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Lunching in Morocco during Ramadan

To peer through the window, being Jewish, while the dominant culture celebrates its religious holiday; Christmas is the familiar scenario, but Ramadan a whole different thing. Three Ramadan weeks in Morocco, lunching in front of people who had woken at … Continue reading

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The Shared Overlap of Skullcaps

Naivëte, like a broken clock, gets it right twice daily. Jews and Muslims are cousins, are family, I hear in Morocco, from the taxi driver, the be-scarved woman  guarding a blue synagogue. Even though they should be cranky, be-swearing food and drink; even … Continue reading

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