Last Storytellers

Richard Hamilton has worked for the BBC World Service as a broadcast journalist since 1998, including being a correspondent in Morocco, South Africa and Madagascar. He also reports for BBC TV, radio and online. Whilst living in Morocco, he co-authored the Time Out Guide to Marrakech and has written throughout his career for magazines and newspapers such as Conde Nast Traveller and The Times. He has an MA in African Studies from SOAS.

• Foreword: Circles in the Jemaa el Fna xiiiAuthor’s NoteAcknowledgementsIntroductionThe Red LanternThe King and His Prime MinisterThe Gazelle with the Golden HornsThe Imam and the WagerThe Girl Who Fell in Love with the HermitThe Birth of the SaharaThe Trials of NoureddineThe Sultan and His Vizier’s WifeThe Queen and the King, the Son of AmelkaniNour and the SultanThe Laundryman and the FountainThe Man Who Went Against His Father’s WishesThe Vizier and the ChickenThe Fakir and the FrogThe Two HunchbacksEl-Ghaliya Bent MansourThe Land and the TreasureThe Statue and the RobberThe Tailor, the Princess and the EagleThe Sultan and the ThiefThe Eyes of Ben’AdiThe Shoemaker and the BirdThe Vizier and the BarberSeven Coins and a DonkeyThe Sultan’s Daughter and the LeperThe Nobleman and His Three SonsThe Vengeance of AllahThe Woman and the Black CatAicha RmadaThe Traveller and the Pasha’s DaughterThe Girl from FesOne Hundred and One BeheadingsThe Three FigsSuleiman, the Stork and the City of GoldThe Woman and the DevilThe Bird from the Land of GabourThe Pomegranate and the Talking DrumThe Date GatherersThe Rich Woman and the Sacks of CornPostscript

Inspiring . . . brilliantly illustrates an ancient oral tradition in my country. I cannot but commend your untiring, meticulous work. Building on stories gathered directly from some of our most renowned storytellers, you have introduced readers to a time-honoured Moroccan tradition.