Why Morocco 025 – Justina Tulloch on living, visiting and doing business in Casablanca

10/23/19 • 43 min

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For this week’s episode I travelled to Casablanca to meet Justina Tulloch, the Aussie and one half of the duo behind Bondi Coffee Kitchen. A little known secret – I was terrified of Casablanca for years, but when this restaurant opened in 2015 I knew I needed not only a flat white, but to give the city a second chance. So I finally did in 2016 and I stopped by Bondi Coffee Kitchen for lunch. Justina, along with her husband Aziz Mrabet, have created a space with fresh eats and some of the best coffee in town. But on the podcast she also talks about launching a concept that was quite new in the city at the time of opening. And as residents of this coastal town, Justina shared some of her tips to dispel rumours that there is nothing to do in Casablanca except visit the famous mosque.

Listen in as Justina talks about setting up the restaurant, the philosophy and concept behind Bondi Coffee Kitchen and why you need to add Casablanca to your Morocco itinerary.

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For more Morocco ideas and advise, follow me on Instagram at @ms.mandy.sinclair

My other projects include:

Travel and public relations consulting at Mandy Sinclair PR
Freelance writing for print and digital mandyinmorocco.com/freelance-writing/
Tasting Marrakech food and cultural tours in Marrakech tasting-marrakech.com

To support Why Morocco, please consider buying me a coffee nouss nouss.

Listen in as Justina talks about setting up the restaurant, the philosophy and concept behind Bondi Coffee Kitchen and why you need to add Casablanca to your Morocco itinerary.

To support Why Morocco, please consider buying me a coffee nouss nouss.

For more Morocco ideas and advise, follow me on Instagram at @ms.mandy.sinclair

My other projects include:

Travel and public relations consulting at Mandy Sinclair PR
Freelance writing for print and digital mandyinmorocco.com/freelance-writing/
Tasting Marrakech food and cultural tours in Marrakech tasting-marrakech.com

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Why Morocco 024 – Shiraz Ksaiba on leaving London and pursuing a creative life in Taghazout Morocco

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This week I’ve stepped out of the studio and sat oceanside with Shiraz Ksaiba, a London girl and creative I met while working together on the launch of her yoga retreat centre Tamazirt by Amayour near Taghazout in Morocco. Shiraz and I share a similar journey in how we ended up in Morocco. We both came out on solo holidays before eventually returning and setting up our own businesses.

As a former photographer and director of photographer in London, Shiraz has a real knack for designing beautiful spaces and attracting a cool clientele. Her first project, Amayour Surf is a top hostel in Taghazout and she’s known for the octopus tajine she serves guests on their picture-perfect rooftop terrace. Then last year she created one of my absolute favourite spaces in Morocco – Tamazirt by Amayour, a dedicated yoga retreat centre in the rolling Anti-Atlas Mountains with views of the Atlantic Ocean. I attended in as many yoga retreats my schedule would allow for and loved wandering through the argan forest that surround the house and meeting other creatives in between yoga classes in the rooftop shala.

Listen in as Shiraz talks about leaving her London life behind to live her dream in Taghazout, near Agadir.

Find out more about Tamazirt by Amayour yoga retreat centre and Amayour Surf hostel.

To support Why Morocco, please consider buying me a coffee nouss nouss.

For more Morocco ideas and advise, follow me on Instagram at @ms.mandy.sinclair

My other projects include:

Travel and public relations consulting at Mandy Sinclair PR
Freelance writing for print and digital mandyinmorocco.com/freelance-writing/
Tasting Marrakech food and cultural tours in Marrakech tasting-marrakech.com

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Why Morocco 026 – Imad Dahmani on modernist architecture in Casablanca

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For this week’s episode I met with architect Imad Dahmani in Casablanca for an architecture tour of some of the modernist buildings throughout the city. Imad works in Casablanca and also the president of the MAMMA Group, an organization that aims to protect modern architecture in Morocco. You may remember that I interviewed Lahbib El Moumni, also from the MAMMA Group, on episode seven of Why Morocco about brutalist architecture. Well now, the organization is gearing up to launch the Modern Casablanca Map with fifty residential, commercial, government spaces throughout the city included. Each Modern Casablanca Map comes with a little booklet with more details about the building, some of which are open to the public and others that can be viewed only from the exterior. The map will be available throughout Casablanca following the launch on the 8 November 2019 for self-guided architecture tours of Casablanca.

Listen in as Imad talks about exploring beyond the art deco downtown to find the modernist gems throughout the Casablanca.

Find out more about MAMMA Group at: https://mammagroup.org/.

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