Medinas
Subtitle: Morocco's hidden cities
By: photographs, Jean Marc Tingaud ; poems, Tahar Ben Jelloun ; calligraphy, Lassaâd Métoui.
Contributors: Ben Jelloun, Tahar, 1944-; Métoui, Lassaâd, 1963-; Thompson, Jacky.; Narrāyis, Ḥasan
Publisher: Assouline; Distributed to the U.S. trade by St. Martin's Press; Distributed in Canada by McClelland & Stewart; Distributed in all other countries by Thames and Hudson
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris; New York; [S.l.]; London
Language: eng
Subjects: Morocco -- Pictorial works.; Marrakech (Morocco) -- Pictorial works.; Rabat (Morocco) -- Pictorial works.; Casablanca (Morocco) -- Pictorial works.; Tangier (Morocco) -- Pictorial works.; Tétouan (Morocco) -- Pictorial works.; Fès (Morocco) -- Pictorial works.; Meknès (Morocco) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Photographs of the Moroccan medinas, or Muslim districts, of Marrakech, Essaouira, Rabat, Casablanca, Tangier, Tetuan, Fez, and Meknès, capturing the historic past of a country over a thousand years old. Photos are accompanied by a series of poems by Morocco's foremost author, Tahar Ben Jelloun, who used the images as a direct source of inspiration for his writing.
Notes: In English and Arabic.

"Translated from the French by Jacky Thompson for the English version, and by Hassan Narraïs for the Arabic version"--Colophon.