by Geoff | Oct 18, 2019 | Aisha Qandisha, Hamadcha, Meknes, Morocco, Sufi
Walls, town And port, Refuge From death, Gray sea Where breaks The wind All sleeps. In the plain Is born a sound. It is the breathing Of the night. It roars Like a soul That a flame Always follows. The higher voice Seems a shiver. Of a leaping dwarf It is the...
by Geoff | Aug 4, 2019 | Fes, Morocco
“The likeness of those who choose other patrons than Allah is as the likeness of the spider when she taketh unto herself a house, and lo! the frailest of all houses is the spider’s house, if they but knew.” Qu’ran. Paul Bowles’ novel, The...
by Geoff | Jul 29, 2019 | Fes, Madersa, Meknes, Morocco
There are only three religious buildings in Fes and Meknes which can legitimately be visited by non-Muslims. These are the Al-Attarine and the Bounania in Fes, and the Bounania in Meknes. All three buildings are Madrasa, or religious educational buildings, and...
by Geoff | Jul 28, 2019 | India
Fassis is the generic term for the inhabitants of Fes. Here are some portraits from around the city. Ritual and Custom in Morocco[/caption Share this: Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)...
by Geoff | Jul 25, 2019 | Essaouira, Morocco, Street art
These are photographs taken on my perambulations around Essaouira in between projects I had set myself. This was the end of my trip and I was feeling quite jaded, so there are not as many images as I would have liked. The colours of Essaouira are quite beautiful so I...
by Geoff | Jul 25, 2019 | Essaouira, Juif, Mellah
Much of the available online literature provides a positive description of Jewish/Arabic settlement in Morocco, suggesting a substantial legacy of intra-racial tolerance, accord and cultural harmony. Indeed, Morocco seems to be advertising this positive...
by Geoff | Jul 24, 2019 | Cemetery, Marabout, Medina, Meknes, Morocco, Rue de Zoauia Touhamiya el Oezzania, Zaouia
A contender for the most beautiful street in Meknes? This blog post has been divided into 2 parts, the first part depicting images from the street, and the second images from the Zaouia. I can find no information about the Saint Touhamiya el Oezzaniya. I assume he...
by Geoff | Jul 23, 2019 | Cemetery, Jewish, Juif, Meknes, Mellah, Morocco, Ramadan
Link to a full Gallery of images here. The low concrete dwelling was as white as the line of old tombs to its right, sepulchres built into the tall medina wall which formed one boundary of the old cemetery. A young boy emerged from the dwelling and approached me,...
by Geoff | Jul 5, 2019 | Essaouira, Hamadcha, Marabout, Morocco
The man laying on the rich carpet welcomed me into the the Hamadcha Zaouia in Essaouira. After determining my nationalty he proceeded to tell me in English about the psychological and spiritual healing role the Hamadcha confrere traditionally enjoys within Moroccon...
by Geoff | Jun 27, 2019 | Essaouira, Marabout, Morocco, Shrine, Sufi
At the furthest southern edge of Essaouira a large marabout tomb is becoming increasingly suffocated by creeping modernity. Once isolated it is now hemmed in by a sewage works, a complex of roads, industrial buildings and several large modern houses. This cacophony of...
