Escape from Casablanca


SCROLLING through my phone on the hotel bed first thing in the morning, I was shocked—and inevitably perturbed—by headlines on missiles dashing above the Middle East sky, as the United States and Israel joined hands to strike Iran.

I had thought my Moroccan trip could bring home toms of sweet memories of the vast expanse of the Sahara and romantic Casablanca. It never crossed my mind that the journey could take me so close to a real war!

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