The prize for the original Open competition in 1860 had been a red morocco belt with silver clasps. |
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On the table lay a large open roll of morocco leather, containing rows of elegant little instruments in steel and ivory. |
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Hand-coloured, mounted and bound in red morocco with a cusped yellow leather border, the plates are prefaced by a manuscript dedication by Angelo to the Prince of Wales. |
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They are exquisitely bound, often in morocco or vellum, with flowery designs, gold tooling, gauffered fore-edges, round recessed cords and patterned end leaves. |
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Benneman repolished the marble top, relined the inside of the drop-front with green Morocco leather, restored the locks and provided a new key. |
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The film is set to shoot the desert scenes in Morocco and the interiors in either London or Rome. |
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At Azegour, Morocco, uraninite occurs in tactite with molybdenite, chalcopyrite, barite, pyrite, hematite, and garnet. |
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The Western Sahara conflict broke out in 1975 when Morocco annexed the territory after Spain withdrew from what was then a Spanish colony. |
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Others like Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya Yemen and Saudi Arabia have firmly resisted attempts to evangelise their people. |
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Going upstairs to the third floor, there's some artwork from Morocco and a little outdoor deck. |
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The US considers it essential to maintain Morocco as a pillar of support in the Arab world. |
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Only the happy trip to Morocco in 1832 appeased the artist and freed him momentarily from his nightmares. |
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I can now get along in several languages, even the kind of Arabic spoken in Morocco, where I go quite a lot. |
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Agadir, on the Atlantic coast of southern Morocco, is a modern town of no particular distinction. |
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Argan oil, known as Moroccan gold, comes from the seeds of the argan tree, once widely grown in Morocco but now found only in the south. |
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The action was opposed by Morocco, which forcibly removed the boundary stones laid by the Spaniards. |
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The ocher yellow and cinnabar red walls, on the other hand, suggest Morocco, while the citrus and grapevines in containers evoke Italy. |
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The furniture has the rough rustic feel you can only get from hand crafting and is reminiscent of old Morocco. |
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The kingdom of Morocco is one of the most often-travelled Saharan countries and boasts a booming tourist trade. |
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A green papaya salad from Thailand and a lamb-and-prune tagine from Morocco are among Wayne's specialties. |
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I brought back a giant tagine from Morocco and I'd fill it with chicken and vegetables with a bit of olive oil and lemon. |
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Areas in Morocco that have been invaded by locusts are concentrated in the southeast of the country. |
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Surviving civil wars and brutal militias in several African countries, they arrive in Algeria and then must walk across the desert to Morocco. |
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She settled at a family home in Morocco, where she spent eight years, studying at the American School of Tangier. |
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From the mambo to street stomp, dance can take you back in time to the big band era, or to faraway lands like Morocco and Brazil. |
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There have also been big busts, however, in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania. |
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Hundreds of manufacturers in low-value industries such as textiles have set up production facilities in Morocco. |
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Our other great foible was hunting down British metalware imported into Morocco at the turn of the century. |
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Fruit of the Loom is transferring its spinning, knitting and dyeing operations to Morocco, where it already employs 1,700 people. |
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The majority of immigrants are from North Africa, especially Morocco, and are seeking escape from the grinding poverty in that country. |
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Morocco is currently the leading producer of hashish, with Europe being the biggest customer. |
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Morocco especially has received lavish praise for its recent efforts and quite rightly so. |
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It also has announced plans to begin free-trade talks with five Central American countries and Morocco. |
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Egypt is part of the Arabic speech community of about 250 million people, spread from Morocco to Oman. |
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In 1982, he was a long way from Angola and his bush fighters, in a smart suburb of Rabat in Morocco. |
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While some manage the perilous crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar separating Spain from Morocco, many others perish trying. |
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Again, the proximity of Morocco, where cannabis is a traditional product, facilitated the supply of hashish and marijuana for the Spanish market. |
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But the plan has stalled as Morocco and Polisario dicker over who is eligible to vote in the referendum. |
