by Geoff | Dec 16, 2019 | Essaouira, India, Morocco, Music
One of the most important things to appreciate about Morocco is to regard legends and traditions with caution. Moroccans are born story tellers and some may welcome association with historical figures or events; embellishing stories and history is not unusual. Jimi...
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 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 | 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...
