Au Maroc!
March 31, 2023 1:38 PM Subscribe
I need suggestions for novels, films, songs, podcasts, and art related to Morocco. Resources in Arabic, French, and English are welcome! I love art history, history, and languages. Thank you!
Any and everything by Nass El Ghiwane, including the documentary about them, Trances. I saw them in 2004 on a European tour, they were mindblowing.
posted by Joeruckus at 2:29 PM on March 31, 2023
posted by Joeruckus at 2:29 PM on March 31, 2023
Where are you going Moshé? is a Canadian-made film about the exodus of the Jews of Morocco. I don't know how difficult it is to find a copy.
posted by zadcat at 2:42 PM on March 31, 2023
posted by zadcat at 2:42 PM on March 31, 2023
A Door to the Sky, Laila Lalami's The Moor's Account, Avec Matisse à Tanger, Dreams of Trespass, In Tangier.
posted by pinochiette at 3:05 PM on March 31, 2023
posted by pinochiette at 3:05 PM on March 31, 2023
Taman'Art is a beautiful, upcycling-filled gallery and performance space (plus accommodation) in Ouarzazate run by artist Aissa Joud and friends. Taman'Art are on Insta and Facebook.
Aissa exhibits his paintings internationally. He's also in a great band called Folk Spirit.
posted by brushtailedphascogale at 3:08 PM on March 31, 2023
Aissa exhibits his paintings internationally. He's also in a great band called Folk Spirit.
posted by brushtailedphascogale at 3:08 PM on March 31, 2023
Desert Divers by Sven Lindqvist
posted by BAKERSFIELD! at 9:45 AM on April 2, 2023
posted by BAKERSFIELD! at 9:45 AM on April 2, 2023
La prisonnière by Malika Oufkir is the fascinating memoir by the daughter of general Oufkir, who killed after a failed coup d'etat against Hassan II and the family imprisoned for 20 years before they managed to escape. Also available in English as Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail.
posted by orchidee at 1:31 AM on April 3, 2023
posted by orchidee at 1:31 AM on April 3, 2023
Almost anything by Paul Bowles, but they are not fun reads.
posted by Furnace of Doubt at 10:01 AM on April 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Furnace of Doubt at 10:01 AM on April 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Your question did make me think of The Process by Brion Gysin. Which, whew, that is one out-of-print book.
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 7:10 PM on April 3, 2023
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 7:10 PM on April 3, 2023
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