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Artists who fell for Morocco

Amin Maalouf

His novel tells the life of Leo Africanus, the boy from Granada who grew up in Fez.

  • From: Lebanon / France
  • Their art: writer
  • Made here or about here: Leo Africanus (novel)

Where in Morocco

  • Fez: setting of the novel
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Africanus

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