A slightly disjointed, but still interesting article on the ancient step-back-in-time city of Fez from
The Independent this Saturday.
By day, Fez is one of the most vibrant medina cities in Morocco. After dark you see a different side of it. Jackie Hunter is taken on a moonlit mystery tour.
"After dark, the medina becomes a tranquil warren of shadows and echoes, safely encircled by the ancient city walls of Fez- el-Bali. The awesome babble and flow of its daytime existence has ebbed away; the sounds, smells and colours subdued until morning. Gone are all the shoemakers who were hand-stitching yellow leather slippers, like nimble-fingered elves in some old-fashioned book of fairy tales; the women who made pancakes by tossing a ladleful of batter over a hot stone shaped like a giant hat block; the irresistible stacks of oven-warm bread and delicate patisserie; the live turkeys, dead goats, pottery, jewellery, finely woven wool rugs and djellabas, dates and olives, bunched herbs, lizard skins and love potions."
A view of Fez from the surrounding hills.
Source:
mustafa hadi
