It’s the second to last to prayer of the day, and the moon is clear in a cloudless, gray-tinted sky. I am standing on the rooftop of a road. The air is cold and motionless. Off to my left, smoke is rising from the dinner prep downstairs. The windless air doesn’t (soak) up the scent […]

“A Moroccan Song” The beat from my headphones combines with the muffled whispers of young men as I pass by. Mews of small animals float into the air, and pattering footsteps commingle with the hum of a motorcycle engine. This city is full of strange sounds — sounds that transcend the constraints of verbal communication […]

It is difficult to describe the effect the stray cats have on you; they’re ubiquitous in Marrakech — in part, perhaps, because of the open dumpster system of trash collection. They tend to live in groups near the trash collection sites. They are in variable states of health, and you hear them arguing and fighting […]