{"id":2603,"date":"2014-03-08T07:22:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T07:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/?p=2603"},"modified":"2024-04-19T19:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:24:13","slug":"celebrating-international-womens-day-in-fes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/?p=2603","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating international women&#8217;s day in F\u00e8s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were about to head south for another travel adventure, but we decided to hold off for a day so that Zo\u00eb and I could take part in a jewelry-making workshop Jess Stephens was holding both to celebrate the international day of women and to support the Expos\u00e9 Artisanal project. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2271\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08131-1024x574.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08131-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08131-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">James and Jeremy went for their own wander around the medina, while Zo\u00eb and I followed Jess through the medina&#8217;s highways and byways, looking for found art. My favorite area was the haberdashery (British word): the part of the medina filled with thread and trim and buttons.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2272\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08132-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08132-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08132-1024x574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2273\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08135-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08135-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08135-1024x574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What more could one ask?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08137.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2275\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08137-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08137-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08137-1024x574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2274\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08136-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08136-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08136-1024x574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2281\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08144-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08144-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08144-1024x574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2278\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08140-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08140-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08140-1024x574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Moroccan shopkeepers are wont to tell you, it&#8217;s a feast for the eyes!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2280\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08142-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08142-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08142-574x1024.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2276\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08138-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08138-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08138-574x1024.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/>\u00a0<a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2279\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08141-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08141-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08141-574x1024.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2277\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08139-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08139-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC08139-1024x574.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The jewelry workshop itself was lots of fun: when Camilla arrived, she was willing to take on the rather large necklace and ear-rings I produced:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1030180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2284\" alt=\"P1030180\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1030180-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1030180-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1030180-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt takes a certain amount of flair to carry that off.<\/p>\n<p>James and Jeremy, meanwhile, had been feasting their eyes in different ways, visiting with a nice man in a repair\/restoration shop,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2604\" alt=\"P1020474\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020474-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020474-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020474-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020471.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2605\" alt=\"P1020471\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020471-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020471-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020471-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2606\" alt=\"P1020470\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020470-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020470-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020470-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>chatting with the bucket maker on the Talaa Kbira,<a href=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020482.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2607\" alt=\"P1020482\" src=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020482-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020482-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/P1020482-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and eventually, in Jeremy&#8217;s case, joining in the workshop.<br 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