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The Unapologetically Gay, Erotic Drawings of Soufiane Ababri

Avatar photo by Sarah Souli June 25, 2020November 5, 2020

Alternately funny, melancholic, erotic, and political, the Moroccan artist’s Bedworks series offers compassionate images of men blissfully enjoying themselves.

Posted inArt

The Prismatic, Kitsch, and Glam World of Hassan Hajjaj

by Anahita Toodehfallah October 25, 2019September 21, 2021

Frustrated by how Morocco was merely treated as a backdrop at shoots, Hajjaj eclipsed limiting stereotypes with expansive, complex personalities.

Posted inArt

Cultural Identity Seen Through the Politics of Thread

Avatar photo by Lizzy Vartanian Collier April 15, 2019April 16, 2019

For her project, photographer Alia Ali communicated with textile artists who live in communities whose borders have been marked “by imprints of power and scars of destruction.”

Posted inMusic

Time Traveling with Musical Recordings from Mid-20th-Century Morocco

by Heather Kapplow November 2, 2016November 1, 2016

In 1959, Paul Bowles traveled around Morocco with an audio recording device to capture a cultural moment he knew was on the verge of disappearing.

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At the Marrakech Biennale, a Conversation Between Postcolonial Identities

by Bansie Vasvani April 4, 2016April 8, 2016

MARRAKESH — Set outside the institutional white cube, in restored ancient sites and the ruins of a 16th-century palace, the sixth edition of the Marrakech Biennale, Not New Now, arrives like a breath of fresh air.

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Artist Mel Chin Proposes a Solar Currency for the Sahara

by Matthew Irwin October 26, 2015October 31, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE — Mel Chin’s “The Potential Project,” represented by an installation at 516 Arts, embodies the teetering ambiguities of “first world” philanthropy.

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In Paris, a Spotlight on Morocco’s Contemporary Art

by Joseph Nechvatal January 21, 2015January 23, 2015

PARIS — Three curators, Jean-Hubert Martin (who last year orchestrated the sprawling Théâtre du Monde show), Moulim El Aroussi, and Mohamed Métalsi, have assembled a vast 2,500 square meters (~27,000 sq. ft.) show of contemporary aesthetics from Morocco called Contemporary Morocco at the Institut du Monde Arabe.

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