Comments on: Stuff that doesn’t work in Morocco

By: Matthew Helmke (dot) Net » Morocco blocks Google Maps

Matthew Helmke (dot) Net » Morocco blocks Google Maps — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:27:18 +0000

[...] have blogged previously about stuff that doesn’t work in Morocco. At that time, Google Earth was already blocked, but one could still find the same information via [...]

By: matthew

matthew — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:24:38 +0000

It’s less than a week later and I am sad to say OpenDNS has not worked for me for at least two days. Sigh.

By: matthew

matthew — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:43:53 +0000

I am pleased to report that OpenDNS has been working for me for more than two weeks straight. You Tube has been up longer than that without any interruption. This is good.

By: matthew

matthew — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:48:10 +0000

Guru: OpenDNS is included in my list of things that don’t work from Morocco.

By: Guru Panguji

Guru Panguji — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:25:22 +0000

Hi there,

What you can do is use Open DNS as your DNS server. Check opendns.org/

That would most definitely clear some of your concerns and present you pretty much, filtered, unrestricted access :)!

By: Jillian York

Jillian York — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:21:28 +0000

Thanks Matthew, for outlining this - I’m including it in the next Global Voices Advocacy post on Morocco.

I’ll also be linking to your blog in my own

By: nabil2199

nabil2199 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:09:44 +0000

hi matthew,just to let you know that there’s the linux party at l’ecole mohammadia des ingenieurs in Rabat.
Hope to see you there.

By: MoTIC

MoTIC — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:26:04 +0000

Thank you Matthew for spreading the word. This is an important issue and I really appreciate that you help us making this more largely known.

I added some links in this post:
motic.blogspot.com/2008/0...

By: matthew

matthew — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:54:18 +0000

Thanks nabil!

I agree, Morocco does quite well in terms of openness, especially as compared to other Arab states. I credit Mohamed VI for most of that, although the society as a whole is filled with great people who are themselves quite open and friendly. I guess some things just take time. It just frustrates me when I see how amazing things are in so many ways, and then find such silly things like this happening.

By: nabil2199

nabil2199 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:44:13 +0000

I agree that that sucks,it seems like Maroc telecom ,the ANRT and some few other people in the government still live in the Hassan 2 era.
But overall Morocco is one of the most open(if not the most open) arab countries.Plus we still have access to internet porn which is awesome
P.S. love the human test