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.
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/
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.
Appreciate the comment Sara!
Appreciated the piece--another one very well done.
Thanks for reading Ben! 🫶
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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.
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/
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