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Recuperating from the long trip from Kuala Lumpur to Miami, I decided to use the silence to incorporate some poems of Hafez into my life On the first night back…
Today has been a wonderful day for me in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, as each of the past few days have been. I do not wish to think of my…
Since the post-pandemic rush to travel took us to busier airports and congested aircrafts, the idea of having a preferred status has come into focus and also to learn about…
My friends from Casablanca were visiting Marrakech, and they also wanted to visit the Musee Tiskiwin, the tireless effort of over 6 decades of work among the Afro-Berber people by…
It is one thing to be in a polemic country as USA which is divided right through the middle .. 50% fascist leaning and 50% wanting a just society and…
Chaharshanbeh Suri or Charshanbeh Suri ( Persian : چهارشنبهسوری , romanized : Čahāršanbe suri ; [ lit. 'The Scarlet Wednesday'), is an Iranian festival of the fire dance celebrated on…
I have been extremely pleased with this stay at the Executive Lounge with an associated stay at a room nearby. I had arrived in KL from Havana/Miami with no specific…
I have never been to a city where every single available public place is crammed with either tables and stalls set up to sell a wide variety of things or…
Once you taste the benefits of higher levels of Frequent Flier Status, retaining it becomes a type of obsession. You begin to dream of impractical voyages and excuciating journeys and…
For people interested in Moroccan Jewry, the name Haim Pinto would ring a bell.. the revered Rabbi Haim Pinto lived in Essouira and is buried there. His grandson was also…
Today has turned out to be a very pleasant day.. I do not pay much attention to the Valentine's Day hype in the West but in Cuba this day is…
AZEMMOUR , city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. In the 15 th century Azemmour was a free city with 20,000 inhabitants, of whom 2,500 were Jews, mainly occupied as…