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July 31, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content •
Views: 340
by Henry Reichard am writing now without knowing what I want to write, knowing only that I need to write, because writing has always helped me to make sense of myself. In this moment I am insensible. A part of me has been insensible for...
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July 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 865
by Jordan Cutler-Tietjen CLUMSY MOBILE ME Past security I fumble with what I own Which was so comfortable in the buckets Who cycle belonging and belonging Through a black box. So that I can string my belt around myself I clutch my passport...
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June 20, 2018 •
Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 495
By Daud Shad One of the weirdest parts of traveling is the walk across the jetway. It signals the end or beginning of a journey and the arrival to or depart from familiarity. Returning to JFK from Casablanca was no exception. Just moments...
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June 20, 2018 •
Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 399
By Jane Buckley never saw myself as a door enthusiast before traveling to Morocco. I don’t see myself as a door enthusiast after traveling to Morocco. But I think that’s just because back at home I don’t find many doors...
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June 5, 2018 •
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Views: 696
Photo by Gabe Roy By Shreeya Singh eetering on a ledge, I spared a long look into the swirling brown below me, took a deep breath, and jumped into the heat. As a Floridian, the feel of beach sand against my bare feet shouldn’t have...
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 411
By Diana Sharkey eeper up into the cobbled town we followed and were followed by the little boy in orange. He looked back at Gabe and I with big round eyes supported by even bigger and rounder cheeks, huffing and stomping all the way like...
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June 3, 2018 •
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Views: 624
By Allison Chen Yeasty, warm air wafted toward our groggy faces, as my roommate and I walked toward the dining table. We caught the faces of our equally jet-lagged travel companions, already seated with hands outstretched toward the food....
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 431
By Gabe Roy Lonely Planet told me this about Morocco: I’d be overwhelmed by ornate zellige tiles, enchanted by ancient ruins, and forced, perhaps uncomfortably, to adapt my behavior to that befitting a Muslim-majority country. It...
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 524
By Alex Reedy On several nights after midnight in Marrakech, I crept up to the rooftop of the Hotel Cecil and sat down on a cushioned seat behind protective curtains, with a view of the Jemaa el-Fnaa in the distance. Using an empty black...
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June 3, 2018 •
Blogs, Morocco 2018, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 353
By Henry Robinson he cats near our hostel in Rabat congregate at night. Returning from dinner, we pass a group of them sitting serenely in the yellow light of a streetlamp, as though engaged in some silent communion. They watch us going...
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