Home Based Income;Jobs: Mom Makes $6762 a Month at Home

Jobs: Mom Makes $6762 a Month at Home


As part of our continued series: "Employment and the Recession: What Do We Need To Know" we research an industry that is booming, in spite of a Recession. Filed by Tina Lewis under Finance.





Many of these online workers are making as much as $300 a day working part time online using nothing but their internet connection and home computer.

Kim Barnes is a regular mom who lost her job last year, after an unsuccessful job hunt she started working online from home. I interviewed her about her amazing story and she revealed her steps for success.





Step 1

Go to this link, fill out a basic online form and hit submit at Web Profit Club (Better Business Bureau A+ Accredited), pay the $1.97 for the shipping.



Step 2

Follow the directions and set up an account. Then they will give you the website links to post. Start posting those links. They track everything.



Step 3

You will receive your first checks in about a week. Or you can have them wire directly into your checking account. (Your first checks will be about $500 to $1,500 a week. Then it goes up from there. It depends on how many links you posted online.)

Have You Ever Considered Working Online?



Kim Barnes of , never thought that she would consider it, until curiosity got the best of her and she filled out a simple online form. Before she knew it, she discovered her secret to beating the recession, and being able to provide for her family while at home with her three children.



I read Kim's blog last month and decided to feature her story in our weekly consumer report. In our phone interview she told me her amazing story. "I actually make about $5,000-$7,000 a month working from home. It's enough to comfortably replace my old job income, especially considering I only work about 15-18 hours a week from home right now.



Working online has been a financial windfall for Kim, who struggled for months to find a decent job but kept hitting dead ends. "I lost my job shortly after the recession hit, I needed reliable income, I was not interested in the "get rich quick" scams you see all over the internet. Those are all pyramid schemes. I just needed a legitimate way to earn a living for me and my family. The best part of working online is that I am always home with the kids, I save a lot of money."



"I actually make $5,000 to $7,000 a month working from home."

- Kim Barnes



I asked her about how she started her remarkable journey. "It was pretty easy, I filled out a short form and applied for a work at home kit. There is a small shipping and handling fee, its not really free but it was under $5. I got the Kit and within four weeks I was making over $5,000 a month. It's really simple, I am not a computer whiz, but I can use the internet. I post links that are given to me, I don't even have to sell anything and nobody has to buy anything. They are constantly recruiting people to post links, you should try it." There are over 350 positions available just for at the time of this report.



These online social giants are worth well over 100 billion dollars and growing. They are the most used social networking and meeting places on the web today and growing faster and faster. These companies have just started hiring people to work at home to keep up with the demand. Why not get in with the internets best and biggest companies.



Now, there are plenty of scams on the internet claiming you can make $50,000 a month, but that is exactly what they are scams. From my conversation with Kim, "I am making a good salary from home, which is amazing, under a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank god every day that I filled out that form."

Quickly, Kelly Richards was able to use the simple Web Profit Club to make it out of the recession.







"I have never told anyone they will make millions of dollars. Instead, I believe this is the only site that tells you won't make millions, but you can make legitimate income from home like I did and replace your full time job."



Getting started is easy. Just follow these simple steps below to get started.





Step 1

Go to this link, fill out a basic online form and hit submit at Web Profit Club (BBB A+ Rated), pay the $1.97 for the starter kit.



Step 2

Follow the directions and set up an account. Then they will give you the website links to post. Start posting those links. They track everything.



Step 3

You will receive your first check in about a week. Or you can start to have them wire directly into your checking account. (Your first checks will be about $500 to $1,500 a week. Then it goes up from there. It depends on how many links you posted online.)



Kim stressed the importance of using both kits.



Related links:





Web Profit Club (BBB A+ Rated) - Official Website







Comments (17)

Comments for: "Mom Makes $6800 Working Online at Home?"





Shane Says: 10:47AM



I saw this on TV and how she did this. She was very fortunate to have found this out.





Johnny Says: 6:17PM



Just FYI on this deal here. You have to have some computer skills, at least be able to use email and such. Then you will be ok.





Tim Says: 2:34PM



I was laid off as well and I am hoping this could be a big help right now.





Dianna Says: 5:21AM



Thanks Kim, I started a few weeks ago and already got my first checks totaling $1800, cool.







Bob Says: 11:45AM



I already got my kit and tried it out. It works with all the internet giants and I was able to make about $500 a week right from the start. I am working right now to double my efforts and my money I hope. It's easy work but you have to have a good internet connection.





Joey Says: 9:52PM



could this be for real? I tried some other thing online and it didn't work out that well for me. I think I made about $400 a month but that was years ago. I know the internet giants is making money so I will give it a try.





Dana Says: 4:43PM



I hope so too! I am not the best when it comes to computers but, I can do email and surf, I think I can post links!!!!





Janet Says: 10:23PM



Holy molly! thanks for the post with screen shot! you just gave me the inspiration I needed. Thanks!





Molly Says: 3:03AM



Ok, I'm using it right now and it is doing pretty well actually. it cost about $2 dollars for shipping, it came in a few days and I have been doing good ever since. on my first week I was able to make a big $270 but on the second week I doubled it. it's now rolling along at $300+ a day! I'm gonna keep going and see how much I can make going full time at it.







Ted Says: 11:44AM



is someone using this now? very interesting....





Tina Says: 12:36PM



I just wanted to tell everyone I got my first check today for $2800!





Jim Says: 1:35PM



ok, very interesting......I really could use something like this.





Tony Says: 2:18AM



Yeah, I did just join. I am working on it when my computer

crashed so I had to borrow a friends laptop... but, all is good now so I will post back

how it goes!





Kimberly Says: 4:41PM



I did it and I even got my husband helping me in the evenings! We just want to make enough

to pay of the debt and stop the phone from ringing at dinner! At this rate we should be feeling

major relief by this week.







Gean Says: 9:04PM



thats sad.....I almost lost my house but, ended up with a job. I just signed up for this so I'm hoping it works.





Danny Says: 1:41AM



i'm only 17 years and I signed up and having some good success. I found this is the best way to make money using the internet.







Jerome Says: 1:06PM



does this really work???????????? I mean the whole working at home stuff? is anyone making money? I guess for $4.95 i will try it out.





Kathy Says: 4:52PM



Jerome: you have to work and use the computer and internet, and if you can do that and dedicate some time each day then you can do this with no problem.



I have been working with this for a month and have made over 5k already. let me know if you need more help.

http://aliney.info/
喬布斯：媽媽讓六千七百六十二美元每月至少首頁

的一部 分，我們將繼續系列：“就業和經濟衰退：我們為什麼需要知道”我們研究的行業正在蓬勃發展，儘管經濟衰退。蒂 娜劉易斯提交的融資。




許多工人都在這些在線高達 300天的工作時間在網上使用的部分只是其互聯網連接和家用電腦。
金巴恩斯是一個普通的媽媽誰失去了工作的最後一年，找工作失敗後，她開始在家裡上網工作。我 採訪了她對她的神奇故事，她發現她的腳步成功。




第 1步
去這個網站，填寫了一個基本的在線表單提交網站和命中利潤會（更好的商業局A 認證），支付1.97美元的運費。


第2步
按照指示，並成立一個帳戶。然後，他們會給你的網站的鏈接張貼。開始張貼這些鏈接。他們跟踪一切。


第3步
您將收到您的第一個檢查，一個星期 左右。或者你可以讓他們直接將電線您的支票帳戶。 （您先檢 查將約為 500美元至1500美元的一周。然後從那裡去。這要看你多少鏈接發布到網上。）
你有沒有想過在線工作？


金 巴恩斯的，沒想到她會考慮它，直到有最好的好奇心，她和她填寫了一份簡單的在線表格。在她知道，她發現她的 秘密跳動經濟衰退，並能夠提供在家時她的家人和她的三個孩子。


我讀了金正日的博客上個月決定將她的故事在我們的專題每週消費者報告。在我們的電話採訪 時她告訴我她的神奇故事。 “我實際上使約 5,000 - 7,000元，每月在家工作。這足以取代我原來的工作輕鬆收入，特別是考慮到我只工作約 15-18小時，每週從家裡現在。


聯機工作一直是意外的收穫金正日，誰奮鬥了幾個月找到一份體面的工作，但不停地打死角。 “我失去了我的工作後不久，經濟不景氣，我需要可靠的收入，我不感興趣的”快速致富“騙局你可以看到所有在互聯網上。這些都是傳銷。我 只是需要一個合法途徑賺取生活對我和我的家人。最好的部分工作在網上，我總是和孩子們回家，我節省了很多 錢。“


“我實際上使5,000元至7,000元，每月在家工 作。”
- 金巴恩斯


我問她關於她如何開始她不平凡的旅程。 “這是很容易的，我填寫了 一份簡短表格，申請了在家工作包。有一個小的運輸和裝卸費，那不是真正的自由，但它是根據 5美元。我得到了工具包，並在四個星期我製作超過每月5,000元。這很簡單，我不是電腦高手，但我可以使用互聯網。張貼鏈接，是給我，我什至沒有出售任何東西，沒有人買任 何東西。它們不斷招聘的人的鏈接後，你應該嘗試一下。“有超 過 350個職位空缺只是在當時的這份報告。


