Interview with stonemason

Date recorded: September 16, 1967
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified man; Performer: al-Hashtay, Qasim; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: interview/commentary

Culture: Arab, Moroccan

Instruments: voice

Location: Tangier, Tangier-Asila, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma, Morocco

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T3005

Track Number: 13

Archive ID: T3005R13

Note: Some of Qasim al-Hashtay's replies: "I work here. I work here but I live with my family... My trade is stonemasonry…I repair the stones in the wall…Me? My name is Qasim al-Hashtay…I live in Douar Mediouna…Yes, I am married, I have four children…I still have my mother, my father died (god have mercy on him).

Transcript:
Belongs to: Tangier 9/67

About the session: Speech samples and dubbed recordings from Tangier. First, a local stonemason is interviewed in Moroccan Arabic. Next, recordings from the personal collections of two famous expatriates— novelist Paul Bowles and writer/artist Brion Gysin.

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