Editorial

POSTCARDS FROM MOROCCO

Of course, I’m not the only one to be under the spell of the North African country. By tradition, the kingdom has always attracted a crowd of artists, poets, vagabonds, and other free-spirited characters—Jimi Hendrix, Eugène Delacroix, Talitha Getty, the Stones, Yves Saint Laurent, William Burroughs, Henri Matisse, Paul Bowles. There is a certain aesthetic, mystery, and magic in Morocco which are quite enveloping. The warmth and hospitality of the people, the luxurious natural materials, the unseen behind the heavy doors, the legends, and an untamed desert.

TEXT + PHOTOS | FABIENNE AYINA