Category: Morocco
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Wake me up to post…
… letters not blogs. I noticed this vibrant street art of an alert feline outside a cafe whilst lunching in Rabat. Little did I know that the artwork decorated an otherwise mundane, and purely functional element of the urban landscape.
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Wake me up…
Cats are part of the urban landscape in Morocco and so, they will figure strongly in this series. Though I admire the capacity of cats to fend for themselves and survive without human assistance, it is this very characteristic that can cause ecological upset. They are, as I have already noted, killers. Of the…
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Wake me up to create
The Medina in Fez is the place to see artisans at work. Mosaics, ceramics, leatherwork, ironwork and rug making all take place in workshops clustered together as they have for hundreds of years. There are alleys of tailors embroidering colourful Jalabas, and a noisy section where workers bash iron pots into shape.
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Wake me up to yearn
“And you can tell everybody, that this is your song” Like Elton John the street artist wrote down the words to the world of his love, but used a spray can instead of a song. My photo missed the tag so the artist remains anonymous, like the woman to whom he offers a heart and a…
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Wake me up to….
Nest While Storks nest on chimneys and roofs in Europe, they seem to favour Minarets and Roman ruins in Morocco. The ancient Roman sight at Chellah, on the edge of the city Rabat was port and trading town called Sala Colonia. The Romans established Sala Colonia in 40 AD. In 250 AD the local Berber…