Shopping delights in Marrakech

AKBAR DELIGHTS

Another in our selection of stores with upmarket design products in Marrakech. Visit Akbar Delights’ website first to be inspired to seek them out.  Lovely selection of tunics and other better quality clothing as well as smart household accessories.

They now have a store in the medina and in Guèliz, the new town of Marrakesh. 

AKBAR DELIGHTS

Place Bab Fteuh, just behind the main square, Place Jemaa el Fna’

Marrakech Medina

  

Rue de la Liberte  42

1^st Floor  Appt 47

Gueliz, Marrakech

Tel : 06 71 66 13 07

www.akbardelights.com

info@akbardelights.com

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Aya's Boutique store in Marrakech

We are starting a directory of great stores to visit in Marrakesh.

Our first is Aya’s. Nawal, the owner of the store, has an eye for quality and design . You can order custom made Kaftans and Dresses.

Beautifully tailored and with hand stitching and embroidering. She also sells jewelry and select pieces for interior decoration. Best to go in the mornings when she is likely to be in the store. It is often closed in the afternoon. There are several photos of the rich and famous who have purchased in her store.

Aya’s Marrakech.  11 Bis , Derb Jdid Bab Mellah, (near to Tangia restaurant and Bahia Palace.  Tel: +212 (0) 524 38 34 28 -  Cell +212 (0) 661 46 29 16

Email  :  info@ayasmarrakech.com

www.ayasmarrakech.com

Cinema in Marrakesh - May 2012

If you’re in Marrakech and love films, there are plenty to choose from. Helps to be francophone.
Cinéma
http://www.zwinup.com/cinema-film-marrakech
Road to Kabul, Moroccan film by Brahim Chkiri,
Saturdays, 11 a.m., 12:45 a.m.
Sundays, 11 a.m.
Weekdays : 2:15 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Cinéma Mégarama.  www.megarama.info

Street Dance, dance film
Saturdays, 11 a.m., 12:45 a.m.
Sundays, 11 a.m.
Weekdays : 2:15 p.m., 5 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Cinéma Mégarama.  www.megarama.info

Les hommes libres, set in Paris under German occupation.
Wednesday, May 23rd at 7 p.m. Institute Français, Marrakech http://www.ifm.ma/

Fez World Sacred Music Festival

My friend, Kathy, is thrilled to be sharing the bill with Joan Baez, Björk, Wadie al Safi, Archie Shepp and other greats at Fez World Sacred Music Festival in Morocco. Her film, Pour une Nouvelle Séville, will screen June 14 in the ancient, magical, World Heritage city of Fez, Morocco.

http://www.fesfestival.com/2012/indexen.php

If you want to add Marrakesh to your trip to Fez, stay with us in the medina – in our authentic riads in the old city of Marrakech, beautifully renovated, great service and warm welcome. www.riadariha.com or www.riadchichi.com

Tetouan Film Festival in Morocco

Morocco is host to several film festivals.  We went to the Tetouan film festival in March, 2012, mainly to see the film of our good friend, Kathy Wazana, and we were delighted to also see several good films from the Mediterranean area.

The theme: Focus on the Arab Spring

Many films from various Arab and Mediterranean countries, France, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Italy, Lebanon, Serbia, Armenia (amusing piece about a piano – another example of the importance of music in life).

A couple of outstanding examples:

Film Exit Caire from Hesham Issawi – good example of the situation leading to the Arab spring in Egypt.

A beautiful film showing the power of music was La Cinquième Corde by Moroccan film director, Selma Bergach.

Pour une Nouvelle Seville in French and They Were Promised The Sea, in English, by Kathy Wazana. Shot in Morocco and in Israel-Palestine, the film is part historical investigation, part poetic and musical essay on loss and longing, on hope and the possibilities of coexistence.

 

So now I can’t wait for the Marrakech film festival December 2^nd to 10^th, 2012.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marrakesh-film-festival-jessica-chastain-sigourney-weaver-264654

 

Come and stay with us in Riad Ariha – get the true flavor of Marrakech and enjoy great films.

www.riadariha.com

Exhibition in Cafe du Livre Marrakesh

Visit Cafe du Livre Marrakech to see the Hands of Morocco photo exhibit, an interesting look at Moroccan culture through activities performed by hand.

One of the many skilled woodturners in Marrakech

You'll see many of these wood turners as you wander around the old city of Marrakech - noticeable by their deft use of toes to turn wood into things useful, like barbecue skewers.  Here Abdelaziz is fashioning me a good luck charm-all without electricity.

http://www.riadariha.com/the-riad-videos/in-and-around-riad-chi-chi-video-vignettes.htm

Mustafa, one of our local weavers close to Riad Ariha Marrakesh

The next in our series of mini-videos portraying life around Riad Ariha. This one is of another weaver, Mustafa, whose store is just next to the mosque ben Nasser at the parking of Sidi ben Slimane. Mustafa’s loom is 114 years old and not for sale. He considers it ‘baraka’ a blessing to allow him to earn his living. He has lovely items for sale, blankets, scarves, also embroidery and you can also have something custom-made.

In and around Riad Ariha, Marrakesh http://www.riadariha.com/the-riad-videos/video-vignettes-around-riad-ariha.htm  Scroll down to see all the videos