The Narrow Frame of Midnight
With references to Walter Benjamin and Paul Klee, among others, Iraqi-Moroccan director Tala Hadid tells tales of hope and hopelessness in her feature-fiction debut film
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'Morocco was not a place that would give you the luxury of forgetting it; it seeped, slowly but surely, into your bones, and burned its image between your eyes'
View ArticleThen and Now
A look at the works on display in the first part of an exhibition of contemporary photography from the Middle East and North Africa at LACMA
View ArticleKarima
Joobin Bekhrad's take on Hassan Hajjaj's fly-on-the-wall documentary about a day in the life of Karima, a henna girl in Marrakech's Djemaa El Fnaa
View ArticleMaroc and Roll
Find out how Morocco's Master Musicians of Joujouka have been presenting a heady blend of music and rituals to privileged, select audiences in the heart of the Rif Mountains
View ArticleVicious Circles
Samannaz Kourang Pishdadi talks to Moroccan artist Mounir Fatmi about his upbringing, the Beat writers of America, his philosophies, and his current projects
View ArticleThe Importance of Being Hassan
Joobin Bekhrad catches up with Hassan Hajjaj to discuss being decorated by King Mohammed VI, growing up in Morocco and England, and a recent exhibition about black dandyism
View ArticleMeat is Murder
Zoë Hu hangs out with Soukaina Joual in the cafés of Fes to chat with the young Moroccan artist in the flesh about the central place occupied by Morocco - and meat - in her oeuvre
View ArticleGnaoua or Never
Alexander Jusdanis investigates how champions of Morocco's traditional gnaoua music are adapting their practices to stay fresh and keep up with current trends
View ArticleWind, Sand, and Stars
A photo essay by Zakaria Wakrim featuring surreal images of the Atlas Mountains, the Sahara Desert, and the proverbial North African djellaba
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