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Ladies of Marrakechby ~Velica

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Recently I have visited Marrakech, Morocco. This was my first journey to a Muslim country and I collected some very interesting observations. Of course Marrakech is a tourism hotspot and, in some parts, it even has a cosmopolitan feeling to it and therefore some of these observations may not even be extendible to the rest of the country.

It caught my attention that, like in most places, the people of Marrakech are not all equally religious or, at least, tend to religion in different ways. This was more evident in women whose attire ranged from the pious burqa to the most westernised revealing outfits with everything in-between walking side by side with each other. This drawing attempts to illustrate this gradient of female attitudes in Moroccan society which I found very interesting.

The drawing is also heavily inspired and, dare I say, a homage to one of my favourite graphic novelists: Marjane Satrapi, author of "Persepolis". [link]

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~MKM-G Jan 3, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

^{This is beautiful, the concept is lovely, and the feeling very Escher and yet the reference of Marjane Satrapi. Makes a beautiful mix , favorite.}

~Velica Jan 5, 2012

Thank you!

~Bcharzini Dec 18, 2011

Maghreb girls are beautiful.
Nice drawing!

~ElfceltRJL Jul 30, 2011

This is so cool! And yes, I definitely thought of Persepolis when I first saw it!

~AskarovRoman Jul 29, 2011

Good work!

~senf-a May 10, 2011

Very nice drawing - reminds me of my visit to Casablanca - you really see a full range, from Niqab to tee shirts and jeans. And Persepolis is an awesome graphic novel

~Nachalnik Mar 9, 2011 Hobbyist

I love this! I was just thinking "Hmm, reminds me of Persepolis"

=alahay Feb 20, 2011

Is this extensible? I'm sure we can easily fit a new row of modern women

~Velica Feb 21, 2011

The last row should represent them.

=alahay Feb 20, 2011

muito fixe

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