On Thursday 16 people died in Marrakesh Because of a brutal attack occurred in one of the busiest tourist spots in the city, the Djemaa el Fna, considered the interests of Cultural Heritage.
The English attack have not died, and sure many would be touring the city at the time, because due to its proximity Marrakech, exotic nature and easy accessibility from Spain in very economical thanks to low operating cost in city, tends to have large English presence.
I want to focus on the English because many of us have visited this beautiful city and we walked by this place amazed by the great life that breathes in her 24 hours a day. Food stalls like those of the fairs happen to those offered delicious orange juice (very cheap) offered in natural or cooling mode (with water, which is not recommended), snake charmers, fortune teller protected under its umbrellas, tooth starters, women with henna tattooing and street artists, traditional dances, folk musicians, storytellers surrounded by attentive listeners ...
In recent years I have known many people who have been encouraged at last set foot in the African country closest we have, and forget for a few days the personal opinions that may have towards these people, most of which are negative. Thus, one delved into their world and met a Moroccan who, without giving its position trader, I greeted friendly, dedicated, showing close, kind and happy to help and share a few words in the Castilian that have been so hard learning, fighting in the conflict trilingual Arabic and French.
This beautiful city that has taken so long to clean a negative image caused by the image that their "brothers" were leaving Spain (few but noisy) and as English, has welcomed us with open arms always In order to make a good impression and change our mind to his people, because they are aware the image of "moro" in Spain, has been devastated by this sad event.
The riad in which I stayed in the days I spent there was a few meters from the cafeteria Argana, a place chosen by terrorists to place your gift loaded with dynamite. I can not help thinking that while Morocco is news these days by internal conflicts that are going for their economic and therefore more vulnerable to these things happen, this tragic event could have happened any day. When I was there, or when you were there.
Starting the season with increased tourism in the country, this pump has fallen as a jug of cold water over them. Many would consider if you really want to go and others who had in mind, change of destination until the situation was "normalized" for a while. Normal.
merchants of this beautiful city (and probably throughout Morocco) will be hands on your head thinking about the tough year ahead of them, remembering all the hard work of confraternación who have offered the outside world and now, because of some criminals will not consider, until people turn the page.
This goes for them, a song that shows how much Europe is aware, the cut with which begins the new album by Toploader, "Marrakech".
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