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Artists who fell for Morocco

Ibn Arabi

The great Sufi master lived for a time in Fez before leaving al-Andalus for good.

  • From: al-Andalus (Murcia, today Spain)
  • Their art: writer, poet, mystic
  • In Morocco: Fez, 1195 (and later crossings until 1200)

Where in Morocco

  • Fez (Qarawiyyin, medina): travelled to Fez with his two sisters in 1195
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Arabi

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