Marrakesh, the cultural and performing arts city in Morocco

In an earlier post, I wrote that Marrakesh became much more popular than Rabat primarily because it promoted itself as an exotic cultural and sensory experience, as well as an easily accessible travel destination. In the same post, I indicated that Rabat was deliberately designed as Morocco’s calm, official, and administrative capital. While Rabat continues to serve…

Morocco: The Fortified City of Rabat

Geography check: What is the capital city of Morocco?  If your answer is Casablanca, congratulations—your knowledge of popular culture is impressive. This idea likely comes from the 1942 film Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, which arguably made Morocco’s largest city very famous. If you answered Marrakesh, you’re not alone. I, too, until late…