On Monday, September 15, this blog will be on strike in support of Mohammed Erraji. Erraji was arrested, detained, tried without a lawyer, and immediately sentenced to two years in prison (and fined for about $625) for the ridiculous offense of “insulting the king” in Arabic-language e-zine Hespress. The good news this morning is that […]
Fortunately, this story has been covered quite a bit. Fortunately, because I’ve covered it in at least three articles and I don’t know that I have any more to say. I suppose I could reiterate my disappointment in Morocco for committing such an offense toward free speech. Long story short – Blogger Mohammed Erraji was […]
My cat is very photogenic. Has been since she was a wee kitten in Meknes: Have I mentioned that my cat is Moroccan? When I found her she was so small, and I had another, very large cat, so I just started calling this one “Little Cat”. Eventually, that became “L.C.” (and only sometime after […]