Morocco

2,896 words by 5 writers in Marrakesh, Essaouira & elsewhere

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nature, Travel, Morocco

The intersection of man and nature, where the dirt becomes walls and the cables become vines.

by Colin Wright

Marrakesh — There’s something poetic in the way human cities resemble anthills, tangles of cables look like tangles of vines, and mighty 747s could easily be mistaken for birds, from a distance. Just as an atom scaled up looks very much like a solar system, some metamaterials known for their durability are just scaled down beehives. The Golden Ratio is pervasive in botany and sculpture. Some colors spark war...

Morocco, Full Moon, Mornings

Missing waking up to Moroccan moon-sets.

by Samantha Harrington

Chapel hill — Class, work, class, homework. The well-oiled hum of this college life. There was a time, not so long ago, when none of that mattered. There were still classes, still homework, still exams. But they...

Morocco, Travel, Memories

Everything is golden.

by Samantha Harrington

Chapel hill — There was a café we always went to on Rue Mohammed Cinq—at least for the first few weeks. The dessert cases of the café were full of French pastries and the atmosphere was steeped in Western underton...

Morocco, storm, Colours

Welcomed to Fès by a wild sky

by Pat Allan

Fès — After a long day’s travel across Morocco, I arrive by train into Fès to find a driver from the riad I’m staying at, and an amazing sky. While behind me is blue and cloudless, ahead it’s a magnificent...

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