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Article: Fez rich with Jewish history, not all good: Morocco's former capital has checkered past.(TRAVEL)
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- The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 14, 2008
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If you have ever felt like escaping the 21st century and returning to an earlier, possibly simpler era, you could do worse than traveling to Fez, a city virtually unchanged from its mediaeval glory days when it was the Imperial Capital of the Moroccan Empire. Even though it is an important Moslem city and its current Jewish population is tiny, because of its important Jewish history, many Moroccans still refer to Fez as a "Jewish city."
Located in a narrow valley between the Atlas Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and Mediterranean Sea to the north, Fez is divided into two separate parts. The Ville Nouvelle (new city) ...
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...QUESTION Does the headwear known as a fez (like the one worn by comedian Tommy Cooper ... pictured) have a practical purpose? THE red fez with the black tassel has been handed down ... the ages. It was named after the city of Fez, in Morocco, which had numerous schools ...
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