{"id":799,"date":"2022-05-29T12:37:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/?p=799"},"modified":"2023-06-30T18:59:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T18:59:36","slug":"the-alleyways-of-the-medina-in-fes-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/postcards\/the-alleyways-of-the-medina-in-fes-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alleyways of the Medina in Fes, Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"

The medina<\/I> in Fes, Morocco is best known for its numerous craft workers and its bustling, serpentine thoroughfares. But I’m drawn to the alleyways, where a private, intimate, more authentic side of Fes blossoms:<\/p>\n

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Schoolchildren on their way home. Fes Medina, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Buddies wander the alleyways of the Fes Medina. Fes, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And a story is told. This space belongs to everyone. Children can wander freely (and safely). People go about their lives, together, in unison:<\/p>\n

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The alleyways are for people and animals both. Fes Medina, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even the workers here seem oblivious to the crowds, focusing on their daily life:<\/p>\n

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A worker throws skins on a beast of burden. Fes Medina, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A shopkeeper sells trinkets in an alleyway in Fes, Morocco. A horse stands by for unclear reasons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A woman rests in an alleyway in the Fes Medina in Morocco.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The medina in Fes, Morocco is best known for its numerous craft workers and its bustling thoroughfares. But I’m drawn to the alleyways, where a private, intimate, more authentic side of Fes blossoms and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[13,29,28,30,27,36,63],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-postcards","tag-cultures","tag-fes","tag-fez","tag-medina","tag-morocco","tag-travel","tag-travel-postcard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}