{"id":818,"date":"2022-06-02T12:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/?p=818"},"modified":"2023-07-02T14:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T14:47:50","slug":"the-workers-in-morocco-or-where-do-things-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/postcards\/the-workers-in-morocco-or-where-do-things-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"The Workers in Morocco (Or: Where do things come from?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

To wander the streets of Morocco is to see where things come from.<\/p>\n

In the Old City (medina)<\/I> of Fes, a 1,000-year-old tannery still uses urine, excrement, and quicklime to soften skins. Then they are dyed in dazzling vats:<\/p>\n

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The Chouara Tannery in the Old City of Fes, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though colorful from afar, it’s grueling work up close:<\/p>\n

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It’s Grueling Work in the Chouara Tannery. Medina, Fes, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It’s Grueling Work in the Chouara Tannery. Medina, Fes, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even before all this happens, the skins have to be moved from place to place:<\/p>\n

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A worker throws skins on a beast of burden. Fes Medina, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is how we get leather jackets:<\/p>\n

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Leather Jackets for Sale in the Old City of Fes, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What about scarfs and carpets? First the wool has to be dyed:<\/p>\n

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Dying Wool in the Old City of Marrakesh, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then woven:<\/p>\n

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A Weaver in the Old City of Fes, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And that’s to say nothing of things we usually consider crafts:<\/p>\n

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Crafting a Mosaic Table in the Old City of Fes, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This man is using one hand to spin a lathe, the other hand to hold the wood, and his foot to hold a knife!<\/I><\/p>\n

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Woodworker in Marrakesh, Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Behind everyday items lie generations of talent and experience, and hours of hard work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To wander the streets of Morocco is to see where things come from: Behind everyday items lie generations of talent and experience, and hours of hard work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[181,182,13,29,28,180,30,27,36,63],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-postcards","tag-artisan","tag-artisans","tag-cultures","tag-fes","tag-fez","tag-marrakesh","tag-medina","tag-morocco","tag-travel","tag-travel-postcard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","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=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelmhoffman.com\/Human-Stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}