Boutique hotel riad in Marrakech -- Riad Ariha
Derb Ahmed el Borj 90, Kaa Sour
Marrakech, 40000, Morocco
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A MARKET IN MARRAKESH

The hunt for treasure among the trash leads writer

Derek Workman to the Thursday market at Bab el Khemis.

  • No shortage of window screens Bab Khemis Marrakech

When painter and writer Danny Moynihan, friend of avant-garde artist Damien Hirst, and author of Boogie Woogie, a novel that dished the dirt on the New York art world, decided to restore a riad in Marrakech's medina, he and his wife, actress, film-maker and former showgirl Katrine Boorman - daughter of film director John Boorman – trawled the markets and souks of Marrakesh for fabrics and furniture. For "almost everything else" they went to the Bab el Khemis flea market.

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