A Passage to Tangier

 Beautiful details of an entry-way in Asilah. The brass knocker, the giant-nail motif, the elegant red stone double arch. Une magni...

hand-painted Moroccan wares in Asilah. Objets marocains peints à la main à Asilah. Image: Joelle Desparmet

Peering out the window at the carpet shop in Asilah. Bright colours. Neatly stacked beauty. Une fenêtre sur l'extérieur chez le ma...

Orange juice stand of Asilah. Bliss on a hot day. Le vendeur de jus d'orange d'Asilah. Le bonheur sous le soleil brûlant. I...

Asilah, a seaside town close to Tangier, is known for its Mural Festival every spring. I have blogged about it before ( The painted wall...

Green is the colour of the sea when the summer sun filters ever deeper into it. Green is the colour of a lush oasis in the middle of the d...

I am always amazed when I see the colour combinations on every day things in Morocco.  Je suis toujours épatée par les couleurs que ...

Tangier is blessed with an unusual position at the meeting point of two bodies of water: the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and ...

Blue, the colour of the sea and the sky that surround you in Tangier but also random splashes of blue here and there and everywhere. ...

Asilah is a fishing port and seaside resort about 50 kilometres from Tangier. It boasts an historic medina within fortified walls.  For ...

Every year, in Asilah, a seaside town an hour south of Tangier, a mural painting festival and competition takes place in the old city, the ...