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When this ostensibly quiet scene was photographed, Morocco was in the throes of a struggle for independence against its French occupiers. The uprising was becoming increasingly violent, with riots…
Contributor:
Fernand Bidon
Places:
Marrakesh, Morocco
Date:
1950
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In the year 5464 from the creation of the world. If I were to try to tell the travails and bitter tidings and troubles that we the community of Fez (may God guard it!) endured, time would run out and…
Contributor:
Samuel Ibn Danan
Places:
Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1724
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It has been a long, sorrowful time that Mr. Solomon Ha-Kohen of Tangier (may God protect him) has been living here with us in Fez (may God protect it), upset angry, and bitter. We did not know what…
Contributor:
Jacob Ibn Tsur
Places:
Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1744
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I have found written in the handwriting of the sage, our master, the crown and glory that rests upon our heads, the perfect sage and excellent judge, who is modest and happy in all his affairs. His…
Contributor:
Ibn Danan Family
Places:
Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1616