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Some Moroccans are tired of the Hollywood treatment

When Hollywood filmmakers depict the Middle East, they have a favourite backdrop: Morocco. The problem is, Morocco鈥檚 not in the Middle East. It鈥檚 in North Africa. And some Moroccans are getting tired of the way the country appears on-screen.

Image: The classic movie Casablanca wasn鈥檛 filmed in Morocco. But a lot of films set in the Middle East are. Credit: Adalberto Roque/Getty Images

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