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Demonstrators at an Almeria port last week broke open trucks and destroyed thousands of boxes of clementines from Morocco. |
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In Morocco, while strutting along as an overconfident tourist, Wright bumped into some persistent muggers. |
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But this festival in Marrakech is as important for the image of Morocco as it is for the careers of the stars. |
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That achievement, however tentative and imperfect, would ignite mounting aspirations for democratization from Iran to Morocco. |
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Trade unions declared a general strike against a call-up to fight a colonial war in Morocco. |
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Tabbouleh, a cracked wheat salad flavored with parsley is commonly served in Morocco. |
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The Bubal hartebeest was the most northern subspecies of the Hartebeest ranged once through Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. |
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In Southern Morocco, one of the best known subcultural groups is the Gnawa, descendants of slaves from sub-Saharan Africa. |
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The ocher yellow and cinnabar red walls suggest Morocco, while the citrus and grapevines in containers evoke Italy. |
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Casablanca is the Mediterranean commercial center of Morocco, a center of tourism and French culture and internationalism. |
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The Spanish increased their efforts to pacify northern Morocco, and a new road between Fez and Rabat aided French penetration. |
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The Oceania champions also play a friendly with Espanyol, just prior to heading to Morocco, a game that means a lot to Tribulietx, a Catalonian. |
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Morocco continues to astound with its wealth of vanadinite, azurite, cerussite, and erythrite. |
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Once Morocco was secure, it served as a major base for U.S. bombers and as a logistics center for the push toward Tunisia and Sicily. |
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The kaftan, a long, loose-fitting long robe, is still worn throughout much of Morocco in both rural and urban areas. |
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This was immediately preceded by US Secretary of State Colin Powell's whistle-stop tour of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. |
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Southern Morocco is famous for its kasbahs, large fortified homes made from pise or sun-dried mud-bricks. |
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Solidarity meant that Morocco had to act in accordance with all the other Arab countries it allied with. |
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The problem, it seems, is that Morocco is eager to sell its image as a moderate, reasonable state within a sea of unreasonable countries. |
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Morocco used to be colonised by France which explains why French is still spoken as a second language. |
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For many centuries, sultans ruled Morocco from the ancient capitals of Fez and Marrakesh. |
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The situation had deteriorated in 1085 when the Almoravid Berbers from Morocco united Andalusia under a Shiite regime. |
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Morocco is dependent on imported fuel for most of its energy needs, and also relies on imports to meet food requirements. |
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Within the hour, we were letting down for a landing at Casablanca on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. |
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Also, since the 1920s the MSPCA has overseen the operation of the American Fondouk Veterinary Hospital, a free hospital for donkeys and other beasts of burden in Fez, Morocco. |
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July 19th, Franco arrives to take command of the army in Morocco. |
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He lived most of his life in Morocco which was in close contact with al-Andalus, or Andalusia, which was the Arab controlled region in the south of Spain. |
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I came to Morocco with minimal expectations and prejudgments. |
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The souks, or markets, are a central part of life in Morocco. |
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The question of the Western Sahara remains one of the most intractable Arab-African problems, as well as a long-lasting sore point between Algeria and Morocco. |
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Morocco attacked from the start only to discover that the Congolese had no intention of being cannon fodder and the North Africans resorted to long-range shots. |
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The initial French provocation, a direct takeover of Morocco in violation of recent treaties, was answered by German gunboat diplomacy to back its demand for compensation. |
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In Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, or Oman, the nation-state evolves in a political environment shaped by the dynast, his family, and their effective concentration of power. |
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The alleged ringleader, a cage fighter, is believed to be in Morocco. |
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She has blitzed around Europe with friends, taken safari tours in Africa, explored Egypt and Morocco, and even made it to Alaska to see the Northern Lights. |
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Young Tom defended his title successfully in 1869 and again in 1870, so winning outright the then trophy of a silver-adorned red Morocco leather belt. |
