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The Sacred Music Festival in Fez – which concerts will you be attending?

This year’s Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is a shorter-than-usual version over four days, 9-12 June, with the theme Architecture and the Sacred. Now that the programme is available in English and will soon be on the festival’s website (www.fesfestival.com), let’s take a look at what’s on offer this year. Note: These are MY

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birdcages on the walls

A Sunday morning wander in the Fez medina

We started in Lihoudi, in the northeastern corner of the medina. As you might guess from the name, this was once a Jewish area where jewellers and goldsmiths plied their trade. Out of respect for local residents, the mosque was built without a minaret so the call to prayer would not sound out over this

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