Paul Pascon
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Paul Pascon was a Moroccan sociologist whose multidisciplinary work aimed to elucidate French colonialism in Morocco and the capitalism that accompanied it, and the development of Morocco after its in
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Zawiya (institution)
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A zawiya or zaouia is a building and institution associated with Sufis in the Islamic world. It can serve a variety of functions such a place of worship, school, monastery and/or mausoleum. In some re
Paul Pascon
…One critic reviewed it as if it were a drama with four main characters: the tribes, which make up the basic human component but in a great variety; the Zawaya, a religious group which also exercised considerable political power; the qaids, local chieftains whose power was structured in a kind of feudalism…
Zawiya of Sidi Qasim al-Jalizi in Tunis: view of the courtyard leading to the mausoleum chamber
Interior of the mausoleum of the Zawiya of Moulay Idris II in Fez, Morocco
Zawiya of Sidi Sahib in Kairouan (rebuilt in the 17th century)
Interior of the Green Mosque, an early 15th-century Ottoman zaviye in Bursa