這些都是值得的在線 社交巨頭超過 100億美元，增長。他們是最常用的社交聚會場所和今天在網絡上越來越快。這些公司僱用人員，剛開始在家工作跟上需求。為什麼不與因特網和最好和最大的公司。


現在，有很多騙局在互聯網上聲稱你可以每個月 50,000美元，但正是他們都是騙局。從 我的談話與金，“我正在做一個良好的薪金從家裡，這是驚人的，在一年以前，我又失業了可怕的經濟。我感謝上帝，我每天都填寫的表格。”
很快，凱利理查茲能夠使用簡單的網絡，使其利潤會走出衰退。






“我從來沒有告訴過任何人，他們將數百萬美元。相反，我認為這是唯一的網站，告訴你不會賺幾百萬，但你可以從家裡合法收入和我一樣， 並取代您的全職工作。”


開始使用非常容易。只要按照這些簡單的步驟即可開始使用。




第1步
去這個網站，填寫了一個基本的在線表單提交網站和命中利 潤俱樂部（BBB級 A額定），支付1.97美元的入門工具包。


第 2步
按照指示，並成立一個帳戶。然 後，他們會給你的網站的鏈接張貼。開始張貼這些鏈接。他們跟 踪一切。


第3步
您將收到您先檢查在一個星期左右。或者你也可以將它們連接線直接到 你的支票帳戶。 （您先檢查將約為 500美元至1500美元的一周。然後從那裡去。這要看你多少鏈接發布到網上。）


金正日強調，使用這兩種試劑盒的重要性。


相關鏈接：




網站盈利俱樂部 （BBB級 A額定） - 官方網站






評論（17）
評論為：“媽媽讓 $ 6800聯機工作在家嗎？”




謝恩說：上午10時 47分


我看見她在電視和如何這樣做。她很幸運地發現了這一點。




強 尼說：下午6時 17


僅供參考這個活動在這裡。你必須有一定的電腦技能，至少能使用電子郵件等。然後你會沒事的。




Tim說：下午2點 34分


我被裁員好，我 希望這可能是一個很大的幫助現在。




厄納說：上午 05點 21


謝謝金，我開始了幾個星期前，已經得到了我的第一次 檢查共計 1800元，涼。






鮑 勃說：上午11點 45分


我已經得到了我的工具包，並試圖出來。它與所有的互聯網巨頭，我能做出一個星期500美元從一開始。我的工作現在我加倍努 力，我的錢，我的希望。這是簡單的工作，但你必須有一個良好的互聯網連接。




喬伊說：下午9時 52分


可這是真的嗎？我嘗試了一些其他東西線上，並沒有制定出對我那麼好。我想我每月400美元左右，但是 那是很多年前。我知道互聯網巨頭都賺錢，所以我給它一個嘗試。




達納說：下午4時 43分


我也希望如此！我不是最好的當涉及到計算機，但是，我能做的電子郵件和網上衝浪，我想我可以留言聯繫！！




珍妮特說：下午10點 23分


聖莫莉！感謝您的文章與屏幕的射門！你給我的靈感我需要的。謝謝！




莫莉說：上午3時 03


好吧，我現在使用它，它其實是做得很好。它的成本約 2美元的運費，當時他們在幾天我一直在做好事至今。我的第一個星期我能夠 做一個大270元，但在第二個星期，我翻倍了。它現在沿軋製 300元一天！我要堅持下去，看看有多少我可以去全職它。






泰德說：上午11時 44分


這是有人使用了 嗎？非常有趣的....




蒂娜說：下午12:36


我 只是想告訴大家，我得到了我今天先檢查 $ 2800！




吉姆說：下午1時 35分


好， 非常有趣的......我真的很需要這樣的東西。




托 尼說：上午02點 18分


是啊，我剛剛加入。我工作的是當我的電腦
崩潰，所以我不得不 借用一個朋友的筆記本電腦 ...但是，一切都不錯了，所以我會回
怎麼一回事呢！




金伯利說： 下午4時 41分


我做到了，我什至幫我得到了我的丈夫在晚上！我們只是想製造足夠的
支付的債務和停止振 鈴電話晚餐！在這個速度，我們應該感覺
本週主要救濟。






傑安說：下午九時 04分


這 就是悲傷 .....我幾乎失去了我的房子，但最多的一個工作。我只是簽署了這個，所以 我希望它的作品。




丹尼說：上午01時 41分


我只有17歲，我註冊了，並有一些很好的成功。我發現這是最好的賺錢方式使用互聯網。






杰羅姆說：下午1點 06分


這是否真正的工 作????????????我指的是整個工作在家裡的東西？有沒有人賺錢嗎？我想為 4.95美元，我會嘗試一下。




凱西說：下午4時 52


杰 羅姆：你有工作，使用電腦和互聯網，如果你能做到這一點，每天花一些時間，那麼你可以做到這一點沒有問題。


我一直在使用這一個月，已經取得了超過 5公里。讓我知道如果你需要更多的幫助。
http://aliney.info/
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Nancy a girl from TAIWAN inFez, Morocco

One of the panoramic view from a nancy who is from Taïwan.She did a tour in Fez,morocco inside her car.

南希一個女孩，來自台灣的非斯，摩洛哥其 中一個全景從南希誰是台灣人。她在參觀摩洛哥非斯內她的車。

Fes, Morocco Travel Piece

Timothy D. Burdick's Trip to Fes, Morocco. 6 minute time-lapse and still photography piece.This video is a real nice one that is enjoyable from one foreigner one.

Hotel Perla - Fès (Fez) - Morocco/Maroc/Marokko/Marruecos

Perla Hotel: visite virtuelle / virtual visit / visita virtual (Café).This is one of  the most attractive place within Hotel perla to be completely calm and comfortable.Besides,you will never find another place like it.


Perla酒店：新老朋友virtuelle /虛擬訪問 / visita虛擬性（CAFE）。這是其中一個最吸引人的地方在酒店佩拉是完全平靜和舒適。此外，你將永遠找不到另一個地方喜歡它。

Hotel Perla - Fès (Fez) - Morocco/Marruecos/Maroc/Marokko

Perla Hotel: visite virtuelle (Ascenseur) / virtual visit (Lift) /  visita virtual (Ascensor).That is to say,this one is one of the famous hotel in fez,Morocco.You can know it more through the video.
Perla酒店：新老朋友virtuelle（Ascenseur）/虛擬訪問（電梯）/ visita虛擬（Ascensor）。也就是說，這個人是一個著名的酒店在摩洛哥非斯。你 可知道它更多的是通過視頻。

Fes city, Morocco فاس المغرب

fez is the direction of many tourists that need relaxation;that is to say,if you would like to visit Morocco without heritages you can find here;by other words, you can see many places through your car or camera man car.
市非斯，摩洛哥فاس المغرب非斯是許多遊客的方向，需 要放鬆，這就是說，如果你想訪問摩洛哥沒有遺產，你可以在這裡找到，其他的話，你可以看到許多地方通過汽車或照相機的人車。

Fez the first...../非斯的第一.

Fes, the first and simply the queen of the Moroccan Imperial cities, astonishes visitors with its beauty. A walk through the old city, where wealth contrasts with the poverty, give you strong unforgettable emotions.
非斯的第一.....非斯，第一，只是女王摩洛哥皇家城 市，遊客驚訝它的美麗。一個老城區漫步，財富與貧困的對比，給你堅強難忘的情感。

Fes is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco/非斯是一個帝國的四個城市的摩洛哥。

Fes is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco (along with Marrakech, Meknes and Rabat). It is separated into three sections, Fes el Bali (the old, walled city), Fes-Jdid (new Fes), and the Ville Nouvelle (the French-created, newest section of Fes). The Medina of Fes el Bali, the larger of the two medinas of Fes, is believed to be the largest contiguous car-free urban area in the world. Fes el Bali is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
非斯是一個帝國城市的四個摩洛哥非斯是一個帝國的四個城市的摩洛哥（連同馬拉喀 什，梅克內斯和拉巴特）。它分為三個部分，非斯報巴厘島（老寨城），非斯，Jdid（新非斯）和威樂中篇小 說（法國創建的，最新的一節的FeS）。麥地那FeS的埃爾巴厘島，較大的兩個 medinas FeS的，被認為是最大的連續無車市區在世人面前。 Fes的埃爾巴厘 島被列為聯合國教科文組織世界遺產。

Fes or Fez is the fourth largest city in Morocco

Fes or Fez is the fourth largest city in Morocco, after Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech with a population of 946,815 (2004 census). It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane Region.


Fes is one of the four so-called "imperial cities" (the others are Marrakech, Meknes and Rabat). It is separated into three parts, Fes el Bali (the old, walled city), Fes-Jdid (new Fes, home of the Mellah), and the Ville Nouvelle (the French-created, newest section of Fes). The Medina of Fes el Bali, the largest of the two medinas of Fes, is believed to be the largest contiguous car-free urban area in the world. Fes el Bali is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The University of Al-Karaouine was founded in 859 A.D. and is the oldest continuous operating university in the world.

