Recently returned from the Western Saharan refugee camps in Algeria, where I was working with Donal Scannel on a documentary he’s making of the Sahrawi exile singer, Aziza Brahim. Here’s a glimpse of Aziza during some downtime on tour in Spain this summer.
Posts Tagged ‘Spain’
Aziza Brahim sings of Western Sahara
In Africa, Culture, International on November 1, 2009 at 3:41 pmIn Spain: Two sweet wines
In Travel on July 24, 2008 at 11:36 amPublished in Magill, June/July 2008
Sunday comes. There was talk of the weather turning, but it hasn’t. The wind blows cold and low, the Levante, south east across Spain, finding its way between the buildings and down the narrow streets of Tarifa, and blowing the kite surfers out to sea. We have promised ourselves an escape. The rhythm of life in this pueblo changes little, and we’re bored of walking round and round inside the old town walls.
In Spain: The wind also rises
In Travel on July 23, 2008 at 2:48 pmPublished in the Sunday Tribune
She was a few months pregnant when the idea struck. “Let’s go to Spain.”
For a holiday? “For a few months. In the spring. While it’s still cold here. While I’m on maternity leave.”
“But what about my job?” I asked. And then I stopped. I don’t have a job.
“You can work from there. Do some travel articles. Bring some work with you. Write that novel.”
Report from Morocco: Dying to get into Europe
In Africa, Aid & development, Immigration & asylum on July 9, 2008 at 12:08 amPublished in the Sunday Tribune, June 8, 2008
“I struggled out of the water, into the rescue boat.
“After some minutes, they brought out my woman. She was already dead.
“Then, after some minutes, they brought out my baby. Dead too.”
Eric Onaginu paid a trafficker €2,600 to ferry himself, his wife, Pat, and their four year old daughter, Sandra, across the Mediterranean from the Moroccan port of Nador to the south coast of Spain.
