
Moroccan actor Mehdi Ouazzani, posing here with a frame from his role as Satan in the popular five-part mini-series "The Bible" during an interview in Casablanca, Morocco, was surprised to wake up one morning and find that that some thought he looked like U.S. President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

At King Nebuchadnezzar’s camp, soldiers fire burning arrows on Jerusalem as told in the Book of Daniel. “The Bible” was shot mostly on location in the desert of Morocco.

At King Nebuchadnezzar’s camp, soldiers fire burning arrows on Jerusalem as told in the Book of Daniel. “The Bible” was shot mostly on location in the desert of Morocco.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns listens to a question from a journalist at a press conference following the meeting of the Friends of the Syrian People in Marrakech, Morocco, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Delegates from more than 100 countries gathered to pledge their support to the Syrian people as the new opposition coalition called for more concrete aid in their struggle against President Bashar Assad’s regime. The Arabic at back left reads "Syrian." (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns listens to a question from a journalist at a press conference following the meeting of the "Friends of the Syrian People" in Marrakech, Morocco, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Delegates from more than 100 countries gathered to pledge their support to the Syrian people as the new opposition coalition called for more concrete aid in their struggle against President Bashar Assad’s regime. The Arabic at back left reads "Syrian." (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

Sadio Balde (left), vice president of the Moroccan Council for Sub-Saharan migrants, joins dozens of Moroccan and foreign activists in a protest Nov. 9, 2012, outside a court in Rabat, Morocco, where Council president Laye Camara is being tried for illegally selling alcohol and cigarettes. Colleagues of Camara say the charges are trumped-up and are part of a widespread crackdown on legal and illegal black African migrants to this North African kingdom that lies just across the narrow Straits of Gibraltar from Europe. (Associated Press)

Sadio Balde (left), vice president of the Moroccan Council for Sub-Saharan migrants, joins dozens of Moroccan and foreign activists in a protest Nov. 9, 2012, outside a court in Rabat, Morocco, where Council president Laye Camara is being tried for illegally selling alcohol and cigarettes. Colleagues of Camara say the charges are trumped-up and are part of a widespread crackdown on legal and illegal black African migrants to this North African kingdom that lies just across the narrow Straits of Gibraltar from Europe. (Associated Press)

Jill Ward of Richmond, Va., second from right, Nass Era [cq], second from left, visiting from Morocco, cheers as they watch returns on CNN at the Tim Kaine (D) for U.S. Senate election night party at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Jill Ward of Richmond, Va., second from right, Nass Era [cq], second from left, visiting from Morocco, cheers as they watch returns on CNN at the Tim Kaine (D) for U.S. Senate election night party at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)