Is it safe in Morocco these days? I plead ignorance.
As N. Africa goes, Morocco is one of the more 'westerner-friendly' places. Still, I would go on an organized tour rather than independently. We took a tour- the fairly common 'lap of Morocco' with Overseas Adventure Travel
www.oattravel.com during January several years ago. Their guides truly love their country and want to share it with outsiders. We ate meals with local people, tent camped on the Sahara, traveled by Land Rover to Bedouin outposts, visited sites where Laurence Of Arabia was filmed, rode camels, and oh, so much more. I rank this trip up with a month long stay in China.
But back to safety. There were two pairs of solo women traveling together on our trip, and both reported 'difficulty' with the Bedouin guides we had. We definitely noticed that in the tea houses, there were no local women. Only tables of men. Western women are allowed, but there were 'looks'. I can see that in the strict Muslim society, a difference in the way genders are treated.
If I were going to go to Morocco independently, I would stick to Marrakesh, Rabat, Casablanca, and Essouira. Tangier, with the caveat that it is to Morocco what Tijuana is to Mexico. Those cities are more 'westerner friendly' and used to our ways with available alcohol, more tolerance, and more English spoken.
Jim