Fruit on the Vine: Marrakchi Harvests Bitter Justice
“We give our bodies. All that for peanuts,” is an anguished remonstrance from the protagonist in Strawberries,...
By way of the young, unmarried Moroccan titular protagonist, Meryem Benm'Barek cuts her teeth with a piece that looks at the unwanted pregnancy under the...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.