BOULIN Chantal 08.03.2009, 22:53:45
| My stay at Timidarte, Agdz and Rabat in February 2009 has been a revelation: I am coming down with the Draa virus, a strain of mutant Moroccan viruses!
The symptoms of this disease are very characteristic: I dream of palms and mud houses every night. I invite my friends to eat improvised tagines I concoct upon returning from an "Arab" market in my city. I greet Moroccans by “sbah el kher,” “la bess” and “beslama,” which astonishes them very much. My friends know everything about tadelakt, the usage of cellular phones in the palm groves, and tying knot points from a weaving workshop. And my fatalistic boss knows that he will grant me leave to return again to the Draa Valley.
Choukram besef Hussein, Habdou, Nacera, Hamid, Mhajoub and others who have opened a new way of living to me. |
