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"In this . . . picture book about the Jewish holiday Mimouna, Miriam can't wait to make the traditional holiday pancakes, moufleta. Miriam's neighbour Jasmine, who is Muslim, shares a sack of flour to make the delicious treat, and the new friends celebrate the holiday together"--Provided by publisher.

Jeff Corwin explores the habitats of Morocco in North Africa, discussing such animals as the bald ibis, Montpellier snake, cobras, the African hedgehog, the desert horned viper, sand fish, the desert monitor lizard, and camels, and providing an introduction to the nomadic Berber people.

Operation Torch was the beginning of the liberation of Europe during World War II. It's goal was to capture the port city of Casablanca and an airfield sixty miles northeast of the city, thereby allowing General George Patton to give the Allies a base on the Mediterranean for the coming invasion of southern Europe. To do this, supplies had to be brought in and a large convoy set sail from Virginia to North Africa in November 1942. Unfortunately, the airfield was located a dozen miles up a twisting river which was too shallow for any available transport ship in the entire Allied fleet. A desperate attempt to find a boat resulted in the last minute location of the Contessa, a rust-stained Hondurian-registered civilian freighter that hauled bananas and honeymooners from New Orleans to the Caribbean. The ship was found too late to join the convoy and sailed on her own for North Africa through U-boat infested waters with a crew from twenty-six different nations and eighteen sailors pulled from the Norfolk Virginia county jail carrying a load of highly volatile airplane fuel and nine hundred tons of bombs.

In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.

In a strange room in Morocco, Mary Russell is trying to solve the mystery of who she is. She has awakened to find blood and soldiers pounding on the door. She finds she is clothed like a man and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious Arabic phrase. As she flees to the streets she finds herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld. Meanwhile, in the ancient city of Fez, Sherlock Holmes finds himself pulled into the growing war between France, Spain, and the Rif Revolt, which is led by a man who may be a Robin Hood or a power-mad tribesman. As Holmes searches for Mary, and Mary searches for herself, each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it's too late.

Presents a series of stories that illuminate key aspects of Islam and how the belief system is being challenged and changed in response to modern life, focusing on the religion as it is practiced in Morocco.

Examines the experience of teens in Morocco, looking at a typical day, what happens in school, family life, holidays, work, and entertainment. Includes photographs, a glossary, and a historical time line.

A feminist in the Muslim world weaves her own memories with dreams of women who surround her in the courtyard of her childhood.