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It's his guidance to his followers that's certainly inspires them to proceed with the attacks that we have seen in places like Istanbul and Morocco and Spain and so forth. |
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Originally a fortified summerhouse belonging to the local caid, it was abandoned in 1956, when Morocco won its independence from the French, and fell into ruin. |
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As a young man, Chris joined the Peace Corps, and taught English in Morocco. |
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The most recent osprey crash occurred April 11 during an annual exercise in Morocco, killing two Marines. |
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But Morocco stands firmly on claims that it has historic links to the Western Sahara dating back many centuries. |
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Youhanna's expulsion could be a body blow for a Pakistani team facing Australia after losing three of their four matches in the inaugural Morocco Cup earlier this month. |
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The most recent mission to the Women on Waves vessel to Morocco, but they were kicked out immediately. |
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A city high in the mountains of Morocco remained shut off from the world for almost 500 years. |
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Morocco, which has not signed the 1997 Ottawa Convention that bans anti-personnel mines, is believed to have sown about seven million mines in the region. |
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A puppy, illegally imported from Morocco last month, is reported to have bitten at least nine people in the Gironde, Dordogne and Garonne regions of France before it died. |
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France is particularly resistant to change because it wants to maintain its traditional trade and aid accords with former colonies such as Morocco and Algeria. |
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His shoulder was put out again, in the second match against Morocco. |
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Finally, around the middle of the eleventh century, a confederation of tribes called the Almoravids conquered all of Morocco, as well as much of Spain. |
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The most parsimonious trees suggest that the history of anguine lizards in western Eurasia and Morocco is older than anguine history in North America. |
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In the Middle Ages there used to be something called the Silk Road, which was an overland trade route that ran from the Atlantic shores of Morocco to the Great Wall of China. |
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Mutton Tagine in Zaita, Morocco This photo was taken at a tiny roadside town on the drive to fez. |
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Filmmaker Diana Whitten trailed Gomperts for seven years, capturing contentious missions to Spain and Morocco. |
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The mingled scents worn by the beau monde of Morocco contrasted with the faint whiff of well-trodden boots from my dishevelled English companions. |
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Moroccan authorities said last week that the suspects planned to sail a dinghy loaded with explosives from Morocco into the strait to attack the vessels. |
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Air services between Morocco and Algeria have been established, many Algerians have gone to Morocco to shop and visit family and friends. |
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Morocco is relatively inexpensive because of the devaluation of the dirham and the increase of hotel prices in Spain. |
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In addition to that, Morocco is a transit point for cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe. |
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Water supply and sanitation in Morocco is provided by a wide array of utilities. |
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According to the 2014 Morocco population census, there were around 84,000 immigrants in the country. |
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Morocco has a large diaspora, most of which is located in France, which has reportedly over one million Moroccans of up to the third generation. |
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Spanish is mostly spoken in northern Morocco and the Spanish Sahara because Spain had previously occupied those areas. |
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Morocco is an ethnically diverse country with a rich culture and civilisation. |
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Morocco has set among its top priorities the protection of its diverse legacy and the preservation of its cultural heritage. |
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Under the Almohad dynasty Morocco experienced a period of prosperity and brilliance of learning. |
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Two main factors gave Morocco a pulse toward witnessing the birth of a modern literature. |
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Morocco is home to Andalusian classical music that is found throughout North Africa. |
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Popular Western forms of music are becoming increasingly popular in Morocco, such as fusion, rock, country, metal and, in particular, hip hop. |
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Morocco participated in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, where it finished in the penultimate position. |
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The cuisine of Morocco is mainly a fusion of Moorish, European and Mediterranean cuisines. |
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Beef is the most commonly eaten red meat in Morocco, usually eaten in a Tagine with vegetables or legumes. |
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Bakeries are very common throughout Morocco and fresh bread is a staple in every city, town and village. |
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Tea occupies a very important place in the culture of Morocco and is considered an art form. |
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In 1986, Morocco became the first Arab and African country to qualify for the second round of the FIFA World Cup. |