Fez is separated into sections

Fez is separated into sections;that is to say,the oldest city in Morocco is actually not one, but two cities, The old medina and the newer French built Ville Nouvelle. The old city, which is typically known as Fes-el-Bali, was founded in the 9th century by the Idrissids, who were the first powerful Muslim dynasty to rule Morocco. This old city was the first capital of Morocco, and it remains the center of a rich history. Later came by Fes-el-Djedid (New Fes), which was constructed around the main palace during the rule of the Merenids dynasty, was first constructed in the 14th century, here you will also find the Mellah, the old jewish quarter. As a result the architecture of the two is quite different, but still old world by most visitor’s standards.

Fes-el-Bali is often a traffic jam with donkeys and tons of people - motorised vehicles are not allowed in its narrow streets and alleys. It has a look that many westerners would consider “classic North African,” and visiting you might almost expect Indiana Jones to peer around the next corner! The Bad Boujeloud gate to the medina practically stops the hustle and bustle of the old city. At the other end of the medina, near Rcif, you will find the the Karaouine Mosque. This is the largest religious structure in Morocco, build in the 9th century, it is today the heart of the medina and with its 14 doors some 20,000 faithful can come to pray.
非斯是分成部分非斯分成部分，這就是說，在摩洛哥的最古老的 城市，其實不是一個，而是兩個城市，老麥地那和新的法國人修建維萊中篇小說。舊城區，這是典型的被稱為非 斯，薩爾瓦多，巴厘島，始建於 9世紀的Idrissids，誰是第一個強大的穆斯林王朝統治摩洛哥。這座 古城是摩洛哥的第一資本，它仍然是豐富的歷史中心。後來由非斯，薩爾瓦 多，Djedid（新非斯），這是圍繞主要宮殿建造在規則的Merenids王朝，最早建於 14世紀，在這裡你還可以找到邁拉赫，老猶太居民區。因此這兩個架構完全不同，但仍舊世界大多數訪問者的標準。非斯- el的，巴厘島是經常塞車噸，與驢，人 - 機動車輛不准在其狹窄的街道和小巷。它有一個看，很多西方人認 為“經典北非，”你幾乎可以和來訪的印第安納瓊斯希望各地同行在下一角落！壞 Boujeloud門到麥地那幾乎停止了喧囂的老城區。在另一端的麥地那附近Rcif，你會發現在 Karaouine清真寺。這是摩洛哥最大的宗教結構，建立於 9世紀，它是今天的心臟的麥地那和它的14門大約兩萬名信徒可以來祈禱

Fez is the Tarboosh Same Thing it's from Kemet

This video shows you the origin of Tarboosh;that is to say,it helps you know more about Tarboosh,Just answering the questions about the origin of the Fez and it's root the Tarboosh. You will catch me wearing a hoodie, Yankee Fitted or a Kufi , The Hat don't make the God the God makes the Red Hat. I hope this answers your questions.

The mayor of Fez"Abdelhamid CHABAT"

IN THIS TIME Mr.ABDELHAMID Chabat is the Mayor of fez;that is to say,this is an interview with Mr. Abdelhamid CHABAT, Mayor of Fez (Morocco) on ARLEM / مقابلة مع السيد عبد الحميد شبت ، عمدة مدينة فاس (المغرب) .By other words,the talk is in french and arabic language that helps you know the mayor of fez.
市長菲斯“阿卜杜勒夏巴”在這段時間 Mr.ABDELHAMID夏巴是市長的非斯，這是說，這是一個採訪先生Abdelhamid夏巴市長非斯（摩洛哥）對 ARLEM /مقابلةمعالسيدعبدالحميدشبت，عمدةمدينةفاس（المغرب） 。按換句話說，談話是在法語和阿拉伯語語言，幫助你了解非斯市市長。

How to make a Fez

How to Make a Fez


By an eHow Contributor

I want to do this! What's This?

Made famous by the Shriners and monkeys holding tin cups, the fez is a distinctive-looking hat that usually has a tassel on top. A fez is shaped like a cone with its pointy end cut off. Once you learn how to make a fez, you can make one for all of your friends.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

5-inch-square piece of felt

7-inch-high rectangle of felt of a length that is 1/2 inch more than your head's circumference

Scissors

Needle

Thread

Small tassel

1

Cut the top of the hat from a 5-inch-square piece of felt. The top should be a circle. Although head sizes differ, a 4-inch diameter is usually sufficient for the top of the hat.



2

Cut the body of the hat from a rectangle of felt. You want to end up with a curved rectangle of felt. Make sure one part of the curve is the circumference of the circle you made in Step 1. The sides of the curved rectangle should be about 4 inches, the height of the fez.



3

Wrap the curved rectangle of felt around your head to make sure it fits. Pin the loose sides together so that the fez sits securely on your head.



4

Sew the loose sides of the fez together using a needle and thread. Leave a 1/4-inch portion unsewn at the top. You will use this 1/4 inch to attach the body of the fez to its top.



5

Turn the body of the fez inside-out, and pin the remaining 1/4-inch portion to the circle that will be the top of the fez. You might need to snip the top 1/4 inch in a few places, so that you can sew it smoothly to the circle. Sew the two pieces together.



6

Sew the tassel to the center of the circular top of the fez.





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fez the capital idrissids is...

fes or Fez (Arabic فاس) Capital Idrissids is the third largest city in Morocco after Casablanca and Rabat with a population of 1,040,563 [1]. This is one of four "imperial cities" (Marrakech, Meknes and Rabat) and also the first imperial city of the four. The medina (old city), the largest in the world, a model example of an eastern city, is under the protection of UNESC

Fes, the first and simply the queen of the Moroccan Imperial cities

Fes, the first and simply the queen of the Moroccan Imperial cities, astonishes visitors with its beauty. A walk through the old city, where wealth contrasts with the poverty, give you strong unforgettable emotions. The ancient capital is divided in 3 main areas: the old medina, the new medina and the new town Ville Nouvelle built by French in the 19th century.

recording in Morocco/記錄在摩洛哥

Some musicans are recording in Morocco;that is to say,U2 writing and recording tracks off No Line On The Horizon in Fez, Morocco.

記錄在摩洛哥有些musicans正在錄製在摩洛哥，這是 說，U2樂隊創作和錄製曲目下車的地平線在摩洛哥非斯。

Let's trance

William Dalrymple The Guardian, Saturday 12 November 2005 Article history


Everyone back to mine... a Sufi house purification ceremony. Photographer: Simon Broughton.

In 1195, a travelling scholar and mystic from Spain arrived at Fes, the oldest of the imperial capitals of Morocco. Ibn Arabi was one of the great minds of his day, a standard bearer of Islamic Spain at the height of its scientific and philosophical achievement, and the tolerant and pluralistic university town of Fes was the perfect setting for his talents. In the 12th century, it was one of the great centres of learning of the Arab world, packed with libraries and schools, and with a university founded over 200 years before Oxford and Cambridge.

While staying in Fes, Ibn Arabi experienced a moment of blinding spiritual illumination, reaching what he called "the Abode of Light". In the aftermath, he sat in his cell attempting to reconcile ancient Greek philosophy with the visionary currents of mystical Islam, and he began work on what would eventually be his great masterpiece - still a central text of Islamic mysticism - the Meccan Revelations.



Today, almost all the mosques, madrasas, bazaars and caravanserais than Ibn Arabi knew 800 years ago are still extant, and mostly unchanged. Lying between the olive groves of the Rif mountains and the cedar-wooded summits of the Middle Atlas, Fes is one of the most perfectly preserved medieval cities in the world, a dense warren of streets girdled round with castellated mud-brick walls which look out over pale hills dotted with whitewashed farmsteads and terraces of silver-leafed olive trees.



The city's roofs are still clad with lime-green tiles, the view over them broken every so often with the vertical punctuation of thin, pencil-like minarets and narrow plumes of black smoke from the Fes potteries. Then, as now, the streets are so narrow that you have to press yourself against the shops to avoid being crushed by donkeys laden with wood, carpets or spices. But it is not just the groaning medieval fabric of the city that has survived. The old loom of the city's life is also still intact, with its medieval guilds and communal bakeries, its hammams and water-pipes and mint tea shops, its textile traders and mule-driving porters. Most of all, Fes is still a major centre for the Sufi brotherhoods who were so much a part of the life of Ibn Arabi during his stay in the town.



In its setting, Fes is not unlike Jerusalem, with its steep, narrow bazaars and dense concentration of holy shrines; but while Jerusalem is ever a tinder box of religious conflict and ethnic strife, Fes is a town obviously at ease with itself, and the gentle spirit of its Sufi Islam is quite different from the rival fanaticisms that possess the Middle East. The landscape, too, is greener and less arid than Jerusalem, feeling closer to the wide rolling plains of Andalucia than the white rock and goat scrub of the Levant.



