Tag: literature
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From Roma to Morocco: Embracing a Vagabond Spirit
Vagabond. From late Latin vagabundus, classic Latin vagus, ‘vagabond’; A person who has no fixed abode, means of support or occupation; Constantly travelling, constantly on the move, wandering here and there; Who is wandering; Wandering cats. How did this happen? Last Friday I read Amal Dengel’s Nile poem, in which a vagabond and a king…
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Photography and Storytelling: A Week in Review
Wednesday – À la prochaine, mama, produced by the community theater Ras el-Hanout, dealt with death, grief, and coping with loss, all of which touch each of us sooner or later. It elicited very moving reactions from the audience and made me think that perhaps such issues are not widely discussed in the Moroccan community.…
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Pre-architectures
There are moment in life when the need to be close to something light, airy, primary, and quiet grows so big that it is a blessing to stumble, often by accident, upon exhibitions, books, music… that fill that precise need. I spent last Sunday afternoon with forensic architecture and The Nebelivka Hypothesis. It put my…
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Concrete Dreams
Poonam Jolly: Concrete Dreams: Notes on Ecology, Economy and Architecture. A Review by Jarmo Pikkujamsa 27 October 2023. When did you last have someone plump up your mattress to avoid back problems? And have you had the fortune of having a gardener who doesn’t doze off while watering your plants? Poonam Jolly’s Concrete Dreams: Notes…
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الكالفالا
Akseli Gallen-Kallela :لوحات تُرجم شعرنا الملحمي الوطني إلى العديد من اللغات ، وكذلك العربية. أتذكر من المدرسة ، حيث قرأنا أجزاء من كاليفالا، أنني لم أفهم دائمًا كل شيء بسبب لغتها القديمة. نشأت القصص من الفولكلور الشفهي والأساطير التي جمعها إلياس لونروت في الجزء الشرقي في فنلندا. تم نشره لأول مرة في عام 1835 مبروك…
J.K. Pikkujämsä 