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...stuff. Recognize that painkillers are drugs that have side effects. Rolf Ohlemutz Napa, California, U.S. Remaking Morocco Re TIME's report on investigations of the bombings in Madrid last March 11 [March 21]: I was disappointed by the story's implication that Morocco's policies may exacerbate terrorism. Moroccans continue to be saddened by the March 11 tragedy and share the grief of their Spanish brothers and sisters. The Moroccan government has embarked on a bold social, political and economic reform program to enhance freedom and opportunity. Last year King Mohammed VI addressed a council of religious scholars and announced...
...Much of Nebenzahl's commentary on the maps focuses on the complex networks of patronage and scholarly collaboration that led to their creation. Inevitably, the maps sometimes flatter the rulers for whom they were drawn. The 12th century Moroccan nobleman Al-Idrisi, for example, produced a world map for Roger II of Sicily that swelled his kingdom so that it was approximately half the size of the Iberian Peninsula. Yet Al-Idrisi also achieved a new level of accuracy by integrating the knowledge of Muslim mariners with that of Christian scholars, so that Asia was at last separated from Africa...
...Markel's Moroccan excursion lasts about 10 days (March 19 to 28; $3,895 to $4,195 a person), and there is plenty of sightseeing in between the grinding and stewing. She tends to attract a small (no more than 10 people) but inquisitive group aged in the mid-40s and older, all bound by a love of adventure and traditional foods...
...there is also time for yourself. Guides are available (should you want one) to ensure that you don't get lost in the suq; they can direct you to the best bargains in Moroccan tiles or fabrics. Always seeking to improve her offerings, Markel tells me that this year she is adding an optional three-day literary salon at Jnane Tamsna. New York Times writer Alan Riding will be there, as well as other authors. Bookworms who like to explore a new culture should start booking...
...Madrid, Spanish investigators were directed to a video recording stuffed in a trash can near Madrid's main mosque. On it, a man calling himself Abu Dujan al-Afghani, the self-styled "military spokesman for al-Qaeda in Europe ," claimed responsibility. Last week in Brussels , police arrested a Moroccan-born Belgium resident named Youssef Belhadj, 28, after receiving an arrest warrant from a Spanish judge who suspects Belhadj of being the man in the video. He hasn't been charged and has made no comment. Belhadj has been in police custody before. He was picked up on March...