Interesting Facts About Life in Morocco
Fez el Bali - the old, walled city of the imperial of Fez - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is believed to be the world's largest contiguous car-free urban area.
Phoenician traders settled the coasts of Morocco more than 2,500 years; early substantial settlements of the Phoenicians included Chellah, Lixus and Mogador.
The Alaouite Dynasty is the current Moroccan royal family. Founded by Moulay Ali Cherif who became Sultan of Tafilalt in 1631, the Alaouites claim descent from Muhammad through the line of Faṭimah az-Zahrah, Muhammad's daughter, and her husband, the Fourth Caliph Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib.
Eating couscous on Friday is a tradition practiced throughout Morocco.
The University in Fes, founded in 859 AD, claims to be the oldest university in the world.
Spain is only nine miles north of Morocco, easily accessible via ferryboat across the Straits of Gibraltar.
Morocco has a number of stone circles, which may prove links to the megalithic cultures of Atlantic Europe (Brittany, Ireland and Britain).
Approximately nine million tourists visited Morocco in 2010.
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