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News 14 Jun 2013 2 min read

Presentation in Rabat of the work "Ali Bey's Travels in Africa and Asia"

Presentation in Rabat of the work "Ali Bey's Travels in Africa and Asia"
The work in Spanish "Ali Bey's Travels in Africa and Asia" was recently presented in Rabat, in the presence of a host of intellectuals and academics.In this work, Ali Bey describes the different countries he crossed and the various adventures he experienced during his journey, which led him at the beginning of the 19th century from Morocco to Turkey, passing through Libya, Cyprus, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Syria.Roger Mimo, editor and translator of the book, stressed that this work "gives us a very interesting vision of Morocco at that time", because this Catalan adventurer makes a rigorous and detailed description of all the places he visited in Morocco.In a similar statement, the Spanish ambassador to Rabat, Alberto Navarro, indicated that the work illustrates an era of collaboration and cooperation between Morocco and Spain, stressing that his country has always considered M…

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