“I remember you. Green-eyed girl. You bought a handira from me,” says Abdelhafid Serrakh, a parttime Marrakesh city guide, and full-time expert carpet salesman, as he pours me a cup of mint tea in the back-room of his shop in the medina. The handira, a beautiful cream-colored Berber rug embellished with hundreds of jingling metal coins, has occupied pride of place in my bedroom for more than a decade. Now, all these years later, I have found my way back to Abdelhafid’s treasure trove on Route Sidi Abdelaziz, ready to sip more tea and barter for another.
Located at the crossroads between Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, Marrakesh has been seducing travellers into its labyrinthine souks since the 11th century, and its appeal shows no sign of waning. Indeed, having recently been crowned Africa’s Capital of Culture 2020 and attracted the eyes of the world as the setting for Dior’s recent Cruise catwalk show (an event heralded as a celebration of African savoir-faire), the Red City is poised to show off the craftsmanship of its merchants and workshops like never before.
This story is from the November 2019 edition of Harper's Bazaar Malaysia.
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