In the Hammam (Lilith)

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In the Hammam

Tangier-born writer Yaëlle Azagury recounts her first visit to a women's bathhouse in Tangier with Muslim and Jewish companions. The experience opens into a meditation on the long history of Jews and Muslims in Morocco, from the story of the Jewish martyr Sol Hachuel to the tensions of the present.

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By Yaëlle Azagury, Lilith Magazine, Summer 2005. Opens in a new tab.

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