A higher-end guide to shopping, accommodations, and dining in Morocco.

A hip guide to Marrakech and beyond, in tune with the city’s emerging status as the trendy new San Tropez.

Moroccans are just as flattered as everyone else when foreigners have taken the time to learn some of their language. This handy volume features Moroccan Arabic, Berber, and French to help you communicate and connect across cultures.

The Casablancan-born cook and author demystifies Morocco’s tantalizing classic and contemporary recipes by providing helpful hints on cooking techniques and sources of Moroccan ingredients outside of Morocco. With gorgeous photography, it’s a visual as well as savory treasure. Try the delightful tagine bil kok (tagine of lamb and prunes) and atay b’nahna (mint tea).

A celebration of Jewish cuisine that emerged from the interaction between Jews and Moslems in North Africa and Spain. Along with recipes such as Passover Fava Bean Soup and Thursday Evening's Butter Couscous, the book includes holiday menus, nostalgic reminiscences, and historical background.

Since its first publishing in 1973, this has established itself as the classic work on one of the world’s great cuisines. National specialties and regional variations reveal not only the riches of the Moroccan kitchen but also the variety and flavor of the country itself. Try the couscous, of course!

Glorious photographs make this a treasure for the armchair traveler, while the documentation of Morocco's houses, arts, and crafts make it an invaluable resource for decorators and designers.

Each image in this book transports the viewer into a timeless atmosphere of calm and neglected beauty within the old walled cities of the medinas. With commentaries by leading author Tahar Ben Jalloun and excerpts artfully transcribed in Arabic calligraphy.

The poetic, breathtaking photography is a great visual introduction to the wonders of Morocco, and an inspiration to capture images of your own.

The intense hues, wide contrasts, and dramatic landscapes inspired Matisse to combine Mediterranean and Islamic elements to beautiful effect.

In this collection, the author chronicles her encounters of seven years of travel and daily life in Morocco, from fleeting affairs to unexpected warmth to uplifting moments.

Inspired by the Moroccan vacations of his childhood, acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah moves his family from grey-skied London to sun-drenched Casablanca to renovate a crumbling mansion by the sea. The charm of lush gardens and secluded courtyards fades as they attempt to assimilate and cope with their new culture in both hilarious and harrowing ways.

The desert is itself a character in The Sheltering Sky, the most famous of Bowles' books, as three disenchanted young Americans of the postwar generation journey into Northern Africa's arid heart of darkness in the hopes of finding themselves or at least postponing reality.

Set in 1950s Morocco, this novel examines the attitudes of both Westerners and Moroccans as French colonial rule disintegrated. It is deservedly considered one of Bowles' masterpieces.
 

This engaging collection of travel essays voyages through places that are as yet unencumbered by the trappings, luxuries, and corruptions of modern civilization.

Seemingly cursed to father only daughters in a society that devalues females, an Arab conceals the birth of an eighth girl by proclaiming the child, Ahmed, a son and heir. The tale that follows is a cynical, dreamlike exploration of gender roles into which men and women are shaped.

A fascinating story set in the last period of haremhood in Morocco, this book is a unique chance of looking into the near past that appears so distant today.

In 1325, the great Moroccan traveler Ibn Battutah set out on a 29-year pilgrimage from his native Tangiers to Mecca. In this studious and charming account, modern-day Arabic scholar Mackintosh-Smith attempts to retrace Ibn Battutah's route on the first stage of his legendary journey, from Tangiers to Constantinople and, with delectable wit, offers a fascinating glimpse into both the present-day and 14th-century Islamic worlds.