While much of the Middle East is now engulfed in conflict and
repression, Morocco remains a curious anomaly: peaceful and open to
the West, it has provided refuge for artists and writers for
generations, and it remains an exotic destination for many curious
travelers. The country has been influenced by an incredible variety
of peoples Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Berbers, Muslims, Jews, and
most of Europe s colonizers have played a role and modern Moroccan
society is no less rich and varied. In "Morocco," Walter M. Weiss
brings extensive knowledge of the region to bear as he travels the
breadth and depth of the country s social and geographical
contrasts. Berber villagers of the mountains are for the most part
still illiterate and consider their king to be divinely chosen,
while businessmen in Casablanca s towering offices dream of closer
ties to the European Union. Weiss visits the settings of modern
legends, such as Tangier, as well as the two medieval "centres Fes"
and "Meknes," and sees earthen "kasbahs" and Marrakech s bazaar.On
the way, he meets acrobats, Sufi musicians, pilgrims, craftsmen,
beatniks, rabbis, and Berber farmers a kaleidoscope of variety and
cultural influence. "
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