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This Week in Ethical Travel: Passport Privilege
Everything is packed, you’ve made sure you have everything you need in your suitcase before you head to the airport. You grab your passport and off you go. For so many of us, we can just book a trip and plan a vacation, stress free. For so many more of us, we have to go through dozens of documents just to get the go ahead to begin even the planning phase of a holiday. Passports hold either so much promise for exploring new places or so much strife as a reminder of restriction, all in one little book. Why are passports part of ethical tourism? Part of being an ethical…
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Wonder Women: Girls Finding Secondary Education in Morocco
The echoed singing through the minaret softly enters your ears, and you rub your eyes to adjust to the faint light. You lay in bed in the dark, the call to prayer continues as an alarm clock for the village. With out the capability of a snooze button, you comply, getting up, reaching for your headscarf, your feet finding warmth from your cold floor onto your prayer rug, facing Mecca as you begin Fajr, your morning prayers. As the sun begins to pierce through the windows, the cool mountain air in your room is warmed by the early morning light. You dip your flatbread in Argan oil at breakfast, quickly…
