The British bride of Tangier
Subtitle: the extraordinary love story of Emily Shareefa of Wazzan
By: Khalid Bekkaoui
Publisher: Moroccan Cultural Studies Centre
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Fez
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9789981191020
Subjects: Social life and customs; Women; Manners and customs
Other titles: Love story of Emily Shareefa of Wazzan
Description: The book recounts an extraordinary love story between a Victorian English girl, Miss Emily Keene, and Hadj Abdesslam, the Sheikh of the Wazzaniyya tariqa, one of the most powerful Sufi orders in the 19th century Morocco. The story is set against the background of fierce European colonial encroachments in morocco, where Emily and the Shareef were both crucial agents and victims, Tangier, the metropolis where the story takes place, was the seat of European powers, a place of espionage, bitter economic rivalries, and political intrigues. Such rivalries and intrigues had disastrous consequences on the conjugal harmony and felicity of the Anglo-Moorish couple, the status of the Wazzaniyya tariqa as well the territorial integrity of Morocco. -- Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Scandalous Journey, Romantic Encounter; title: - 2. Politics of Misalliance; title: - 3. From Mecca to Marseilles; title: - 4. The Anglo-Moorish Marriage; title: - 5. Marred Romance; title: - 6. The British Shareefa and The Hybrid Hadj; title: - 7. The Saint and The Sultan; title: - 8. Le Shareef Français and The British Sultana; title: - 9. Widowhood: Going Moorish; title: Emily Shareefa of Wazzan, My Life Story. 1. My Marriage; title: - 2. The Home Sanctuary; title: - 3. My First Born and the Ceremonies Associated with His Birth; title: - 4. Journeys to Tetuan, Ceuta, and Gibraltar; title: - 5. A Diplomatic Mission and Some Experiences on the Road; title: - 6. The Meeting on the Desert; title: - 7. Birth Ceremonies among the Moors; title: - 8. The Social Side of Moorish Life; title: - 8. My Visit to Europe and a Strange Experience; title: - 9. The Moorish Table; title: - 10. My Journey to Fez; title: - 11. My Experiences in Fez; title: - 12. The First Visit to Wazan; title: - 13. Ceremonies Observed at the Marriage of Lalla Heba; title: - 14. A second Visit to Wazan and Legends of the City; title: - 15. The Death of Lalla Heba; title: - 16. The Burial of Lalla Heba and an Account of Mourning Ceremonial; title: - 17. With the Dwellers in the Tent; title: - 18. More Travels in the South of Algeria; title: - 19. The Journey Home; title: - 20. My Visit to the Riff Country; title: - 21. Some Moorish Superstitions; title: - 22. I Entertain Largely: The Shadow of Change; title: - 23. The Beginning of Domestic Troubles; title: - 24. The Illness of The Shareef; title: - 25. Nearing the End; title: - 26. His Death and Burial; title: - 27. How I Took My Sons to the Moorish Court: Some Strange Dreams; title: - 28. Another Visit to Europe; title: - 29. The Marriage of My Sons; title: - 30. I Revisit England; title: - 31. These Latter Days; title: - 32. Last Words.