A Year in Marrakesh

A Year in Marrakesh
Title A Year in Marrakesh PDF eBook
Author Peter Mayne
Publisher Eland Publishing
Pages 0
Release 2002
Genre Marrakech (Morocco)
ISBN 9780907871088

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A new edition of a 1953 classic that captures the very essence Marrakesh and its people.

A Street in Marrakech

A Street in Marrakech
Title A Street in Marrakech PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
Publisher
Pages 400
Release 1988
Genre Social Science
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Gardens of Marrakesh

Gardens of Marrakesh
Title Gardens of Marrakesh PDF eBook
Author Angelica Gray
Publisher Frances Lincoln
Pages 0
Release 2017-02-02
Genre Gardening
ISBN 9780711238909

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Nicknamed ‘the rose among the palms’, the thousand-year-old city of Marrakesh is characterised by its pink-colored pisé architecture and its deeply rooted tradition for gardens and green spaces. The majority of historic sites are inextricable from their gardens – or indeed are historic green spaces: the huge royal orchard pleasure-gardens of the Agdal were described by Monty Don as ‘of international cultural importance on a par with Versailles or Villa d’Este’. Scores of traditional riads and hotels like the Mamounia, created by the French in 1923 on the site of an eighteenth-century royal residence, offer splendid gardens to the visitor. Yves Saint Laurent’s Majorelle garden is an icon of modern garden design. The first book to be published on this fascinating subject, Gardens of Marrakesh champions the city’s relevance today in a world of water scarcity and urban development and explores its green heritage, considering some twenty gardens both from an historic and cultural perspective.

The Last Storytellers

The Last Storytellers
Title The Last Storytellers PDF eBook
Author Richard Hamilton
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 254
Release 2011-05-26
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0857720155

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Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemaa el Fna, the legendary square of the city, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. But this unique chain of oral tradition that has passed seamlessly from generation to generation is teetering on the brink of extinction. The competing distractions of television, movies and the internet have drawn the crowds away from the storytellers and few have the desire to learn the stories and continue their legacy. Richard Hamilton has witnessed at first hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition and, in the labyrinth of the Marrakech medina, has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb.

Marrakech Express

Marrakech Express
Title Marrakech Express PDF eBook
Author Peter Millar
Publisher Arcadia Books
Pages 214
Release 2014-10-15
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 190980777X

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Back in 1969 when Morocco's ancient capital was a hashish clouded happy mecca, Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded their cheesy (and hopelessly inaccurate) foot-tapping anthem 'Marrakech Express'. A generation on, award-winning journalist, author, and one-time glamrock fan Peter Millar uses what is now the country's best visited tourist destination as the embarkation point for a literally reverse-engineered train journey through this still exotic, diverse and challenging North African country, struggling to maintain its unique blend of tradition and tolerance in the turbulent winds of the Arab Spring.

The Storyteller of Marrakesh: A Novel

The Storyteller of Marrakesh: A Novel
Title The Storyteller of Marrakesh: A Novel PDF eBook
Author Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 351
Release 2011-01-31
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0393080358

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"An enigmatic fable in the tradition of 'The Thousand and One Nights.' " —Anderson Tepper, New York Times Book Review Hassan, a storyteller, has gathered listeners in Marrakesh’s fabled Jemaa el Fna to perform his annual re-creation of the night on which two foreigners mysteriously disappeared from the square. But as his audience offers contradicting testimonies, and details transform or dissolve in the haze of memory, the couple takes on an air as enigmatic as their fate, leaving us to wonder whether Hassan is getting closer to the truth or, more disturbingly, is himself part of the mystery.

Marrakesh by Design

Marrakesh by Design
Title Marrakesh by Design PDF eBook
Author Maryam Montague
Publisher Artisan
Pages 0
Release 2016-07-26
Genre House & Home
ISBN 9781579657369

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Moroccan design, from the tiled floors to the colored walls, sculpted ceilings, embroidered fabrics, Berber tents, fountains, gardens, and more In a world filled with beige interiors, Morocco is the perfect antidote: a refuge for addicts of saturated color, a haven for devotees of intricate pattern, a destination for admirers of striking architecture. For anyone who wants to add Morocco's spicy design mix into their own home, Maryam Montague, the personality behind the award-winning blog My Marrakesh, explains how to do so with the building blocks of Moroccan design—from the colors, patterns, and textiles to the archways, fountains, gardens, and so much more. With illustrative text and gorgeous photographs, Maryam shows how Moroccan design comes to life in real villas and riads and in her own magnificent home and guesthouse. Eager DIYers will love the ideas presented in sidebars and in how-to projects that can be applied to homes anywhere. Filled with all the richness of Morocco,Marrakesh by Design will transport readers straight to the souks and salons of this exotic city while showing them the multitude of ways to live with the enticing elements of Moroccan design.