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...hilly, serpentine streets of Fez seem like passages to nowhere. Yet every new turn in the 8th century Moroccan city's crowded alleys leads to surprises: a glimpse of intricate architecture, a stunning historic mosque or the shop of a local artisan peddling his handcrafted wares. After a day just following your nose - and fending off the smiling but insistent merchants - it's rejuvenating to return to a home base that is secluded from the commotion, yet infused with the city's imperial grandeur. Your best chance of finding that is at a riad, one of the converted traditional villas...
...French capital, another view of Arab life unfolds, one that is rich, open-minded and full of achievement in astronomy, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and medicine. A fascinating show at The Institute of the Arab World, the "Golden Age of Arab Sciences," concentrates on the period between the 8th and 15th centuries, when most of Europe was struggling to emerge from the Dark Ages. As this exhibition, which runs until March, demonstrates, that's when Arab scholarship was at the height of its own Enlightenment. The show focuses on a period when the Arab empire stretched from India to Spain...
It’s an ambitious ideology, considering the scope of the titular Silk Road. The term is shorthand for an intricate system of trade routes that stretched from Japan to the Mediterranean, with stops throughout Central Asia and the Middle East, from roughly 1600 B.C.E. until 8th century...
...October 8th, Liz will play at the Steeple Coffeehouse in Southborough, Mass. (accessible via Commuter Rail, she assures us), while her next Cambridge performance falls on December 5th at the Cantab Lounge. Be sure to check Liz’s website for updates and samples of her music, and head out sometime this fall to support Harvard’s hottest undergraduate acousticountry crooner...
...team dynamic is one reason why the Crimson played so well this weekend. On the first day, no one was playing as well as they knew they could, but everyone had fun and remained optimistic. The freshmen kept pace with the upperclassmen and helped the team rise from 8th to 3rd place...