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Morocco.Marrakech.old medina.Street scene.2015

People: “African people in Spain? But how! There’s like, a whole sea between them!”

(Spain in the foreground, Morocco in the background.) 

For the curious, the distance here is just under 9 miles. So yeah. There’s been travel here for as long as there has been rafts.

Africans?? In MY Spain??

It’s more likely than you think

People: “African people in Spain? But how! There’s like, a whole sea between them!”

(Spain in the foreground, Morocco in the background.) 

For the curious, the distance here is just under 9 miles. So yeah. There’s been travel here for as long as there has been rafts.

Kesh Angels

by Hanssan Hajjaj

via: Vice

Koummya Dagger

The dagger features a curved, single-and false edged blade, featuring a stamp at the tang. The brass grip and scabbard are richly decorated with silver engravings, partially enamelled in poly-chromed and featuring a red cabochon stone on the grip.

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this is my favorite

Behind them lay the makeshift campgrounds where they had spent months living rough, waiting for the right moment to climb the six-metre, razorwire fence lying between them and their dream of making it to Europe. In front of them lay an immaculately groomed golf course complete with white-clad golfers teeing off.

The two radically different realities, just metres apart, was what greeted a dozen or so migrants caught on the triple fence that marks the border between Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla and Morocco on Wednesday. After 200 had tried to scale the fence, Spain’s interior ministry said 20 people had made it to the enclave and another 70 remained perched on top of the fence for several hours.

#blacklivesmatter this is going on in 2015 people what has changed… 

Fuck Europe

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its name is the University of al-Qarawiyyin

the woman’s name was Fatima al-Fihri

failing to mention the names contributes to the erasure of the accomplishments of people, and especially women, of colour throughout history

once again: her name was FATIMA AL-FIHRI

“…and is sometimes referred to as the oldest university, although some scholars dispute whether the term can be properly applied historically to institutions outside the European model” - wikipedia

sounds like white tears

FATIMA AL-FIHRI FATIMA AL-FIHRI FATIMA AL-FIHRI

Moroccan-born, UK-based artist, Hassan Hajjaj - Titled ‘Kesh Angels’ Hajjaj’s first exhibition in New York showcases the vivid street culture of Morocco’s young women bikers through photographs, video, limited edition objects, and an installation. 

Hajjaj’s work plays with and upends stereotypes, the power of branding, and the familiarity of everyday objects, applying a ‘street-wise’ approach to his layering of influences, items, and cultural signifiers to imbue the work with an electrifying tension. His confident, upbeat portraits of young women wearing  veils, balghas and djellabah while posing on motorcycles subvert preconceived notions of Arab women; his subjects are traditionally clad but defiantly modern, bearing bright smiles and the markers of youth, independence, celebration, and fun.

Chefchaouen, a small town in northern Morocco, has a rich history, beautiful natural surroundings and wonderful architecture, but what it’s most famous for are the striking and vivid blue walls of many of the buildings in its “old town” sector, or medina.

The maze-like medina sector, like those of most of the other towns in the area, features white-washed buildings with a fusion of Spanish and Moorish architecture. The brilliantly blue walls, however, seem to be unique to Chefchaouen. They are said to have been introduced to the town by Jewish refugees in 1930, who considered blue to symbolize the sky and heaven. The color caught on, and now many also believe that the blue walls serve to repel mosquitoes as well (mosquitoes dislike clear and moving water).

Whatever the reason, the town’s blue walls attract visitors who love to wander the town’s narrow streets and snap some beautiful photos. 

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this is my favorite

Moroccan-born, UK-based artist, Hassan Hajjaj - Titled ‘Kesh Angels’ Hajjaj’s first exhibition in New York showcases the vivid street culture of Morocco’s young women bikers through photographs, video, limited edition objects, and an installation. 

Hajjaj’s work plays with and upends stereotypes, the power of branding, and the familiarity of everyday objects, applying a ‘street-wise’ approach to his layering of influences, items, and cultural signifiers to imbue the work with an electrifying tension. His confident, upbeat portraits of young women wearing  veils, balghas and djellabah while posing on motorcycles subvert preconceived notions of Arab women; his subjects are traditionally clad but defiantly modern, bearing bright smiles and the markers of youth, independence, celebration, and fun.

Yes

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EEEE!!!! 

Sweet little kitty in Fez

I’ll get there one day. :3