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On this week’s episode of Why Morocco, British-Moroccan author Saeida Rouass stopped by the studio following her TEDx Marrakech talk to chat writing her first book Assembly of the Dead, a historical fiction set in Marrakech in 1906, and what the Marrakech medina may have looked like compared to today. We also talked about the soon-to-be-released sequel Library of Untruth that sees the return of Farouk al Alami, the detective we met in her first book, but this time in Fez in 1912 at the start of the French Protectorate era.
She certainly left me inspired to consider and helped me define a writing project I’ve been thinking about for awhile. So let’s listen in as Saeida talks about historical fiction, her British-Moroccan roots and fascination with serial killers having grown up just steps away from where Jack the Ripper once roamed.
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My other projects include:
Why Morocco bonus – Author Adrienne Chinn on creative writing and the energy of Marrakech
Why Morocco 033 – Life coach Ray Beach on Drift and Design
Why Morocco 032 – Amino Belyamani on Moroccan Tapes
Why Morocco 031 – Touria El Glaoui on the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Why Morocco 030 – Lonely Planet travel writer Helen Ranger on Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains
Why Morocco 029 – Meryam Demnati on Amazigh culture in Morocco
Why Morocco 028 – Aziza Chaouni on architectural restoration projects in Morocco
Why Morocco 026 – Imad Dahmani on modernist architecture in Casablanca
Why Morocco 025 – Justina Tulloch on living, visiting and doing business in Casablanca
Why Morocco 024 – Shiraz Ksaiba on leaving London and pursuing a creative life in Taghazout Morocco
Why Morocco 023 – Abderrazak Houdzi on learning a craft in Marrakech
Why Morocco 022 – Aida Alami on reporting from Morocco
Why Morocco 021 – Richard Hamilton on writing Tangier: From the Romans to the Rolling Stones
Why Morocco 020 – Rose Button on experiencing the holy town of Moulay Idriss, Morocco
Why Morocco 019 – Cris Martinus from Sun Trails on summer holidays in Morocco
Why Morocco 018 – Alice Morrison on trekking along the Draa River
Why Morocco 017 – On visiting Morocco during Ramadan
Why Morocco 016 – Fulbright Scholar David Packer on Moroccan ceramics
Why Morocco 015 – Artist Christo on his Femmes exhibition at the Yves Saint Laurent museum in Marrakech
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