Djemaa el Fna performer at night, originally uploaded by malyousif. I’m sure that a lot of you are pretty fed up with bad news, politics and the rest of the depressing posts. So allow me to share with you this picture I shot in Djemaa el Fna in Marrakech recently. New friends and I decided …
An eight hour flight will get you from Abu Dhabi to Casablanca, another 30 minutes in a connecting flight will get you to Marrakech, and will immerse you in a love that only a fortunate few will experience in their lifetimes. I didn’t know much about Morocco, I still don’t, but that didn’t stop me …
The Old Berber Man, originally uploaded by malyousif. There are a lot of colourful (and pushy!) characters in the main square of Marrakesh, this is supposed to be the largest open air market in Africa, and there are loads of opportunities to take photographs, but better start with your pocket full of coins as everyone …
My brother Jamal just emailed me this weather map for next week, specifically on the coming Thursday 18th of January, in which temperatures in Bahrain are set to drop to zero degrees! I have no idea if this is actually true so far as the 5 day forecast of today obviously stops at Sunday 14 …
One of my greatest regrets is that I didn’t have the chance to spend any time in Lebanon, Beirut specifically. The only time I had was a couple of months ago. I flew there on the 14th of June to attend an IREX meeting, unfortunately personal tragedy struck and I had to fly back home …