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Morocco has more than four dozen universities, institutes of higher learning, and polytechnics dispersed at urban centres throughout the country. |
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It has also helped connect Morocco to countries in the Mediterranean, Africa, and America. |
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After returning to Quanzhou in 1346, Ibn Battuta began his journey back to Morocco. |
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After reaching Mecca he decided to return to Morocco, nearly a quarter of a century after leaving home. |
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On his journey across the desert, he received a message from the Sultan of Morocco commanding him to return home. |
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However, per capita consumption is highest in Greece, followed by Spain, Italy, and Morocco. |
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Spain considered them integral parts of the Spanish state, but Morocco has disputed this point. |
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Ceuta is dominated by Monte Anyera, a hill along its western frontier with Morocco. |
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There is a bus service throughout the city which does not pass into neighbouring Morocco. |
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A single road border checkpoint allows for cars to travel between Morocco and Ceuta. |
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The first ran through the western desert from modern Morocco to the Niger Bend, the second from modern Tunisia to the Lake Chad area. |
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In North Africa, the main slave markets were in Morocco, Algiers, Tripoli and Cairo. |
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In the reign of his grandfather John I, Ceuta had been conquered from the king of Morocco, and now the new king wanted to expand the conquests. |
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Much of Berber culture is still celebrated among the cultural elite in Morocco and Algeria. |
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Traveling to Morocco, he established a military monastery or ribat where he trained a highly motivated and disciplined fighting force. |
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These Berber speakers are mainly concentrated in Morocco and Algeria, followed by Mali, Niger and Libya. |
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Additional decorations such as sequins or fringes, are typical of Berber weave in Morocco. |
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The main feature of this dialect is the heavy influence of the Jebli Arabic dialect of northern Morocco. |
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A sizable Sephardic community had settled in Morocco and other Northern African countries, which were colonized by France in the 19th century. |
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They discussed the possibility of an alliance between Holland, the Ottoman Empire, Morocco and the Moriscos, against the common enemy Spain. |
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The opportunity came in 1578 when the Portuguese king Sebastian launched a crusade against Morocco. |
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The harmattan, which is also called sharqi in Morocco, is a hot wind that blows out of the interior of the Sahara. |
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Second, this lack of divergence is also the outcome of the EU's softly-softly approach to human rights and democracy in Morocco. |
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Every official in Morocco from the Sultan down is for sale, and it is a case where the longest pole knocks the persimmon. |
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He then calculated that Morocco had a ratio of woodedness of only about 9 or 10 percent, based on his estimates of forest cover. |
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A synchronized hand-clapping asana, which raises the alertness of mind, was conducted by Asma, an Art of Living instructor from Morocco. |
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Morocco has controlled most of Western Sahara since 1975 following Spain's withdrawal from the territory. |
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New elevated walkways bring you eye-to-eye with African jacanas and the rare waldrapp ibis from Morocco. |
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He served both the RCAF and the United Nations Emergency Force in Europe, Morocco and Egypt. |
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The seaborne landings in Morocco and Sicily had been relative cakewalks. |
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No one defended the Maghreb Union like the French President, Francois Hollande, did during his visit to Morocco. |
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Riad Al Ksar Spa Medina Marrakesh Once again has been selected for Best Hotel Morocco 2014 by Zoover, the hotel reviews website. |
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Drawings and photographs round out this exploration of Moorish Spain and Sharifian Morocco, from the studio to fantasies of the harem. |
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Morocco should demand from these friends to up the ante and say that the addition of this microstate in North Africa is not acceptable. |
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A STATELESS man who has lived most of his life in Morocco will have to wait another two weeks, at least, before he can get his Bahraini passport. |
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The Strait lies mostly within the territorial waters of Spain and Morocco, except for at the far eastern end. |
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How was the letter sent? By this ambassador of Morocco. Who do you call by that name? The lady's shoe-maker. |
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In 1969, under international pressure, Spain returned Sidi Ifni to Morocco. |
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Their most decorated regiments came from Morocco, but due to the ongoing Zaian War they were only able to recruit 23,000 Moroccans. |
