On Tour: Day Eight
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The Borders Books event was lovely, thought it was slightly surreal because it was taped not by one, not by two, but by three TV camera crews. One was Al-Hurra, the State Dept.-funded TV network that broadcasts in North Africa and the Middle East; one was Al-Muhajer, which is for and about the Moroccan diaspora throughout the world; and one was the Morocco Board, which is also diaspora focused. I also did sit-down interviews with each one of them, either before or after the event. The official news agency of Morocco also sent a correspondent to cover the reading. I was delighted to see some good friends in the audience—one of them brought me chocolate covered coffee beans, which I am munching on now in my hotel room (probably not such a good idea since I have to go to bed soon.)