Madrasas have a somewhat sinister reputation today, but it was these institutions that kick-started the revival of medieval European learning. As late as the 14th century, European scholars would travel to the Islamic world to pick up the advanced learning then on offer in the madrasas of Spain and Morocco. The open-mindedness of the immigrant Christian scholars was returned by the intellectuals of Fes resident in the city's madrasas. Ibn Arabi for one was clear that love was more important than religious affiliation.



Ibn Arabi's flame is still being carried in modern Fes, most notably by the Sufi musical impresario Faouzi Skali, who over the last decade has seen his summer Fes festival turn into one of the world's leading venues for sacred music. The festival is a distinctly Sufi response to political developments. It was prompted by the first Gulf War and the ensuing polarisation of the Arab world and the west. "Muslims had a stereotypical view of the west and vice versa," Faouzi told me. "I wanted to create a place where people could meet and discover the beauty of each religion and culture. In Fes, people can see another image of Islam - a message which it can pass on to the world today."



The idea of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is a simple one: to juxtapose religious music from all over the world - from any creed or faith. This year, audiences were regaled by the sacred ragas of Hindustani music performed by Ravi and Anushka Shankar. The highlight last year was the astonishing Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour and his Sufi-inspired album, Egypt.



Faouzi sees Sufism at the heart of this work. "I believe that within Islam, Sufism has a major role to play today," he says. "The world is not uniform. There's a wealth of spiritual traditions that it's important to know and preserve. That's what we, and the next generation, need now or we will have a world without soul." Ibn Arabi would have agreed.



Every day at the Fes festival, there are performances staged beneath the shade of a giant holm oak in the courtyard garden of a 19th-century palace, followed in the late evening by a grand concert at an open-air theatre. This is in a fabulous illuminated courtyard created by closing off one of the 13th-century gateways to the royal palace.



But it is not here so much as in the backstreets that some of the most exciting music is on offer, and it comes from the different Sufi groups which form the real heartbeat of Morocco. In particular, around midnight in the old garden of Tazi Pasha, the local Sufi brotherhoods play to a mixed crowd of street urchins, writers, artists and fellow musicians, all sprawled over cushions beside an old fountain.



At one such impromptu concert I met 'Abd Nebi Zizi. He was one of the city's leather workers who labour away in the foul-smelling tanneries that were founded in the 14th century and are still exporting leather today.



He was also, I soon learned, a member of the Aissawas, one of the most widespread Sufi brotherhoods in Morocco. The Aissawas, I knew, were celebrated for their spectacular music, and by good fortune Zizi was about to hold a major Sufi musical ceremony at his house: "Every year around the Prophet's Birthday," said Zizi, "we Aissawas do an alms ceremony. We wish goodbye to the past year with its good and bad events, and try to bring good luck on our house for the year ahead."



Zizi was throwing a house-purification ceremony, in order to propitiate his family's resident djinns. Muslims, he explained, believe that when the world was new and God made mankind from clay, he made another race like us in all things, but fashioned from fire. The djinns, said Zizi, are invisible to the naked eye. They appear in the Koran and are respected all over the Islamic world, but it is in Morocco that djinns have received most elaboration.



The following night I arranged to meet Zizi at the tanneries and he led me through the dark and narrow winding streets to his family riad. There Zizi's entire extended family were in the process of gathering and preparing the feast. Shortly after 10pm, the sound of trumpets could be heard outside the house and everyone poured out to greet the musicians.



In the dark, 11 musicians were heading down the street, some with trumpets, others with drums and oboes, and, as they walked, the entire neighbourhood appeared to escort them, the men walking four abreast in their long jellabas with arms linked, while others carried torches and burning splints. Women in headscarves peered down from balconies while children ran along in front of the musicians laughing and playing. By the time the musicians neared the house, there must have been a procession of at least 150 people.



The musicians settled in the central covered courtyard where they ranged themselves around the divans, playing all the time so that the insistent hand drums echoed off the walls and ceilings, the volume rising to fill the enclosed space. Once everyone had gathered, the ceremony proper began with the rhythmic chanting of the 99 names of God. Koranic verses were recited, the phrases passing from group to group. Then the music began with family members taking turns to accompany the musicians with tablas and cymbals. As the evening progressed, the tone grew increasingly loud and exuberant. The music was driven by powerful rhythmic grooves, like a sort of spiritual jazz, the oboes on top improvising repeated musical phrases pushing up the intensity.



As the volume grew, some of the women began to sway with a lost look on their faces, falling into the trance-like state that Moroccans believe to signal the presence and possession of the djinns. It certainly looked a little alarming, but was clearly a way of easing pent-up anxieties in a way that's acceptable in a deeply conservative society. It was a sort of safety valve - something like a rave, but with better, less monotonous music. By the time I left, towards five in the morning, with dawn breaking over the Atlas, I had no doubt that it was one of the most exciting musical evenings I have ever participated in.



"This is the way we get relief from our work," explained Zizi as he wished me goodbye. "This is the way we end our family and spiritual problems. If people are sick it gives them help physically, mentally and psychologically."



He put a hand on my shoulder: "When they listen to this music, the djinns are satisfied and bless our house, but it's not just the djinns. It is us, too. For us, this ceremony brings us together and relieves us. After this, we feel at one with the world."



· William Dalrymple's most recent book, White Mughals, won the Wolfson Prize for history. He is now at work on a Mughal Quartet, four books telling the story of the Great Mughals from the time of Babur to the last Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar. The first volume will be published by Bloomsbury next autumn.
星期三，2010年8月25日讓我們恍惚威廉達爾林普爾衛報，2005年11月12號星期六的歷史條
大家回到我的...一蘇菲房子淨化儀式。攝影師：西蒙勞頓。1195，旅行學者和來自西班牙 的神秘抵達 Fes的，最古老的帝國首都的摩洛哥。伊本阿拉比是一個偉大的思想家，他一 天，一個伊斯蘭西班牙的旗手在高度的科學和哲學成果，寬容和多元化的大學城，是完美的FeS設定自己的才華。在12世紀，這是一項偉大的學習中心的阿拉伯世界，擠滿了圖書館和學校，並與大學成立200多年以前牛津大學和劍橋大學。

而留在Fes，伊本阿拉比經歷了片刻的致盲精神光照，達到了他所謂的“精舍之光”。在此之後，他坐在他的牢房試圖調和古希臘哲學與伊斯蘭教的神秘有遠見的電流，而他開始工作是什麼，最終他的偉大傑作 - 這仍然是中央文本伊斯蘭神秘主義 - 對麥加的啟示。

今 天，幾乎所有的清真寺，宗教學校，集貿市場和伊本阿拉比知道caravanserais比800年前還是現存的，而且大多不變。躺在橄欖樹之間的里夫山脈和雪松，林地首腦會議在中東阿特拉斯，非斯是一個最完美的保存完好的中世紀城市的世界， 一個密集的街道低低的地平線沃倫圓蜂窩泥磚牆這一下了在蒼白的山丘點綴著粉刷農莊和露台銀葉橄欖樹。

城市的屋頂是用石灰仍然穿著綠色的瓷磚，認為對他們打破所有經常與垂直標點符號薄，鉛筆般的尖塔，縮小柱黑煙從 Fes的陶器。當時和現在一樣，街道是如此狹窄，你必須按自己對店鋪，以免被壓死驢拉丹與木材，地毯或香 料。但它不僅是面料的呻吟中世紀的城市，已經活了下來。舊織機城市的生活也仍然完好無損，其中世紀的行會和社區麵包店，它的浴池和水管道和薄荷茶商店，其紡織商和騾子駕駛搬運工。最重要的是，非斯仍然是一個主要中心的蘇菲的兄弟誰是與其說是生活的一部分，在他的伊本阿拉比留在城裡。

在其設置，非斯是不是不像耶路撒冷，其陡峭，狹窄的集貿市場和密集的濃度聖地，但同時耶路撒冷是永遠的火種盒的宗 教衝突和種族紛爭，非斯，顯然是一個鎮在緩和與本身，溫柔的精神是伊斯蘭教的蘇菲完全不同的對手 fanaticisms是擁有中東地區。景觀，也更綠，少乾旱比耶路撒冷，感覺更接近安 達盧西亞廣泛的平原比白山羊磨砂岩和地中海東部。

宗教學校有一個有點陰險 的聲譽今天，但正是這些機構的球啟動了中世紀歐洲的復興學習。遲至14世紀，歐洲學者將 前往伊斯蘭世界拿起提供先進的學習然後在西班牙和摩洛哥的宗教學校。開放的胸襟的移民基督教學者知識分子退 回了FeS的居住在城市的宗教學校。伊本阿拉比一，顯然比愛更重要的宗教信仰。

伊本阿拉比的火焰仍在進行現代 Fes的，最顯著的蘇菲音樂掌門 Faouzi Skali，誰在過去十年，他的夏季Fes的節日變成一個世界領先的場地，讓神聖的音樂。藝 術節是一個明顯的蘇菲回應政治的發展。這是提示的第一次海灣戰爭以及由此產生兩極分化阿拉伯世界和西方。 “穆斯林有成見的西方，反之亦然，”Faouzi告訴我。 “我想 創造一個地方，人們可以發現美的滿足和各宗教和文化。在Fes，人們可以看到另一幅圖像的伊斯蘭教 - 一個消息，它可以傳遞到今天的世界。”