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During the Agadir Crisis in 1911 Britain supported France against Germany, and Morocco became a French protectorate. |
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In 1975, Spain ceded administration of Western Sahara to Morocco and Mauritania. |
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However Morocco merged French Morocco with Spanish Morocco, and Somalia formed from the merger of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. |
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Morocco, Lesotho, and Swaziland remain monarchies under dynasties that predate colonial rule. |
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Merguez is a red, spicy sausage from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, North Africa. |
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Myers secretly funded a trip to French Morocco for half a year for Orwell to avoid the English winter and recover his health. |
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The Orwells set out in September 1938 via Gibraltar and Tangier to avoid Spanish Morocco and arrived at Marrakech. |
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During this trip the stormy relations between Jones and Pallenberg deteriorated to the point that Pallenberg left Morocco with Richards. |
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A BBC documentary film, The Rolling Stones in Morocco, was produced by Nigel Finch. |
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Apart from South Africa, the only other African nation to attempt to qualify is Morocco who took part in the 2000 qualifying. |
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In February 2010, Renault opened a new production factory near Tangier, Morocco, with an annual output capacity of 170,000 vehicles. |
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This species grows in the Mediterranean Sea region, with Portugal, Spain, Algeria, and Morocco producing most of the world's supply. |
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Scheduled flights to Morocco and Madrid proved unsustainable because of insufficient demand. |
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In 1987, the geographical extent of the project was tested when Morocco applied, and was rejected as it was not considered a European country. |
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His offshore company, Cadley House Ltd, was registered in the Seychelles with bearer bonds and a bank account in Morocco. |
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In Lebanon and Morocco the official language is Arabic, but an additional de facto language is French. |
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Sufism is also strong in African countries such as Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Chad and Niger. |
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Mulay Hafiz appealed to France. France immediately responded by sending a sizable expeditionary force to occupy Morocco. |
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The three are set, respectively, in 1770s America, Ancient Egypt, and 1890s Morocco. |
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In Morocco, Maroc Soir, launched in November 2005, is published in tabloid format. |
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Ireland were included in the tournament held in England and were placed in Group 2 alongside Moldova and Morocco. |
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There is also a similar system for local border traffic permits between Spain and Morocco regarding Ceuta and Melilla. |
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This included migrants from former Dutch colonies, such as Surinam and Indonesia, but mainly migrant workers from Turkey and Morocco. |
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The world's largest deposits of amethysts can be found in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Russia, France, Namibia and Morocco. |
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It serves destinations in the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Morocco. |
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The oldest fossil remains of anatomically modern humans are the Jebel Irhoud fossils from Morocco which are approximately 300,000 years old. |
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The tallest minaret in the world is located at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. |
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The coalition included the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Egypt, and Pakistan. |
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They can also be found throughout Morocco and in Algeria as well as in other North African Countries. |
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Williams painted many landscapes in Wales, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco and Holland. |
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In the Atlantic, females tagged in French Guiana have been recaptured on the other side of the ocean in Morocco and Spain. |
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It winters farther south in temperate zones, on the coasts of Europe as far south as Morocco. |
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Vincent in southwest Portugal to Casablanca, Morocco, and on the east by the Straight of Gibraltar. |
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The international boundary of the Canaries is the subject of dispute between Spain and Morocco. |
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In 2008, France granted citizenship to 137,000 persons, mostly to people from Morocco, Algeria and Turkey. |
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The heavy losses suffered during the Rif War in Morocco brought discredit to the government and undermined the monarchy. |
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In 2008, Spain granted citizenship to 84,170 persons, mostly to people from Ecuador, Colombia and Morocco. |
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Their ranks have since been bolstered by recent immigration, especially from Morocco and Algeria. |
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Other large immigrant groups are people from Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Turkey, Morocco, Iraq and Iran. |
