As cities worldwide race to build the
tallest glass skyscraper, the medinas (old cities in the Maghreb region) survive
resolutely within the cozy cramming of their medieval spaces. Inside their maze
of narrow cobbled alleys, donkeys jostle with people for right of way while
cats queue up for a strip of meat from the butcher. These medinas pack in by
the hundreds, delicately built Andalusian arches, intricately carved mosques
and madrasas, and kaleidoscopic tiled fountains. Medina days are still occupied with ancient
routines of gossiping at the neighborhood baker amidst the noisy working of
craftsmen carrying on with their centuries-old work practices.
“Flowing along the meandering Medina” is an
attempt to capture the permanence and the peculiarities of medinas in Morocco,
from a journey spanning the ancient cities of trade-obsessed Marrakech, ever-revealing
Fez, blue-washed Chefchaouen, lazily-charming Essaouira and pink-stained Meknes.
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| Fez Medina reaching out to the world |
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| A river lost in Fez medina |
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| Marrakech style |
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| Essaouira bunny |
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| Fez welcome |
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| Essaouira medina |
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| Marrakech gates |
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| Kawaii in Meknes |
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| Marrakech style |
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| Basking near a Marrakech tannery |
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| Navigating Essaouira dungeons |
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| Afternoon thoughts in Essaouira |
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| Office in Fez medina, the Tanneries |
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| Looking out of Medersa Ben Yuossef Marrakech |
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| Medersa Ben Yuossef Marrakech |
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| Marrakech punk |
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| Stamping colour in Fez tannery |
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| Chefchaouen blue dream |
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| Chefchaouen blue dream |
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| Chefchaouen blue dream |
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