This is a student's window overlooking a courtyard in the oldest university in the world. It is deep in the maze of the medina in Fez Morocco, the old city, a labyrinth built to discourage and repel invasions. Unesco Word Heritage Project has a quick video. It's an amazing place. Parts of it are in Sacred Scars.
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click to appreciate the incredible delicacy of the wood carving.
4 comments:
Kathleen,
I'm excited to see that you're including aspects of such a cool historic place in Sacred Scars. Looking forward to reading it! - Janelle Bitikofer
Hello Janelle. I am convinced that everything a writer sees, does, feels, etc, etc, etc, winds up in their work.
This is absolutely beautiful. Did you take this photo?
I take all the pics on the blog unless otherwise noted. A few are pretty good, the rest just travel snaps, but they mean a lot to me.
This is an astoundingly interesting place. I spent a whole day inside the medina in Fez, and it IS a maze. No one goes in without a guide. Truly, truly, no one could find their way around who was not born there.
Except the donkeys that carry everything in and out. That was my plan B. follow the donkeys. Many of them had the odd-beated gaits of Paso Fino horses. Morocco is, after all, very close to Spain...
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