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It has been recorded from the Atlantic shores of Europe, Northern Russia, the Baltic Sea, Greenland, Azores, Canary Islands, Morocco and Madeira. |
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From Vigo, the main Russian fleet then approached Tangiers, Morocco, and lost contact with the Kamchatka for several days. |
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Germany attempted to 'persuade' France to cede territory in the Middle Congo in return for giving France a free hand in Morocco. |
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Morocco has undertaken a vast wind energy program, to support the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the country. |
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In the 1960s guest workers from Turkey, Morocco, Italy and Spain emigrated to Amsterdam. |
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In Turkish, Morocco is known as Fas, a name derived from its ancient capital of Fes. |
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In the summer there are many charter flights to Spain, Germany, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. |
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It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. |
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It is also present in Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and many of the Mediterranean Islands. |
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It is found within Africa, in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Madeira Islands and Canary Islands. |
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Morocco in northern Africa has also hosted the 2002 Morocco Cup, but the national team has never qualified for a major tournament. |
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The Middle Atlas is a portion of the Atlas mountain range lying completely in Morocco. |
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There are several islets, such as the disputed Isla Perejil, that are claimed by both Morocco and Spain. |
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There are ferries that operate between Spain and Morocco across the strait, as well as between Spain and Ceuta and Gibraltar to Tangier. |
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Since Morocco controls most of Western Sahara, its de facto southern boundary is with Mauritania. |
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The thickest lava flow sequences of the African CAMP are situated in Morocco, where there are basaltic lava piles more than 300 metres thick. |
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In 1778 Morocco became the first nation to recognize the new United States. |
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She was born around 1485 in the Emirate of Granada, but was forced to flee to Morocco when she was very young to escape the Reconquista. |
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The Atlas Mountains, found in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia also help to enhance the aridity of the northern part of the desert. |
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For example, Biskra, Algeria and Ouarzazate, Morocco are found in this zone. |
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Spain withdrew from Western Sahara in 1975, and it was partitioned between Mauritania and Morocco. |
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These include large deposits of oil and natural gas in Algeria and Libya, and large deposits of phosphates in Morocco and Western Sahara. |
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It is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west, to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east. |
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The most commonly accepted definition includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, as well as Libya and Egypt. |
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After the Middle Ages the area was loosely under the control of the Ottoman Empire, except Morocco. |
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Map of Morocco and Western Sahara with the Southern Provinces in a darker color. |
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Henry was 21 when he and his father and brothers captured the Moorish port of Ceuta in northern Morocco. |
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But relations with Morocco, the other party to the conflict, and its European ally France deteriorated. |
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A historically prominent regional power, Morocco has a history of independence not shared by its neighbours. |
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The King of Morocco holds vast executive and legislative powers, especially over the military, foreign policy and religious affairs. |
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Morocco is a member of the Arab League, the Union for the Mediterranean, and the African Union. |
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Morocco later became a realm of the North African civilisation of ancient Carthage as part of its empire. |
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According to medieval legend, Idris ibn Abdallah had fled to Morocco after the Abbasids' massacre of his tribe in Iraq. |
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In 1666, Morocco was reunited by the Alaouite Dynasty, who have been the ruling house of Morocco ever since. |
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Morocco was facing aggression from Spain and the Ottoman Empire allies pressing westward. |
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The 1912 Treaty of Fez made Morocco a protectorate of France, and triggered the 1912 Fez riots. |
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In 1984, Morocco left the Organisation of African Unity in protest at the SADR's admission to the body. |
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The following year, Spanish King Juan Carlos I visited Ceuta and Melilla, further angering Morocco which demanded control of the enclaves. |
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Morocco has a coast by the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. |
