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It was great seeing all of you in Marrakech last week. There were quite a few people taking photographs throughout the conference and I'm sure many of you also took photos while sightseeing in Marrakech and elsewhere in Morocco. We'd love to see your photos and share them with other Fulbrighters in attendance and also with those not able to make the trip. To facilitate this process, I have created a Flickr page to which people can submit and/or view photos taken during the Fulbright alumni events in Marrakech or during pre- or post- event travels in Morocco.
Sharing Your Photos
To share your photos via the Fulbright Association's Flickr page, please e-mail them to test30meet@photos.flickr.com. The subject of your e-mail should be the title of the photo and the body of your e-mail should be the photo credit (i.e. Photo by Marshall Ellis) and any descriptive information you would like to include about the photograph (i.e. the names of the people in the photograph). Please be considerate of those pictured in your photo(s) when choosing which to share.
Viewing Photos Taken in Morocco
To view the photos taken by Fulbrighters in Morocco, please go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/fulbrightassociation/tags/morocco2006/.
You can also access the photos from the Fulbright Association's conference web site at http://www.fulbright.org/conference in the newly created Photos section.
All participants in the Fulbright Association's 29th Annual Conference (Nov. 3-5), the International Fulbright Alumni Technical Assistance Seminar (Nov. 4), and the Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association Conference (Nov. 6 & 7) are invited to share their photographs of the events and/or Morocco in general.
A more comprehensive post-conference communication is in the works, but I wanted to go ahead and reach out this afternoon with this request for photos.
Best regards,
Marshall Ellis
Senior Director, Membership
Fulbright Association
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The Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association (MFAA) has released the final conference program for "Morocco in Western Art," which will take place in Marrakech, Morocco on Nov. 6 & 7, 2006.
You can download the program in PDF [2.77MB] here, on the MFAA web site, or on the Fulbright Association conference web site.
The program for the Fulbright Association's conference, "Fulbright Alumni: Expressions in Civil Society," (Nov. 3-5) is available online here.
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Hotel Options for Fulbrighters Coming to Marrakech for the Fulbright Alumni Conferences
The Fulbright Association Conference, the International Fulbright Alumni Technical Assistance Conference, and 1/2 of the Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association conference will take place at the Kenzi Farah Hotel. Unfortunately, the Kenzi Farah Hotel has sold out, so if you're still in need of a hotel room, you'll need to make other arrangements.
We're maintaining a waiting list for rooms at the Kenzi Farah Hotel, so if you would like to be added to it, please let Marshall Ellis know. If we are able to get you a room, it will most likely be a double room that you will have to share with a fellow Fulbrighter. If you do not want to share a room, you should go ahead and make your own hotel arrangements as soon as possible. (see below)
Below are several hotel options we've been told have rooms available and where at least one other Fulbrighter has reservations. The Fulbright Association is in no way endorsing any of these hotels and has no connection to any of them.
Atlas Asni Hotel
Distance from Kenzi Farah Hotel: 5 min. walk
http://www.hotelsatlas.com/privilege-asni.htm
Reservations must be made online. You will be told they are sold out if you call.
Online reservation form: http://www.hotelsatlas.com/reservation.htm
Be sure to include "Fulbright" in the comments box when making your reservation!
Imperial Holiday Hotel
Distance from Kenzi Farah Hotel: 10 min. walk
http://www.midashotels.com
Hotel Jnane Mogador
Distance from Kenzi Farah Hotel: ??
116, Riad Zitoune Kedim
Derb Sidi Bouloukat
Marrakech médinga 40 000
+212 24426323 oder 24
Website http://www.jnanemogador.com
e-mail: contact@jnanemogador.com
La Maison Riad Nomade
Distance from Kenzi Farah Hotel: ??
Sidi Benslimane Kaa Sour Derb
Sidi Ahmed El Barje No. 94
Tel.: +212 24387414
mobile: +212 67208376
website: http://www.lamaisonnomade.com
e-mail: herbertkerz@web.de
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Both Lufthansa and British Airways are offering great airfare sales right now!
British Airways is offering deals on flights leaving from 19 U.S. cities for travel between Oct. 26-March 26 (excluding Dec. 20-24). This deal includes the possibility of receiving a free stopover in London with an option to stay in a London hotel from $49 per person, per night.
Lufthansa has announced its winter fare sale to more than 70 European destinations, with departures from several cities in the U.S., including the West Coast. The sale is valid for departure dates from Oct. 30-Feb. 28, with return dates by March 28. Your ticket must be booked by Oct. 14.
Direct links to both sales:
British Airways
Lufthansa
If you’ve found any good travel websites, please feel free to share them with others in the Fulbright community by leaving a comment to this post! |
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I found out through Travel Zoo (http://www.travelzoo.com) that Air France has just released its Worldwide Webfares for travel from Nov.1, 2006-March 31, 2007. Tickets have to be booked by Oct. 3, though.
For more information and to book flights, please go to Air France’s website at http://www.airfrance.com, and then click on “Worldwide Webfares” on the upper right-hand side of the page.
If you’ve found any good travel websites, please feel free to share them with others in the Fulbright community by leaving a comment to this post! |
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| Martti Ahtisaari, former president of Finland and recipient of the 2000 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, will present the keynote address at the Fulbright Association's annual conference in Marrakech. Mr. Ahtissari will speak on Saturday, November 4, at the Kenzi Farah Hotel. |
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The German airline HapagFly is offering some great deals from several locations in Europe to Marrakech. One member found a round-trip ticket from Frankfurt/Main to Marrakech for about 200 euros (about 257 US dollars). The website is http://hapagfly.com. (You can choose your language preference on the upper left-hand side of the webpage.)
If you see any good airfare deals, please let us know by commenting on this post or contacting our office at fulbright@fulbright.org. |
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