Meat and Society in Colonial Fez

Author(s):
Holden, S.
Published
2002
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

In 1937, Haj Alla al-Qadmiri intoned 'Bismallah' (In the name of God) up to one hundred times in the course of a night's work.Qadmiri was an imam of the municipal slaughterhouse of Fez. Placing each animal on its side, he slit its throat from ear to ear while uttering this blessing. After the ritual sacrifice, butchers, also Moroccan Muslims, prepared the animal for sale by removing its skin and dressing its meat. Qadmiri's job seemed an age-old tradition, but it was an innovation dating to 1912, when the French established the Protectorate of Morocco.

Morocco
Date issued
2002
Language
English
Publisher
ISIM, Leiden
Is part of
ISIM Newsletter (2002), Vol. 10, no. 1, p. 28-28
hdl
1887/16784