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The geography of Morocco spans from the Atlantic Ocean, to mountainous areas, to the Sahara desert. |
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Morocco claims that the Western Sahara is part of its territory and refers to that as its Southern Provinces. |
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The avifauna of Morocco includes a total of 454 species, five of which have been introduced by humans, and 156 are rarely or accidentally seen. |
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The Barbary lion, hunted to extinction in the wild, was a subspieces native to Morocco and is a national emblem. |
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With the 2011 constitutional reforms, the King of Morocco retains less executive powers whereas those of the prime minister have been enlarged. |
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Morocco has had strong ties to the West in order to gain economic and political benefits. |
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France and Spain remain the primary trade partners, as well as the primary creditors and foreign investors in Morocco. |
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These small enclaves on the Mediterranean coast are surrounded by Morocco and have been administered by Spain for centuries. |
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Morocco is officially divided into 12 regions, which, in turn, are subdivided into 62 provinces and 13 prefectures. |
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Tourism is the second largest foreign exchange earner in Morocco after the phosphate industry. |
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Morocco's relatively high number of tourists has been aided by its location, Morocco is close to Europe and attracts visitors to its beaches. |
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This comes as part of the concretisation of a self-governance proposed by Morocco as the only solution for the Western Sahara cause. |
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We had shot so many months, we were in Morocco, we had all lost 10 pounds. |
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If Morocco and Jordan join GCC countries, it will boost its economy and the people will stop complaining. |
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A Palynological Study of the Ordovician to Devonian Sediments of the Anti Atlas, Morocco. |
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Its characters, dressed in traditional djellaba, are set in remote rural inland Morocco. |
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Morocco, Russia and Iran all had better records than England for protecting children from injury by other pupils, according to the Pirls study. |
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If a hamza comes from a qaf, as happens in Egypt, the Levant, and to a certain extent in Fez, Morocco, it does not elide. |
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In 1913, Matisse returned from Morocco and reestablished himself in Pairs. |
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For Faisal Alami, my host brother, it is a poverty which often steals him of his pride in Morocco. |
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The agreement, which will be run by Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, is primarily intended to bankroll development projects in Morocco. |
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The 2014 longlisted authors come from nine different countries, with the highest numbers from Morocco, Iraq and Egypt. |
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The European Union and Spain have constructed barriers between Morocco and the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla to prevent illegal immigration and smuggling. |
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One very famous Sultan, Moulai Ismail of Meknes, in Morocco, had as many as 25,000 European slaves who participated in the building of his colossal stables. |
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North Africa saw the rise of polities formed by the Berbers, such as the Marinid dynasty in Morocco, the Zayyanid dynasty in Algeria, and the Hafsid dynasty in Tunisia. |
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In Morocco, a former French protectorate, and in Guinea, a former French colony, naturalized citizens are prohibited from voting for five years following their naturalization. |
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These works are said to have been inspired by several Moorish delegations from Morocco to Elizabethan England at the beginning of the 17th century. |
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At that time there was also a colony of Dubrovnik in Fes in Morocco. |
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In 1471, under the command of Afonso V of Portugal, he was present at the conquest of Tangier and Arzila in Morocco, serving there as an officer for some years. |
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In countries such as Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, and Malaysia, there have been incidents of heavy metal musicians and fans being arrested and incarcerated. |
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There are significant communities still only in Morocco and Tunisia. |
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The bull conferred exclusive trading rights to the Portuguese between Morocco and the Indies with the rights to conquer and convert the inhabitants. |
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Morocco sent troops across the Sahara and attacked Timbuktu, Gao and some other important trading centres, destroying buildings and property and exiling prominent citizens. |
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The term refers to the culture of the Roman Republic, later the Roman Empire, which at its peak covered an area from Lowland Scotland and Morocco to the Euphrates. |
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Tangerian, as the residents refer to their language, is different from the rest of Morocco, with a lexicon derived from Berber, Spanish, English, and old Tangerian words. |
