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The mosaic tile work done at the pottery and tile shop in Fez is all done by hand, starting with cutting the tiles, then painting, laying them out and attaching them to their final structure (e.g., table top or fountain). CLick on the first image to show a larger size and then you can navigate forward and backward using the … Read More

While in Fes, we visited a pottery and tile shop that had many artistic staff creating pottery, tiles, mosaic table tops and fountains. It was interesting to see them work and their creations where really beautiful. This potter’s wheel was operated by foot power. Of course, there was a very large store there where we purchased some hand painted plates … Read More

(To see the most detail in the images, click on them to enlarge them!) When we arrived in Fes, our trip leader, Aziz, introduced us to Mohammed who would be our city guide for that day. Mohammed was very knowledgeable and taught us a great deal about the city and culture mostly while we were riding on our bus from … Read More

A Mellah (pronounced “mellach”) is a walled Jewish quarter of a city in Morocco in which Jews were forced to live beginning in the 15th century. By the 19th century, conditions there were miserable for them. However, with the colonization and arrival of Europeans at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, the Mellah, and … Read More

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Our next location was Fes, the third largest city in Morocco. It has a population of approximately 1 million (as of 2010). The city has two old medinas, the larger of which is Fes El Bali which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and … Read More