by Abdelhamid Bousaadi Riad Laksiba Saturday: Marrakech was “on-fire”… with real tension waiting for the football match! Luckily, the Atlas Lions; Moroccan National football team won a great victory, in real style. 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier: Morocco beats Algeria 4-0 The goals were scored by Mehdi Benatia, Marouane Chamakh, Youssef Hadji and Oussama Assaidi. This… [Read more…]
June 1, 2011
from Shore to Shore: An evening of music, words, song and food from 17th Century England and Morocco, Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire UK. Last night our Editor, and daughter Hannah, enjoyed an evening of music, words, song and food from 17th Century England and Morocco. The evening was hosted and Directed by Diana Lazenby, inspired by Alison… [Read more…]
May 30, 2011
Les Voix de la Paix: The voices of Peace Mawazine World Rhythms Festival Tribute Concert - Marrakech 29th May 2011 Morocco’s 10th annual Mawazine World Rhythms Festival, held in Rabat, would normally have concluded on 28th May. However a number of the Mawazine artists arrived in Marrakech, last night, to play a special post-festival tribute performance to… [Read more…]
May 29, 2011
What do you want to do? • Explore Morocco the genuine way • Immerse yourself into the culture • Travel with the locals • See the natural & unspoilt beauty of this country • Make the journey part of your holiday • A memorable way to discover a country & its’ people • Get to… [Read more…]
May 27, 2011
Today: Café Argana, the scene of the horrific Marrakech bomb blast on 28th April 2011, received it’s first “make-over”. Water Seller in the Jemaa el Fna pointing out the new Art at Argana Cafe At around 10.00am this morning 6 bespoke Works of Art were mounted on the tarpaulin scaffold that currently shields Café Argana’s … [Read more…]
May 26, 2011
Our Editor finds himself having an ”Art Attack” in Marrakech this week. Enjoying evening soiree’s with International Artists and Patrons of the Arts; a week which coinsides with Simon’s own portrait of Rokia being selected for the socio-political movement INSIDE OUT “Yesterday evening I was a guest at wonderful soiree. The host Vanessa Branson, now nicknamed… [Read more…]
May 21, 2011
Our YouTube site is now approaching 2 Million visits. (Click on this Link) Total Upload Views: 1,950,720 so thanks very much to all of those who have looked at our Uploads. A particular thanks must go to the electric string-quartet Stringfever who asked me to add themselves to the Laksiba YouTube site when the quartet was… [Read more…]
May 21, 2011
“Rembrandt in Oman” is an unusual choice of coffee table literature but the book has some excellent Arabesque etchings and indeed an interesting back story. In August 2010: I was invited, for 5 days, to be personal guest of His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohamed bin Abdulla Al Salmi , the Minister of Awqaf &… [Read more…]
May 20, 2011
Riad Laksiba attends the British Moroccan Society reception at the Foreign Office. Yesterday evening the Middle East and North Africa Directorate (MENA) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) kindly agreed to host a reception for the British Moroccan Society. This small gathering, 52 in total, was a tremendous success; the highlight being an address to the … [Read more…]
May 18, 2011
Here’s a thing… what am I trying to describe. Something I appear to have writers block with…….. Having just spent some time on the telephone with Maggie, a guest of Riad Laksiba; who had enthused so much about her trip to Marrakech and her stay at Riad Laksiba that she felt obliged to telephone directly;… [Read more…]
June 6, 2011
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