date :  2001
ISBN: 3493654944

Morocco Insight Travel Map (Insight...

This is a full-size fold-up map, with distance indicators and a complete index. It also contains city maps of Marrakesh, Casablanca, Rabat and Fez, as well as comprehensive tourist information.

This decorating guide has ideas for creating colourful and contemporary interiors inspired by the "global melting pot". Patterns and materials are brought together from all over the world to give an impression of cultural fusion. Separate chapters deal with walls, floors, furniture, doors and windows, lighting and display. There are also 13 projects for the reader to work on, complete with step-by-step instructions

From its spectacular mountain ranges to its boundless stretches of amber desert and beautiful coastline, Morocco offers an unparalleled panorama for the greedy eye. The intense peacefulness of the country's natural environment contrasts sharply with the bustle of its cities which overflow with street-life: the "red city" of Marrakech, enchanted Fez, the Atlantic ports of Rabat and Casablanca... These different sights, seemingly worlds apart from each other, are all masterfully captured by the camera and brought together in this richly illustrated volume. Living in Morocco also takes the reader beyond the imposing walls of medinas and citadelles, through labyrinthine streets where traditional "souk" markets are held, and into the homes and hidden gardens of some of the country's most illustrious inhabitants. In these private oases, one can take in the sweet scent of orange trees, sipping at a glass of the finest mint tea and indulging in gourmet delicacies...

Living in Morocco: Design from Casablanca to Marrakesh
of Landt Dennis and Lisl Dennis (Photographer)

Morocco is an exhilarating combination of vivid sensuality and intense spirituality, an intoxicating blend of cultural variety, a place quite unlike any other: Berber, Arab, French, English and Spanish: in what other country does one find such a rich mixture of heritages? Indeed, this diversity is matched in its geography, which runs from coast to mountain to desert. Living in Morocco celebrates teh arts of a country at the height of a cultural renaissance, a country where an ancient tradition of craftsmanship has been sustained and recently reinvigorated. The book is filled with images of vibrantly coloured ceilings, decorated courtyards and walls, of plaster of Paris carved and painted in intricate geometries, of tiles so small that 150 could fit in a matchbox. Lavishly illustrated chapters on decorative and folk arts alternate with chapters on Moroccan life today. We visit Chaouen in the Rif Mountains (a city only recently open to Westerners), where the town's smooth, undulating surfaces are painted a bone-chilling, blue-tinted white. We peer into an abandoned kasbah in the Sahara. We absorb the sights, sounds and smells of the frenzied souk. We take time out in the shady blue-and-pink environs of the Majorelle Gardens, laid out by French painter Jacques Majorelle. We explore the story behind the most famous hotel La Mamounia, which has welcomed such guests as Winston Churchill, and most importantly, we see Morocco's arts brough to life in its homes - from former harems to traditional Hispano-Moorish houses. Morocco is an assault on the senses. Glorious photographs make this book a treasure for the armchair traveller, while the luscious documentation of Morocco's houses, arts and crafts make it an invaluable resource for anyone involved in design.

Restless for Morocco
of Peter Rogers

An excellent book. Peter Rogers has succeeded in transporting the armchair traveller to the real Morocco. Evoking the people & the country in an easily readable style. The book is a real `must' for anyone wishing to gain a better insight into Morocco & its people than that provided by the run of the mill tourist books. His perceptions are both sensitive and acute. It is to be hoped that the author will continue to produce other books as he clearly has a talent for travel writing.

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Traditional Arabic Cooking
of Miriam Al Hashimi and Gloria Darina Kifayeh
200 traditional recipes are presented in this book - a feast of dishes for picnics, barbecues and dinner parties. Many are based on vegetables, pulses and fish, so form the basis of a nutritious, healthy diet.

A Year in Marrakesh
of Peter Mayne

Each of his heroes is a kif smoker, and each finds it to be a useful and integral part of his life. Whether dealing with difficult neighbors in "A Friend of the World" or avoiding the cops in "He of the Assembly," smokers have a definite edge in Bowles' Morocco. But this is no simple paean--the stupid everyday troubles that also spring from kif are presented vividly and humorously (the soldier who loses his gun in "The Wind at Beni Midar" perfectly captures the zenith and nadir of chronic use). Short but satisfying, "A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard" makes an excellent introduction to Paul Bowles' work.

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Los Ojos de Tuareg / The Eyes of the Tuareg
of Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa
 

La Prisonniere
of Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi
La Prisonniere topped the French bestseller lists for many weeks, selling well over 100,000 copies, but one's initial reaction is that something must have got lost in the translation. The style is dour, to say the least, and the opening chapters contain a catalogue of unnecessary family information that may have the reader nodding off. Curiously, though, as the pace of the action heats up, the deadness of the prose comes into its own. This is not a story that needs to be oversold and reads all the better for its minimalist delivery. The bare bones of the book are classic derring-do adventure, and Hollywood almost certainly has its eyes on the film rights--complete with American cast.

Malika Oufkir was born into a well-connected Moroccan family and when she was five years old she was chosen to be the special companion of Lalla Mina, King Muhammad V's daughter. Malika was taken away from her family and remained confined within the palace at Rabat for 14 years. She then had two years of vague normality before her father, General Oufkir, was implicated in an assassination attempt on Muhammad's successor, King Hassan II. The General was executed and Malika and the rest of her family were slung into a remote desert gaol where they remained for 15 years. Their release was only secured after they tunnelled their way out of the prison and remained at liberty for five days. The resulting furore after their recapture led to the family being transferred to house arrest and it was not until 1996 that the they were able to leave the country.

If the action drives the narrative, it is the clashes between Middle-Eastern and Western culture that are the most telling. Even in the 1960s, it was de rigueur for the King to have a harem full of concubines, and throughout the book one senses the tension between the materialistic, hedonistic indulgence of the ruling elite and their conformity to Muslim culture. Oufkir is a keen observer of her own injustices, but is rather slower on the uptake when it comes to the wider injustices of a despotic regime. --John Crace

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