這個想法在非斯聖樂節世界是一個簡單的：宗教音樂並列世界各地 - 從任何信仰或信仰。今年，觀眾們 regaled的神聖拉格音樂演出由印度斯坦拉維尚卡爾和Anushka。去年活動的高潮是驚人的塞內加爾歌手Youssou N'Dour及其他蘇菲啟發專輯，埃及。

Faouzi看到蘇菲的心在此工作。 “我相信在伊斯蘭教蘇菲主義有著重大作用的今 天，”他說。 “世界是不統一。有一個豐富的精神傳統，它的重要認識和保護。這就是我們和下一代，現在需要 的，否則我們將有一個世界沒有靈魂。”伊本阿拉比會同意。

每天在Fes的節日，有表演樹蔭下舉行一個巨大的聖櫟在庭院花園一座19世紀的宮殿，隨後在晚上的盛大音樂會在一 個露天劇場。這是一個神話般的照明庭院創建封山育林一個 13世紀的皇家宮殿網關。

但它是不是在這裡這麼多的後街小巷中，一些最令人興奮的音樂發行，它來自於不同的蘇菲群體構成了真正的心跳摩洛哥。尤其是午夜時分在老花園塔子帕夏，當地蘇菲兄弟會發揮一個混合人群的街頭頑童，作家，藝術家和音樂家的同胞，都趴 在墊子旁邊的一個老噴泉。

在一個這樣的即興演唱我遇見了，阿布杜拉 Nebi滋滋。他是一個城市的皮革工人誰的勞動遠在惡臭的制革廠的是成立於 14世紀，今天仍然是出口皮革。

他也是，我很快了解到，一成員 Aissawas，其中一個最普遍的蘇菲在摩洛哥的兄弟。該 Aissawas，我知道，慶祝了他們的精彩音樂，和好運氣滋滋即將舉行的重大蘇菲音樂典禮在他的家裡說：“每年約先知的生日，說：”滋滋“我們 Aissawas做一個施捨儀式。我們希望告別了過去的一年，它的好的和壞的事件，並嘗試對我們帶來好運， 來年的房子。“

滋滋的房子扔淨化儀式，以撫慰他的家庭的居住 djinns。穆斯林，他解釋說，認為，當世界是新的，神造人原是由粘土，他在另一場比賽都像我們這樣的事 情，但老式火。該 djinns說，滋滋，是肉眼看不到的。它們出現在古蘭經和得到尊重伊斯蘭世界各地，但它是在摩洛哥djinns已收到最闡述。

第二天晚上我安排，以應付在滋滋的制革廠和他帶領我走出黑暗，狹窄蜿蜒的街道，他的家人里亞德。有滋滋的整個大家庭在這個過程中收集和準備的盛宴。不久後，下午10 時，聲音的喇叭可以聽見外面的房子，每個人都倒出來迎接的音樂家。

在黑暗中，11個音樂家的標題在街上，一些小號，雙簧管及其他與鼓，而且，因為他們走了，整個社區出現護送他們，男子四人一排走在漫長 的jellabas與武器聯繫在一起，而燃燒的火把和他人進行夾板。戴頭巾的婦女從陽台上向下張望，而孩子們一起跑在前面的音樂家笑，玩耍。由當時的音樂家接近房子，一定有一個遊行，至少150人。

樂師們在中央結算所涵蓋的庭院，他們不等自己周圍的長沙發，玩的時間，使所有倔強的手鼓聲迴盪關閉牆壁和天花板，體 積增加，以填補封閉的空間。一旦每個人都已經聚集，儀式才真正開始誦經的節奏的99名神。古蘭經經文的背誦，路過的短語從組到組。然後，音樂開始與家人輪流陪音樂家與塔布拉斯 和鈸。由於晚上的進展，語氣變得越來越響亮和旺盛。音樂節奏是受到強大的凹槽，有點像一個精神爵士，即興重複上面雙簧管音樂短語推動的力度。

隨著量的增加，一些女性開始搖晃會失去看他們的臉，落入恍惚狀態，相信摩洛哥人信號的存在和佔有的djinns。這當然看起來有點令人震驚，但顯然是一種方式，緩解壓抑的憂慮在某種程度上這是可以接受的一個極為保守的社會。這是一個有點安全閥 - 這就像一個狂野，但更出色，更單調的音樂。我離開的時候，對五早上，打破了黎明的圖集，我毫不懷疑，這是一個最令人興奮的音樂晚會我也參加過英寸

“這就是我們從我們的工作得到救濟，解釋說：”滋滋的，他希望我說再見。 “這是我們的方式結束我們的家庭和精神生活的問題。如果人們生病也讓他們幫助身體，精神和心理上。”

他把一隻手放在我的肩膀：“當他們聽這個音樂，djinns感到滿意，並祝福我們的房子，但它不只是 djinns。這是我們也是。對於我們來說，這個儀式使我們走到一起並減輕我們。在此之 後，我們覺得在一個與世界。“

·威廉達爾林普爾的最新 著作，白蒙兀兒，贏得了歐勝獎的歷史。他現在工作在莫臥兒四方，四書講故事的大莫臥兒從 時間到末代皇帝巴布爾，哈杜爾沙阿 Zafar。第一冊將於明年秋季由 Bloomsbury出版。

Lost in the Medina


Fez, Morocco
On the train from Casablanca to Fez, we met one really nice person, and one not so nice. We traveled second class, which was all right by me – after a bit of interrailing in Europe in the summer, I’ll never be surprised of (or on) a train again. But my fiancée didn’t think it was a blast; there wasn’t enough room for his legs – and the seats around us weren’t even taken most of the time. The train trip took about three hours, and frankly I think the trains were nice. A lot nicer than the trains I commute with every day in Norway. There was also a cute guy in a strange uniform walking around with his little with soda and chips and stuff in it. The national rail company’s website – when it actually works – is only in Arabic and French. The prices are alright, and to be upgraded to first class it costs between a third and a half of the regular price extra. (Later on, my fiancée got his way and we bought first class tickets. I don’t think it was worth it, but as long as he’s paying…)



The first guy we met on the train was a very polite, calm and soberly dressed film critic, whose dream was to become a real journalist. As my fiancée is a journalist and the film critic had just seen a Scandinavian movie, we had lots to talk about. Or, I had a lot to talk about, and a lot of translating to do. My fiancée understands a little French, but has great difficulty speaking it, and as I’ve lived in France I do 99% of the talking in a French-speaking country (while he’s the one speaking German). In a country like Morocco, that suits me just fine. People normally address the large Viking, not the tiny blonde next to him. So I get to prove, time after time, that you shouldn’t, like we say in Norway, judge the dog by its fur. The film critic gave us a real warm welcome to Morocco (lots of people did that – total strangers said “bienvenue au Maroc”, out of the blue, and it was very nice) but had to leave the train a few stations before Fez.



Another guy came and took his place, and I immediately thought that there was something wrong with him. He made me think of a coyote, maybe because he smelled like one. Although we firmly held our books in front of our faces, he chatted away, and he was saying all sorts of nice things to us, so eventually I had to give up and talk to him for real. When he heard that we were going to Fez, he said, “oh, do you have a guide?”



When I said no, he said, “I will call my cousin Mohammad! He’ll charge only 100 dirhams for you, because you’re my friend!”



“No, thank you,” I said.

“Is 100 dirhams a lot? I don’t think 100 dirhams is a lot! I can call Mohammad right now!” (They all have mobile telephones, by the way, even people who seem poor.)



“No, thank you,” I said.



“It’s not for me! It’s my cousin! 100 dirhams is not much for you! You must have a guide in Fez!”



“No,” I said. And that’s when he actually started to get angry. He got so upset just because I said that we didn’t need a guide in the old medina. My fiancée just kept reading, the lucky bastard, while I had to sit there, saying “no” to an angry man for 10-15 minutes. That’s a lot of no-ing. An old, sweet couple sent the angry guy glances that made me understand that I was on the right track when I just kept on saying no.



Before we left, I’d read on BootsnAll that you should have a guide in Fez, but after meeting this guy I was determined that we were going to do fine without. I told this to my fiancée, who, like me, doesn’t need total security all the time, so he agreed that we could try without cousin Mohammad or any other guide. The angry guy seemed to have steam coming out of his ears when he finally got up and left us. At the railway station in Fez, we were surrounded by people saying, “Guide? Guide? You need a guide, guide?” (Why on earth can’t they say anything only once?) so we just put on the ignoring-you-face and walked really fast until we’d lost them.



We stood next to a street restaurant, and we were hungry, so we smiled to the cook, who barely knew any French, and were offered one of the two tables. We pointed at the food we wanted (tiny, uncooked hot dogs) and got the best and cheapest dinner ever. For a full meal with the de menthe, coffee and everything, we paid less than NOK 40 for the both of us. That’s about $6 or 5 euros.



