Khalid Amine & Jamal Akabli “The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow./ That must not be true of tomorrow.”[1] “The principle of the universe is movement… If it stops moving, it will return to non-existence.” (Ibn ‘Arabi, The Book Unveiling the Effects of travels) It would be …
Read More »Of Bitter Trees—Performing the Years of Lead
Jamal Akabli Bitter Trees, a scenic composition by Abdelmajid El Haouasse, bears a living testimony to the Years of Lead, one of the darkest chapters in Moroccan history. While the years following the investiture of the new king Mohammed VI presaged a new era of reconciliation with past abuses of …
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