Ambitious Fez River Restoration Project Faces Setbacks Despite Royal Backing

The transformation of Oued El Jawahir in Fez into a "Venice river" is struggling to become a reality. If the last visit of King Mohammed VI to the city put an end to the pollution and neglect of Oued El Jawahir, the situation is far from rosy today. Oued El Jawahir "suffers under the weight of neglect and the proliferation of waste and harmful insects," it is noted. Yet the sovereign had given instructions and considerable sums of money had been released for the Oued El Jawahir site, which is one of the main monuments of the me