Marrakesh

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ISBN: 9780907871996 | 0907871992
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/15/2007

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This collection includes work from George Orwell and Winston Churchill and has enough wit, spice, glamour, humor, and cruelty to inspire the most bewildered tourist.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: The City of Youssef ibn Tachfine	p. xvii
Spirit of Place
In the Back Streets from Voices of Marrakesh	p. 3
'Aysha's Dyafa from A Year in Marrakesh	p. 24
The Couscous of the Dead from Women of Marrakesh	p. 34
Houses that Sang and Danced, Blossomed and Burgeoned	p. 46
The Oral Patrimony of Humanity	p. 52
A Hadaoui and his Family from Hideous Kinky	p. 58
Travel Writing
The Real Morocco from Mauretania: Warrior, Man and Woman	p. 75
The Fairy-tale City from Lords of the Atlas	p. 89
Yusuf-ibn-Tachfin from Mogreb-El-Acksa	p. 93
Crowds and Chaos from The Moors	p. 98
Marrakesh	p. 110
The Bazaar from In Morocco	p. 117
Ramadan from Behind Moroccan Walls	p. 120
Men of Leather: the Tanners of Marrakesh	p. 133
Marrakesh	p. 140
Snakes, Rats and Cockroaches from The Tangier Diaries	p. 147
Historical Perspectives
The Sultan's Munificence from The Khalifate of the West	p. 151
A Circus for the Sultan from Morocco That Was	p. 154
The City of the Seven Saints from Saints and Sorcerers	p. 158
The Mob from Lords of the Atlas	p. 172
The Seven Saints of Marrakesh	p. 175
The City in the 1960s	p. 180
Explorers & Envoys
The Harem from A Tour to Morocco	p. 195
A Gift from the Sultan from The Travels of Ali Bey	p. 201
In Moroccan Disguise from Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco	p. 207
A Visit to Marrakesh from Adventures in Morocco	p. 216
The Slave Market from Morocco	p. 219
Gardens of Marrakesh from Moorish Lotos Leaves	p. 229
Writers in Context
A Haywire Winter - Gavin Maxwell from Gavin Maxwell: A Life	p. 233
Wheels within Wheels - Gavin Maxwell	p. 256
Birds of Marrakesh	p. 259
Sources and First texts
Introduction	p. 274
The Travels of Ibn Battuta	p. 278
Leo Africanus	p. 280
Sultan Abd al Malik to Elizabeth I: Official Correspondence from Letters from Barbary, 1576-1774	p. 282
John Smith from The Adventures and Discourses of Captain John Smith	p. 283
Thomas Pellow of Penryn from The History of the Long Captivity and Adventures of Thomas Pellow	p. 288
Timeline & Bibliography
Timeline	p. 292
Bibliography	p. 293
Acknowledgements	p. 295
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