Comments on: The Door-knocker Tour

By: Khadijah Chadly

Khadijah Chadly — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:37:57 +0000

Hand of fatima and hamza are the same thing

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:18:24 +0000

I have a doorknocker like the one at http://www.berbertrading.com/pd_hand_of.cfm. They call it hand of fatima, but I think of it more as a hamsa.

I’ve never bought from Berber Trading company before, but they sell lots of moroccan items.

I also found a hand of Fatima door knocker online at http://www.palmyradesign.com/pages/antiques2.html.

In either case, you need to contact the website for purchasing information.

Good luck!

By: karen

karen — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:02:26 +0000

Im searching for a door knocker – Hand of Fatima – do you have any ideas?

By: MoroccanDesign.com

MoroccanDesign.com — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:27:12 +0000

Thank you, Jessica, for such positive feedback! It really means a lot to me.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:18:01 +0000

Amazing! The above post is totally uncalled for and the person was making an assumption on what was said. Obviously, she adores all things Moroccan including Moroccan people (including her Moroccan husband and his family). Her views and comments are completely appropriate and much appreciated. As a designer that has studied much about Islamic and Moroccan design, her blog is a pleasure to read and accurate. Please try to know peoples intentions are good as I will think that yours are too.
And thank you for this beautiful blog!

By: MoroccanDesign.com

MoroccanDesign.com — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:09:41 +0000

Wow. You sound like a really angry person.

I didn’t say I offered the guide “more than he was worth” I said I offered him “more than he deserved” and there is a huge difference in those statements. I certainly never called anyone “vermin.”

The guide shouldn’t have lied about the cafe being closed in order to get business. He should get a license like the guides in Fes if he wants to make money giving tours. I paid less for a full-day tour of the medina in Fes than he wanted for an hour tour of Oudaya.

Don’t assume that everyone outside of Morocco has an easy financial situation or that you know anything about my personal relationship to Morocco or Moroccans. I’m happy to have someone disagree with my perspective, but to attack me with the same type of prejudices you accuse me of deflates the impact of your views.

Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts, which I also posted for the “whole world to see.”

By: N

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:31:30 +0000

It’s sad how you act like the people that want some money are vermin. Then you decide to give the guide “more than he was worth” because your little daughter has more things of value in her little purse than this boy could have with two month’s labor.

Do you ever buy a dinner for $20? How about $40, $60?

Sure he’s a guide and may score 170 dirhams here and there from tourists like you who don’t know the area as well but is that so bad? You act like it is. Plus you learned all these things that you just posted on your website for the whole world to see.

Oh and good thing he “shooed” the poor little beggar off. Wouldn’t want poverty getting too close.

Wow and your website is devoted to Moroccan Design, how sad. People like you shouldn’t be in Morocco much less deserving of money of your own. Just like those people who love Native American art but can’t stand Native Americans it seems you are another who just iconizes entire cultures and cherry picks whatever you can while leaving not a shell of goodness behind.

Buy the ticket, take the ride, just don’t complain about it.