NIMAR exhibition: Morocco through Dutch eyes
(WorldNews Netherlands)

Leiden historian Herman Obdeijn has created an exhibition for NIMAR about the centuries-old bond between the two countries. The exhibition opens on 1 March in the new premises of the institute in Rabat. `The Moroccans changed from distant allies to close neighbours.` How do Dutch people see Morocco? `Many Dutch people associate Morocco mainly with dates and women in veils, but Morocco is so much more than that and there are so many Dutch and Moroccan people who know little or nothing about the history of the relationship between their countries. You can divide that history roughly into three periods: 1600-1800, 1800-1960 and 1960 to the present day.` How did the relationship start? `In 1605...