It's hard to miss Jemaa El Fna. Sitting at the center of the medina, this open-air square stands as the city's main gathering spot. By day, Jemaa El Fna hosts dozens of entertainers, from snake ...

MARRAKESH — As the afternoon sun radiated onto Jemaa el-Fna square in the old medina quarter of the city, nine bodies emerged before me on the ground, beatboxing and gyrating, surrounded by curious ...

The central square of Marrakesh, Jemaa el‑Fna, is at the heart of the city’s medina, serving as a gathering place for both tourists and locals. First-time visitors to Marrakesh often spend a good part ...

Stories are everywhere in Morocco, land of the Thousand and One Nights and origin of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Ala Baba. And Morocco’s legacy of storytelling remains alive from Jemaa El- Fna, ...

When the Marrakech film festival was launched in 2001 it received a somewhat lukewarm reception from certain quarters of the local film industry and media, because it was viewed as an alien implant ...

Marrakech fest jury prexy, Martin Scorsese, was visibly delighted to screen “Hugo” in Marrakech’s most famous landmark – the world heritage square, Place Jemaa el Fna. As an ode to storytelling and ...

If Marrakech’s Jemaa el Fna square is the city’s heartbeat, then DaDa, the new multilevel art-meets-dining hub in the Medina, is an extra beat, adding a rush of colour, sound, and flavour. Set in a ...

December is a tempting month in which to visit Marrakech, with its mild temperatures and blue skies. Sitting on the rooftop terrace of the Café de France – the history of which stretches back to 1912, ...

Marrakech's famous square Jemâa-el-Fna is a treasured cultural property not only for its physical uniqueness, but also for its intangible heritage of oral tradition ...