The medina in Fez is indeed big! It’s the largest and oldest medieval city in the world. As I mentioned, I read an article on BootsnAll before going to Morocco, where the writer said that because the medina is huge and like a maze, one should be accompanied by a guide. Well, we barely managed to avoid the guides outside of the medina, who stuck to us like glue, but after lots of ignoring we finally got rid of them. We had no map of the medina, which actually was like a maze, and we just walked where we felt like, so suddenly we had no idea of where we were – and it felt pretty nice. The streets without all the tourist traps are the best, the most beautiful, the calmest – and I felt like I was in the medieval times. Narrow alleys, toothless, grinning old men, intricate ornaments and stray cats, rays of sun shining on dust that somehow seemed to be thousands of years old. When we figured we’d had enough, we started to go upwards, as we’d descended quite a lot earlier. And after a while doing that, the tourist shops and cafes started popping up again, and then we suddenly discovered that there were blue signs on the top of many walls, with an arrow telling us where the nearest “bab” (gate) was. We actually felt a bit disappointed. What kind of maze has exit-signs?



When it comes to getting rid of annoying, rude people who talk to you in thirteen different languages (some say they are official guides, others don’t even bother to lie), I don’t know anything besides ignoring them really works. My fiancée yells at people in Norwegian when he gets really upset, but astonishingly enough, even this doesn’t scare away the worst. And in Fez there were some really, really unpleasant people. I’ve actually never experienced worse except in the most touristy places in Turkey (some say Egypt is very bad too). Our method was to never talk to them, talk to each other in Norwegian (I guess any foreign language they don’t understand would do), taking our time and always choose roads that seemed to be less trafficked.



During our adventure in Fez we met two nice men who sold the regular tourist things, but they had, unlike everyone else, fixed prices; tags on every item. And most of the prices were lower than what we’d already paid for the same type of things. When we asked them why, they said that they thought everyone should have the same price, that it was much more fair, and that we were lucky not to be with a guide – if someone sells something to a tourist who has a guide, the guide will earn about 50% of what the tourist pays. In addition to their firm principles of equality, they were actually making what they were selling, and this also made their items cheaper.
We spent about half a day in Fez, and I think that’s a minimum. We didn’t have time to see anything outside of the medina. And I’d love to walk around in the medina for days – without a guide, of course.

highway between fez and Rabat...

The highway between fez and Rabat is one of the most interesting way in Morocco;that is to you,it helps people to be fast and safe;by other word, no holes or Crowdedness of vehicles.Besides,you will pay less than other highway in Morocco.

非斯之間的公路和拉巴特的...在非斯和拉巴特之間的公路之一，是最有趣的方式 在摩洛哥，這是你的，它幫助人們快速和安全的;其他字，沒有洞或擠迫車輛。此外，你將支付少於其他公路在摩洛哥。

fez,morocco; in the early and late middle ages....

In the early and late Middle Ages, the royal city of Fez was the capital of Morocco. Where two of the most important trading routes from the Sahara to the Mediterranean crossed, a follower of the prophet Mohammed established Fez in a delightful river valley. In the old walled town of Medina in which Muslim belief is omnipresent, everyone lives within easy listening distance of a minaret and also the relentless babble of traders and craftsmen. Through the old city gate of Bab Boujeloud is entered the exotic world of the Arab-Islam Middle Ages. The beautifully restored inner courtyards of the city palaces show the splendour of Spanish-Moorish architecture.Arabesque wall decorations and floor mosaics represent 1,200 years of Muslim belief and reflect the cultural prosperity enjoyed by this royal city whose historic past today intermingles with aromatic aromas, a wealth of craftsmen, and the smell of dough-cake as baked in the time of Roman occupation.

Hearty soup and fragrant tagines

Hearty soup and fragrant tagines

Morocco is justly famous for its food, and you'll find couscous and tagines (an earthenware dish with a conical lid, much like a casserole) everywhere, on every roadside stall and at every restaurant. Despite the magnificent aromas, don't worry... the food isn’t overly hot; it’s a gentle blend of spices to delight the palate.

The traditional soup of Morocco , harira, can also be found on every street corner in the medina. For just a couple of dirhams per bowl you'll get a hearty tomato soup with meat, chickpeas and coriander, served with a squeeze of lemon. A great cheap way to eat.

So when should you visit Fez? Surprisingly, given the freezing temperatures, Christmas is very popular, although Spring (March and April) and Autumn (September and October) are probably the best times to travel.

There’s accommodation to suit all pockets too, from backpacker hostels to fancy hotels. Perhaps the most intriguing form of accommodation is in the traditional houses in the medina, many of which have been lovingly restored and now function as bed and breakfast establishments. The houses have a central courtyard, often planted with citrus trees, with rooms arranged around it and generally all have modern bathrooms en suite.

They’re not cheap, starting at around R550 per room per night, but will give you an experience not to be missed and a true taste of Morocco. There’s bound to be a roof terrace, usually with fabulous views of the medina and hospitality abounds; Moroccans are proud of their culture, and country, and aim to please.

fez,morocco;1to 4,some videos

MOROCCO,Fasting in Fez/摩洛哥，空腹非斯

MOROCCO

Fasting in Fez
The cannon will fire not once, but three times tonight in Fez as the tiny sliver of moon is sighted to herald the start of Ramadan on Wednesday. As the boom echoes from the ancient labyrinthine city across to the 'nouvelle ville', the students in my class will erupt with excitement and I know I won't be able to teach them much more. So what should I say, I asked, to my Muslim friends about to start their month of fasting? "Ramadan m'barak"; "A blessed Ramadan"... these are the words on everyone's lips tonight.



It's been an interesting week of watching how the city and the people of Fez prepare for what will be a daunting but achievable task. At least the temperatures have dropped from the late 30s to a very cool morning and evening, and carrying a bottle of mineral water is not quite so essential.



Throughout the medina, café tables are piled so high with deep-fried sweet pretzels, samoosas and sausage-shaped rolls filled with almond-dotted sesame paste dripping with honey, that I wonder if everything will sell. I'm assured it will; there are large plastic buckets hanging above the displays which you can buy to take home your purchases. And when you've spent a day wishing you could eat something, a sugar rush from these sweetmeats is probably not what your body needs, but certainly what it craves.



I've been watching the b'stilla pastry cooks. Fez may be the spiritual capital of Morocco, but it's also the home of b'stilla, an extremely thin pastry that makes strudel or phyllo pastry look positively leaden. There's a large plastic bowl of mixture, and men are making the pastry. They take a fistful and roll it onto a griddle with the heel of the hand, as thin as can be. It takes but seconds to cook, and is then whipped off, added to the pile of sheets, and oiled with a pastry brush.



Housewives cram around the pastry cooks and haggle for sheets of the wafer-thin delicacy. They fashion sweetmeats from it, or make the famous b'stilla pies that contain pigeon meat and almonds and are dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon. It's the taste of Fez — sweet yet savoury — and definitely worth trying. B'stilla is always available; it's just that at this time of year it's doubly valued.



Alcohol is forbidden during Ramadan; bottle stores close a few days beforehand, and stay closed for a few days after Eid. If you're a foreigner and really desperate, you can show your passport to a retailer, or go to an upmarket hotel to drink at the bar. Of course, alcohol is forbidden anyway for Muslims, but somehow Morocco has a thriving wine industry and it’s common for people to drink alcohol — except during Ramadan.



Breaking the fast

The fast is broken each evening in homes and cafés across the country as soon as the sun sets. I join friends in a café and we listen to prayers set to music coming from the TV. Then the sound is turned down while we hear the call to prayer emanating from the mosque opposite.



The minutes tick by agonisingly. When the call is complete, the proprietor calls 'b'smillah' and turns up the TV anew, and everyone tucks in. The iftar, or f'touh food differs little from place to place. There's always harira soup, a delicious concoction of vegetable or lamb stock with tomato paste, chick peas, small pasta, lentils, rice, red pepper, fresh coriander and perhaps some lamb or chicken. It's served with dates and some honey-drenched pastries, delicious pancake-type breads, some stuffed with egg and onion, bread, fruit or vegetable juice, hardboiled eggs with salt and cumin and afterwards, mint tea. All for around R10 each.



So here are all the trappings, the sweet things, the harira and the b'stilla pastry, but what's it all about?



Showing commitment to Allah

The four weeks of Ramadan are observed by fasting during daylight hours and eschewing sexual intercourse and smoking. Exempt are pregnant or breastfeeding women, small children, those travelling and the sick and elderly.



The aim is to remind Muslims of their commitment to God and as a spiritual purification. I don't hear any moans, and people seem pleased to take part and of course have great support from the entire community. It’s also the time to wear traditional clothes; the djellabas are beautifully embroidered and the pointy-toed babouches new and shiny.



My students assure me that I'll be woken each morning by the sounding of the cannon. Interestingly enough, I've learned to sleep through the 4am call to prayer, and no doubt this cannon will eventually become routine. But my students wake at around 4am and have breakfast — a big breakfast of fruit, milk, eggs, bread, yoghurt, pancakes, cornbread... then they go back to sleep. This means that 9am classes are now scheduled for 9.30am. Non-Muslims don't have to fast, of course, but we wouldn't think of eating or drinking in front of our Muslim colleagues or students and many of my colleagues do fast.



