Casablanca

You need to find a time when the cost is cheap. Summer is the time of all the festivls, but its also the season for the highest ticket prices. I went Dec. 16th - 27th, 2005 to visit my husband's family. Once your over there everything is inexpensive. The best thing is to find a friend in Morocco so that you can have free lodging and sometimes food. Don't let cost be the the reason you did not choose a great vacation. But do see all of Morocco not just Casablanca.

Posted 11 months ago.

noha_elanbeia (View noha_elanbeia's trips)

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MARDENE B (View MARDENE B's trips)

I am married to a Moraccan but I am reluctant to move to Morocco. He really wants to go back home and live. I do not speak French fluently I am a nurse and would lose my license if I lived over there. My question is Is it worth it to move from the USA?

Posted 8 months ago.

ed m (View ed m's trips)

This is for MARDENE B

I am married to a Moroccan and I am a male so my prospective is different. I think Morocco is a very difficult country to live in. Women are often marginalized. Moroccan men live like kings often at the expense of women. I would say 95% of the Moroccan women that have lived in the US and have returned to Morocco wish they had not and are desperate to leave. Once they had a taste of equity and personal freedom untethered by sever social restraints they can't adjust easily back to the socially or economic norms of Morocco. These are my observations over the past two years of living in Rabat Morocco.

The exception would be if your husband is very wealthy and is able to shelter you from much that happens here. If this is not the case and he from the middle class or lower, this is not the country for you and perhaps you suspect this to be the case judging from your inquiry. His loyalty will not be to you, but to his family. There are far too many cases of western women being isolated in Morocco and they are pitiable. Your husband may be wonderful in the US, but unfortunately this often changes quickly in Morocco. Don’t learn the hard way, assurances mean nothing here. I urge to keep your freedom and come up with a compromise. Follow that small voice inside you that warns you of danger - it’s almost always correct.

Take care.

Posted 7 months ago.