Rachel K. reviewed on
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Not a good representation of Morocco at all. I lived in Morocco, and not only does Diane Johnson simplify and exoticize life there to the extreme, she gets things wrong. I might be nit-picking, but she gets a lot of terminology wrong (at the end, she says "zatak" instead of "zakat" when referring to Islamic charity". Since the main character is supposed to be some kind of secret agent, it was discordant to me that she barely knew anything about Morocco. A fun read, but read a guide book about Morocco to get a better idea of what the heck she's talking about.
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