Later in the evening, between 10pm and midnight, supper is served. Here's the meal that the women have spent their day preparing — in between watching Egyptian soaps I'm told, as there's nothing much else to do — from b'stilla to couscous to tagines resplendent with the wide range of fresh vegetables available in the markets.



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Let's Trance: excellent article by the writer and historian William Dalrymple that appeared in the travel section of The Guardian of 12 November 05 can be found at the address below. It covers Sufism in Fez and the Fez Festival.



http://travel.guardian.co.uk/countries/story/0,7451,1640581,00.html



MOROCCO

Funky Fez medina

Helen Ranger

Wed, 26 Oct 2005



Say the word 'Morocco', and people think of Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, or perhaps the tourist-filled red Berber city of Marrakech; an excitement of souks, henna, snake charmers and belly dancers. Maybe they’ve also heard of Tangiers, with its slightly raffish air of the 60s Beat generation, plentiful hashish and lithe brown Moroccan boys. And yet, there sits Fez in its bowl of mountains, facing west, baking in the hot sun, quite different to any other Moroccan city. It’s ancient; its history dates back to the 700s when it was founded by Moulay Idriss, who lies buried in a shrine deep in the medina (old city).



It’s also Arab; no amount of French colonisation has changed that, despite the modern city lying a few kilometres up the road.



It’s also profoundly spiritual; the cultural heart of the country, with hundreds of mosques dotted about the medina so you’re never out of reach of the muezzin.



Most tourists spend just one day in Fez, perhaps staying in an expensive hotel well out of the medina. But such a short stay won't do Fez justice, so stay a little longer and absorb the atmosphere on offer.



The medina in Fez is daunting, no doubt about it. The first time I came here, I decided to take the advice in the guidebook: 'know that you’ll get lost'. It’s not a problem, because you can always find a gate to the outside world where there’ll be a taxi, or a café for mint tea while you try to figure out where you are.



My guidebook says there are 9000 tiny streets in an area of approximately 4.5km². It’s a maze, a labyrinth. The cobbled streets certainly are tiny, and there is no vehicular access. How many cities do you know that you can’t drive into? Some streets are so narrow that you can’t comfortably pass a donkey laden with goods, or a mule carrying gas tanks or Coca Cola crates.



A medieval medina

Another enigma of Fez is that it remains a medieval city. In these tiny streets, you’ll still see men at work; beating patterns into brass trays, painting pottery, shaping copper basins, carving thuya or cedarwood or perhaps fashioning musical instruments such as the indigenous oud or lute. In their breaks, they sit in street cafés and make a glass of coffee last hours, and when the muezzin calls, they disappear into the mosques to pray.



There are specific areas for different kinds of goods; the tanneries and surrounding areas for buying leather clothing, bags, pouffes, belts and shoes; the coppersmith areas for trays, teapots, plates and basins; tailoring where you can have a djellaba made (the traditional hooded robe); babouches — slippers with pointed toes that come in yellow or white leather for men, and a multitude of designs, colours and fabrics for women; ornate yellow gold wedding jewellery, and carpentry, including gorgeous golden thrones for weddings, carved tables and artefacts.



There are excellent craft stalls selling lighting made of metalwork or thin, brightly dyed goatskin stretched over frames and painted, the ceramics (particularly blue and white) which Fez is famous for, carpets both old and new, antique shops featuring jewellery, objets d'art, furniture and fabrics.



Look out too for hendiras, the traditional cloaks of linen and wool (and sometimes silver sequins) that Berber mothers still weave for their marriageable daughters, as well as cushion covers and traditional wedding belts.



Find yourself a fez

Near the Moulay Idriss Shrine, you'll find stalls selling votive offerings such as candles, incense sticks and pieces of frankincense with charcoal to burn it. There are also shops selling gold-embroidered clothes for weddings and circumcisions, and it's here you'll find a real red fez complete with tassel. It makes a good souvenir, and cheap at around R14 each.



Once you’re done with the shopping, take in the monuments. You can hire a guide if you don’t have a lot of time. Don't miss the restored Bouanania Medersa (Qur’anic School) with the entrance on the main street, Tala'a Kebira; the Attarine Medersa further down, the Moulay Idriss Zawiya (shrine) deep down in the medina alongside the Karaouiyne Mosque, the tanneries, Seffarine Square and the Nejjarine Museum. There are other museums such as Batha and Belghazi which are worth a visit too. Non-Muslims are not allowed inside mosques and zawiyas, but it’s fine to peek and take photographs.
摩洛哥，空腹非斯摩洛哥空腹非斯該炮將火不只一次，而是三次今晚在非斯的小條子，是短視的月亮預示著 在週三開始的齋月。由於繁榮相呼應，從古老的迷宮城市跨越到'中篇小說威樂'，在我班上的學生將爆發興奮， 我知道我不能教給他們更多。所以，我應該說什麼，我問，我的穆斯林朋友即將開始他們的齋戒月？ “齋月 m'barak程序”，“祝福齋月”...這些話對每個人的嘴唇今晚。

這是一個有趣的一周如何看這個城市和人民的非斯準備什麼將是一個艱鉅的，但實現的任務。至 少，氣溫已經下降到30年代後期到一個非常涼爽的早晨和傍晚，手裡拿著一瓶礦泉水是不是那麼重要。

整個麥地那，咖啡廳桌堆積如此之高的油炸甜餅乾，samoosas和香腸形的卷包著杏仁芝麻糊滴點蜂蜜，我不知道一切都會出售。我保證它也將會有大的塑料桶上方懸掛顯示，你可以買到你購買帶回家。當你已經花了一天 希望你可以吃的東西，一個急於從這些糖果糖可能並不是你的身體需要，但肯定是它渴望。

我一直在看b'stilla糕點廚師。非斯可能是精神資本摩洛哥，但它也是家中 b'stilla，一個非常薄的糕點，使糕點餡奶酪卷或phyllo積極尋找鉛。有一個大塑料碗混合，男人 正在製造糕點。他們用一大把在地上滾篩到一個與腳跟的手，細如可以。僅僅需要秒做飯，然後脫下，再加上一堆床單，並用糕點刷油。

家庭主婦補習周圍的糕點廚師和討價還價的晶圓片材，薄膜的美味。他們從它的時尚糖果，或 使著名b'stilla餡餅含有鴿子肉和杏仁，並豎起糖粉和肉桂。它的味道非斯 - 甜又咸 - ，絕對值得一試。 B'stilla始終可用，只是，在這個時候一年我的加倍重視。

在齋月期間禁止飲酒;瓶商店關閉了數天前，並保持關閉了幾天後開齋節。如果你是一個外 國人，真的絕望了，你可以出示你的護照到零售商，或去一個高檔酒店，喝了吧。當然，酒精是被禁止的反正穆斯 林，但不知何故摩洛哥有一個蓬勃發展的葡萄酒業是很常見的人喝酒 - 除了在齋月期間。

快速突破快速被打破每天晚上在家裡和咖啡館在全國各地只要太陽下山。我同朋友在一家咖啡廳，我們聽音樂祈禱設置為來自於電視。然後，聲音已關閉，而我們聽 到喚拜從清真寺產生相反。

時間一分一秒的令人痛苦。當通話完成後，業主要求'b'smillah'和重新打開了電視，大家塔克斯英寸的開齋，或f'touh食品差別不大，從地方到另一 個地方。總有harira湯，美味的蔬菜或羊肉藥汁股票與番茄醬，鷹嘴豆，小麵團，扁豆，大米，紅辣椒，香 菜，或許一些新鮮羊肉或雞肉。它的送達日期和一些蜂蜜普照的糕點，美味煎餅式麵包，雞蛋和一些塞滿了洋蔥， 麵包，水果或蔬菜汁，煮雞蛋，鹽和孜然，後來，薄荷茶。 R10的所有周圍的每個。

因此，這裡所有的服飾，甜美的東西，harira和b'stilla糕餅，但什麼一回事呢？

顯示真主的承諾四周的齋月禁食的觀察和避開白天性交和吸煙。豁免是懷孕或哺乳婦女，小孩，那些旅行，病人和老人。

其 目的是提醒穆斯林對上帝的承諾，作為一個心靈得到淨化。我沒有聽到任何呻吟聲，人們似乎高興來參加，當然有 很大的支持，從整個社會。這也是當時穿著傳統服裝，刺繡精美的djellabas和尖趾babouches 新的和有光澤。

我的學生告訴我，我會在每天早上醒來的冠冕堂皇的大砲。有趣的是，我已經學會通過凌晨4點睡覺喚拜，毫無疑問，這將最終成為常規大砲。但我的 學生凌晨4點左右起床，有早餐 - 早餐大水果，牛奶，雞蛋，麵包，酸奶，煎餅，玉米麵包 ...然後他們 回去睡覺。這意味著，上午09點類現定於上午九時三十分。非 穆斯林不具有快速，當然，但我們也不會想到吃或喝前面我們的穆斯林同事或學生，我的許多同事也快。

