A series of disappearances [fka The Land is Holy]
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Oum El Hassen pt 3 (opens the original)
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I come back to you to continue talking about Oum El-Hassen, the ogress of Fez and I hope that by now, you understand that what I’ve been wanting to say, is that there is a part of me that understands the monstrosity.That the real monsters were the people who took and pillaged. That there is true barbary in the process of placing women behind walls, force them to be registered and checked by colonial forces. That my obsession isn’t about a single woman and her trial but about a system of exploita
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