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Tangier's geographic location made it a centre for European diplomatic and commercial rivalry in Morocco in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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Hicham El Guerrouj won gold medals for Morocco at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres and holds several world records in the mile run. |
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Bread in Morocco is principally from durum wheat semolina known as khobz. |
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All those civilisations have affected the social structure of Morocco. |
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After Morocco declared independence in 1956, French and Arabic became the main languages of administration and education, causing the role of Spanish to decline. |
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Morocco has embarked upon the construction of large solar energy farms to lessen dependence on fossil fuels, and to eventually export electricity to Europe. |
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Morocco has an excellent road and rail infrastructure that links the major cities and tourist destinations with ports and cities with international airports. |
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A United Nations mission, MINURSO, is tasked with organizing a referendum on whether the territory should become independent or recognised as a part of Morocco. |
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Trade of animals and plants for food, pets, medicinal purposes, souvenirs and photo props is common across Morocco, despite laws making much of it illegal. |
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Annual rainfall in Morocco is different according to regions. |
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Churchill's best known paintings are impressionist landscapes, many of which were painted while on holiday in the South of France, Egypt or Morocco. |
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There are also such rare items as copper, hand hammered lamps from Morocco and beautifully hand finished mirrors, many of which are adorned with semi prescious stones. |
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To the north, Morocco is bordered by the Strait of Gibraltar, where international shipping has unimpeded transit passage between the Atlantic and Mediterranean. |
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Morocco is a Northern African country, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and the annexed Western Sahara. |
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After World War II, the segregationist approach modeled in Morocco had been discredited by its connections to Vichyism, and assimilationism enjoyed a brief renaissance. |
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In 1956, when French Morocco became independent, Spain surrendered Spanish Morocco to the new nation, but retained control of Sidi Ifni, the Tarfaya region and Spanish Sahara. |
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The prolonged war was a considerable financial drain on Morocco. |
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In 1904, France and Spain carved out zones of influence in Morocco. |
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In 1884, Spain created a protectorate in the coastal areas of Morocco. |
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In the 13th and 14th centuries the Merinids held power in Morocco and strove to replicate the successes of the Almohads by military campaigns in Algeria and Spain. |
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Irredentist claims by Morocco and Mauritania were brought before the International Court of Justice, which ruled in favor of the Sahrawis' right to self-determination. |
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The Iberomaurusian was succeeded by the Beaker culture in Morocco. |
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The English name Morocco is an anglicisation of the Spanish Marruecos. |
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Marinid and Saadi dynasties continued the struggle against foreign domination, and Morocco remained the only North African country to avoid Ottoman occupation. |
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Geographically, Morocco is characterised by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. |
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The Sufi orders, the Tijaniyah and the Qadiriyyah, have great influence not only in the country, but in Morocco, Algeria, Senegal and other neighborhood countries as well. |
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While most of Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco, the UN still considers the Western Sahara a territory that needs to express its wishes with respect to statehood. |
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Serving in Morocco, he was wounded, resulting in a permanent limp. |
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Large protests also occurred in Algeria and Morocco to a lesser extent. |
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The Atlas Mountains extend across much of Morocco, northern Algeria and Tunisia, are part of the fold mountain system that also runs through much of Southern Europe. |
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In Morocco, two reversal have been detected in two lava flow sequences. |
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Also prior to independence, Morocco was home to 250,000 Spaniards. |
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In December 2003, Spain and Morocco agreed to explore the construction of an undersea rail tunnel to connect their rail systems across the Strait. |
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In 1956, Tunisia and Morocco won their independence from France. |
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Its easterly range extends to Irkutsk in Siberia and its southerly range includes parts of northwestern Africa in the northern mountain ranges of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. |
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Many people hold the belief some brown bears may be present in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco but there have been none sighted in the last century. |
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