The Couscous Chronicles

Azzedine Downes is the President and CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Before joining IFAW, he served as the Chief of Party for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Jerusalem and Morocco, as well as the Acting Regional Director for the U.S. Peace Corps in Eurasia and the Middle East. Fast Company has named Downes one of The 100 Most Creative People in Business. He is a member of the Global Tiger Forum Advisory Council, the Jane Goodall Legacy Foundation's Council of Hope, and currently sits on the U.S. Trade and Environmental Policy Advisory Committee. He currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island. The Couscous Chronicles is his first book.

FEZ, MOROCCO: THE MEDINAThe Labyrinth Language, Cleanliness, and the Yellow BaboucheBread and Other Smells of LifeFeet Smell and So Do Yellow Babouche Sniffing Glue and Lessons LearnedNassaraniAn Endless String of Apologies Donkeys, Virility, and Birth Control The Buddhist Monk and Talking in My SleepCouscous, the Foundation of All LifeBaraka and the SheepShopping, Bargaining, and AccentsAziz, Merchant of Carpets and Bagger of TouristsThe Simple-Minded MathematicianFEZ, MOROCCO: LA VILLE NOUVELLELa Ville Nouvelle and My Love Affair with FrenchThe Grey-Haired CIA Agent and the Spurned LoverBreaking the Rules and the Donnybrook at the CinemaTeenage Frenzy and the Cardboard KeyboardArabic LessonsUndoing the Spell via a Good TipThe Curse of FatoumaPeep Show at the Café Alone in My Food Poisoning PainThe Intoxicating DessertThe Rif Mountains and The Hirsute BodyThe Hamman and the Circumcised ForeignerSalade Niç oise and My Wayward WifeCASABLANCA, MARRAKECH, ZAGORA, AND SALEA Casablanca Unlike the Movie Human Teeth on a BlanketJust Tell Me Where It IsWhere There is No DoctorAdapting to Male Chauvinism— My OwnMarrakech Express and the DraftThe Real MoroccoNo Room at the InnHow To Break the Cigarette Habit ImmediatelyThe Donkey and the Bottle of CologneMarriage, Spies, and the Muslim BrotherhoodCAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSSETSThe Somewhat Worthless DiplomaWhere There Is Still No DoctorStreet Urchin Arabic and a Wise MentorThe Butcher of HarvardMarry Me, Blue EyesFEZ, KENITRA, AND SUPPOSEDLY IMILCHILSaid the MendaciousThe Girl from TangiersWhat Happens in the Men’ s Locker Room Stays… The Endless Photo Album ViewingThe Marriage Festival at ImilchilMAURITANIASand and Tea for TwoMore Couscous and Marrying FatimaTeatime and SlaveryLingering Thoughts of Death and SlaveryPolitical Faux PasThe Breakdancing ConsultantThe Camel BarSweet Sixteen and AloneFather of the English Language in MauritaniaTo Eat or Not to Eat a CamelMichael Jackson in MauritaniaUnintended Consequences and Vapid ConversationsThe Club in NYCRETURN TO MOROCCO AND ITS MOUNTAINSNow is Not What You Think It IsBlue Eyes, Mick, and KeithTrance Dancing and Demonic PossessionDancing For Grandma at the White HouseBOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND WASHINGTON, DCMarriage, the Dowry and Zulu DawnThe Sad Story on the TrainComing to AmericaThe Blunder and the BookThe LetterThe ConversionA Letter Arrived There Was Couscous at the WeddingConsummation AnticipationNadia’ s First Cooked Meal in AmericaHousehold Effects and Clueless MenThe Unknown BirthdayReturn to the Household EffectsThere Must Be a Conspiracy to UncoverStanding Naked on the PhoneYEMEN: THE ANCIENT CITY OF SANA’ AIs Time Travel Real?Tell Me Your Real NameWho Is Actually in Charge?Discovering Abdullah and QatThe Undocumented MaidThe Glaring TruthDelvinginto the DowryThe Mystery of the White ClothThe House and the LetterThe SheikIt’ s Wednesday, Permit RequiredWas I a Drug Addict?Guns and Marital HonestyTraffic is a NightmareThe CryingStruggling to Be PoliteDeath and the TaxiRamadanMOROCCO FOR THE “ REAL” WEDDINGCrying, Chipped Teeth, Boiling Kettles, and PregnancyKim and Moroccan JewsWhen Irish Eyes are Smiling . . . and DrinkingEveryone Is Born a MuslimYoko’ s RevengeLife Within the Palace Walls