medina mornings

[justcloudy]

Sincere apologies. Mod privileges gone awry. I hit the edit button instead of the reply,
Should be OK now,
Best,
tectak
PS I know Casablanca of old (1969-72). I know about the puddles of people in mid-circumstance. There is an acceptance...or was. I was questioning the contextual thinking...in all my time there and in Marrakesh, Layounne, Dakhla and that seat of civilisation...Tunis, I never felt that European/Western aloofness towards the basic sanitation of the locals. Things may have changed as things do. I withdraw my comment if this is the case...but ablution is too strong for a beard wipe!
Best,
tectak

Thanks!
And that's exactly why I need to rework the ablution part-- I mean the washing before their 5 daily prayers, nothing to do with their beards. Clearly I totally failed in getting that across, likely because of the difference between my context and that of the non-Muslim world. Here if you say "ablution" there is no doubt in anyone's mind what you're referring to. Anyway thanks again for the comments and stay tuned for an edit!
PS Casa of old was a whole 'nother world. Casa just 15 years ago was completely different. Things have been changing quickly in this corner of Africa in the past 50 years, and the pace is only quickening.