Friday 14 September 2007

Ramadan




See my Award from Wake Up and Smell the Coffee who thinks I am Nice. Thank you. I appreciate the award, the ribbons, and the sentiment. I hope I continue to deserve it. A wonderful way to begin my day I must say.

A darker side of Morocco:

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3A499E89-0381-4CD6-A719-CD00E9D94CA5.htm


I think Ramadan is a good time for considering the issues from the article.

As I made my home yesterday through the Medina, I noticed it is easy here to know which shop is the best for: tea, pastry, meat, and shebekia (the delicious Ramadan candy). What I must assume are the best shops had long lines (a negligible term in Morocco, more like a crowd really) waiting for the merchandise. I passed through the hoard inhaling the fresh smell of the mint tealeaves lying in mounds on the front stand of the hanut. The chaps and ladies making the thin plate-sized pastry had their rollers and stands set up all along the street, the best of them twirling the pastry dough as it was finished. The butchers had cleavers at the ready and the bloody, fresh, results of their efforts hanging on hooks just inside or for advertisement – outside the shop. The Rabat women were gathering the ingredients to break the Ramadan fast after sunset, and most likely making ready for company. In spite of the day long fasting (only the first day mind) everyone was in good spirits.

I hope your Ramadan season is going well.
Ciao.

9 comments:

jmb said...

I hadn't thought of that. The best have the longest queues or the biggest crowd outside. How simple but effective I'm sure.
regards
jmb

Omega Mum said...

Ramadan has got off to rather a low key start in this patch of the UK but hope for great things later.

sally in norfolk said...

woke up feeling rather fed up today ( missing Geoff lots ) then i read your darker side of morocco... which made me even sadder....

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Let's hope it's peaceful Ramadan all over the world. [I can dream.] Do you break the fast with harissa, Lady M?

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Sorry - I meant harira.

lady macleod said...

jmb

Here in the Medina it is readily apparent during Ramadan. During the rest of the year people are in and out all day so..

thank you for coming by.

lady macleod said...

omega mum

Just look fo rthe shebekia!

thank you for coming by.

lady macleod said...

sally

Oh dear, I don't like making you feel sad, but I do know what you mean. I have hope still that we can make the world better.

thank you for coming by.

lady macleod said...

welshcakes

A wonderful wish and I join you! Yes, though it was far easier with Q here.

thank you for coming by.