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Sara Scott's avatar

Thank you for this. Carla. These are all complicated stories, and it is important to allow them, as you have done here, to be complicated.

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Carla Villoria's avatar

Appreciate the comment Sara!

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Ben G's avatar

Appreciated the piece--another one very well done.

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Carla Villoria's avatar

Thanks for reading Ben! 🫶

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Karine's avatar

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79b1b757-3900-4924-822d-eafd0f4107ef_2355x3144.jpeg

This woman is not Moroccan but Algerian from Tlemcen, and she is not jewish, because this outfit is typically for muslim women, jews have their specific costume in Algeria.

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Carla Villoria's avatar

interesting. this picture is from a temporary exhibition called "The Jews of Morocco" at the "House of Photography" in Marrakesh, the picture was labeled as "Portrait of a Jewish Woman, Tangier (1880)" from George Washington Wilson. Here is more about the exhibition: https://maisondelaphotographie.ma/2020/01/08/les-juifs-au-maroc/

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Karine's avatar

The link does not work.

Moroccans are stealing Algeria's heritage and this is not the first photo they stole and attributed to Morocco.

Here are links to some exemples of this outfit which is specific to The region of Tlemcen in the west of Algeria:

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b77023237/f75.item

https://pin.it/1t8fyF7

https://pin.it/35Wx6IZ

https://pin.it/4t76uZA

https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/postcards/algeria/women/algerie-jeune-mauresque-ed-b-b-315-1830295893.html

https://pin.it/ODENqbN

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