後來在晚上，晚上十時至午夜十二時，晚餐供應時間。這裡的飯菜，婦女花了一天準備 - 埃及之間的肥皂看我聽說，因為沒有什麼很多其他的事情 - 從 b'stilla到古斯古斯到tagines輝煌與廣泛的新鮮蔬菜可在市場。

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讓我們恍惚：優秀的文章，作家和歷史學家威廉達爾林普爾這似乎在旅遊節中的守護者12年11月05可在以下地址。它涵蓋蘇菲在非斯和非斯節。

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摩洛哥時髦的麥地那非斯海倫遊俠三，2005年10月26日

你說一句話'摩洛哥'，人們想到的亨弗萊鮑嘉在卡薩布蘭卡，或者旅遊填充紅色柏柏爾城市馬拉喀什;一個熱鬧的露天市場，指甲花，耍蛇 和肚皮舞。也許他們還聽說丹吉爾，其空氣稍艷俗 60年代垮掉的一代，豐富的印度大麻和輕盈的棕色摩洛哥男孩。然而，他們有在其位於非斯碗山，一面臨西部， 在炎熱的太陽烘烤，完全不同於任何其他摩洛哥城市。它的古老，它的歷史可追溯至737-700時，它是由穆 萊伊德里斯，誰就是埋在神社深的麥地那（老城區）。

這也是阿拉伯，沒有量 的法國殖民統治已經改變，儘管現代城市躺在幾公里的道路。

這也是深刻的精 神;的文化心臟的國家，上百個點左右的麥地那清真寺所以你永遠夠不著的喚禮員。

大多數遊客只花一天在非斯，也許住在昂貴的旅館都出了麥地那。但這樣做短暫的停留不會做 非斯正義，所以留一段時間，吸收大氣中投標。

麥地那非斯是艱鉅的，毫無疑 問它。我第一次來到這裡，我決定採取在指南的建議：'知道你會迷路'。這不是一個問題，因為你總是可以找到一個大門外面的世界裡，就會有出租車，或薄荷茶，咖啡廳，而你揣摩你在哪裡。

我的旅行指南上說有9000的小街道上，一個面積約 4.5公里²。這是一個迷宮，迷 宮。肯定的鵝卵石街道都很小，而且沒有車輛通道。許多城市， 你如何知道你能不能開車進？有些街道是如此狹窄，你不舒服可以通過驢拉丹的貨物，或者騾子運送氣體罐或箱可 口可樂。

一個中世紀的梅迪納另一個謎是，它的非斯仍然是一個中世紀的城市。在這些小街道上，你還是會看到男人們在工 作模式為黃銅盤擊敗，繪畫陶器，塑造銅洗臉盆，或柏木雕刻thuya或者塑造樂器，如土著烏德琴或琵琶。在 他們休息，他們坐在街頭咖啡館，讓一杯咖啡前的幾個小時，當喚禮員召喚，消失在清真寺祈禱。

有一些特定的領域不同種類的貨物;周邊地區的制革廠和購買皮革服裝，箱包，pouffes，腰帶和鞋;的銅匠領域托盤，茶壺，盤子和盆 地;裁縫，你可以有一個 djellaba作出（即傳統的連帽長袍）; babouches - 尖頭拖鞋進來的黃色或白色皮革男子，和眾多的設計，色彩和面料的婦女;華麗的黃金婚紗珠寶，木工，包括華麗的金色寶座上舉行婚禮，刻表和文物。

有優秀的手工藝攤位銷售照明製成金屬製品 或薄，染色鮮豔的山羊皮和伸過來的幀畫，陶瓷（尤其是藍色和白色），其中非斯是著名的，老的和新的地毯，古董珠寶店為特色，objets Ð'藝術，家具和織物。

當心太hendiras，傳統的 亞麻和羊毛斗篷（有時銀色亮片）的柏柏爾人的母親仍然為他們的婚齡的女兒編織，以及墊子和傳統的婚禮帶。

為自己找到一個非斯穆萊伊德里斯靖國神社附近，你會發現售賣還願產 品，如蠟燭，薰香和乳香件與木炭燃燒。還有一些商店出售黃金刺繡服裝是婚禮和割禮，它的在這裡你可以找到一 個真正的紅色流蘇非斯完成。它使一個很好的紀念品，而且價格便宜約 R14的每一個。

一旦你已經完成了購物，參加古蹟。你可以租用一個指南，如果你沒有很多時間。千萬不要錯過恢復 Bouanania Medersa（古蘭經學校）與入口的主要街道，Tala'a Kebira;的Attarine Medersa進一步下降，穆萊伊德里斯Zawiya（神社）深處麥地那清真寺旁Karaouiyne，皮革廠，Seffarine廣場和Nejjarine博物館。還有其他的博物館，如巴塔和Belghazi這是值得一遊了。非穆斯 林不得內清真寺和zawiyas，但它的優良偷看和拍照。.

festive in fez

Festive in Fes




It must have been about five years ago that I came across an article in a British magazine on the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music. From that very moment, I was hooked. I knew I had to get there and experience it for myself. I’ve now attended the festival for the last three years; I simply can’t keep away, to the extent that last year I rented out my Rondebosch home and moved to Fez.



There are other aspects to Fez that brought me here, of course, but the festival remains one of the most important. Last year I had press accreditation, and this year I’m translating the programme and advertising material from French into English.



Last year the festival celebrated its 10th birthday, inviting back many previous artistes including Miriam Makeba and Youssou N’Dour. Now it’s back on the road of discovery and has a wonderful array of people lined up for this coming June.



The festival started out as a showcase of sacred music from the three great Abrahamic faiths, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Over the last few festivals, music from other belief systems has been represented too: Buddhist, Hindu and shamanic faiths such as Native American.



This year there’s everything from Renaissance Christian music, Pakistani Qawwali teamed with Flamenco, Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka, as well as Indian dance, Japanese traditional music and dance, a whole day dedicated to music from Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, traditional shaman music from Colombia, local artistes including a women’s group from the Rif mountains, and Gospel from the US.





The evening concert in the square of Bab Makina.

Pic: Remi Boisseau

Most of the 15 concerts are held in the medieval medina of Fez. At 4pm each afternoon, musicians gather in the shade of a magnificent Barbary oak surrounded by the splendours of the traditional Moroccan architecture of the Dar Batha museum. Evening concerts take place in the Bab Makina, a large parade ground adjacent to the Royal Palace.



Here in the moonlight, surrounded by tall, ochre, crenellated walls, I watched one of the most intriguing concerts last year presented by the Mevlevi Sufi Brotherhood of Konya in Turkey. This Muslim religious order was founded by the famous poet Rumi, born in 1207 in what is today Afghanistan, and buried in Konya. Accompanied by the ney (reed flute) and daf (drum), five monks perform the ritual dance before their sheik who conducts the ceremony. After greeting him, the dervishes begin to whirl.





The whirling dervishes.

Pic: Remi Boisseau

It’s slow and controlled, perfectly beautiful, white skirts spooling out around the dervishes and their tall fezzes inexplicably staying in place. The dervish represents man, situated between heaven and earth. The right palm is upraised to receive the benefice of heaven; the left faces downwards to transmit this to the earth. This was one of several remarkably meditative concerts where, whatever your own spiritual path, you can truly enter the realm of communion with the divine through the medium of the performance.



Wednesday afternoon sees a concert held at the World Heritage Site of Volubilis, some two-and-a-half hours drive from Fez through the rolling hills, verdant farmland and vineyards around Meknès. Volubilis was a Roman settlement, feeding the Roman army in Africa and around the Mediterranean. It is remarkably well-preserved and a delightful setting for concerts. Storks nest high on ancient pillars and watch the concerts too, occasionally adding the odd squawk. The king of Volubilis, Yuba, was married to Cleopatra and Anthony’s daughter.



The Fez Festival was founded by the Moroccan Sufi scholar and humanitarian activist Faouzi Skali. His aim was to provide a beacon of peace from the Islamic world. The theme of the 2005 festival is Paths of Hope. In the words of the Festival President, Mohamed Kabbaj, “In Fez we pay homage through music to the many cultures of our world and to their inherent beauty.”





The ancient site of Volubilis.

Pic: Remi Boisseau

The festival programme incorporates the Fez Encounters Colloquium, under the rubric Giving Soul to Globalisation. Savants and activists from diverse cultures come together in this “forum for understanding and action” to discuss topics that include Identity and Democracy and Healing Memories. Included in the programme are South African Susan Marks and her American husband John with their films The Shape of the Future and Nashe Maalo.



In addition to the film screenings, there are art exhibitions, activities for children, free concerts in the huge Bab Boujloud Square and Sufi nights of ecstatic music and dance in the Dar Tazi gardens. The Fez Festival is a week of distilled magic. In the words of Simon Broughton, the editor of Songlines world music magazine, “In 10 years it has become one of the great music festivals of the world.”



I remain delighted that I’m here in the city of the festival, and am looking forward to June and all the concerts. It’s a concentrated feast for the soul, and like the Grahamstown Festival, there are activities all day and all night to keep you busy. It’s a bit hot in Fez at that time of year to rush around quite as madly as you might in the frigid air of the Eastern Cape; it’s more a question of floating serenely from one amazing experience to the next, water bottle in hand!