Casablanca revisited fifteen years later

• Published in: The Christian Science monitor (1983)
• Main Author: de Vito, E B
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, Mass The Christian Science Publishing Society (d/b/a "The Christian Science Monitor"), trusteeship under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 24.10.1985
• ISSN: 0882-7729; 2166-3262

''The world is a megalopolis,'' a shipmate said, and so it seemed as skylines and waterfronts, all with their towering high-rises, appeared stamped from a single die $ Yet even in this modern concrete city, its harbor enlarged for ships from everywhere, some segment of the old ways still remained $ a boy bearingtake-out orders of mint tea from mysterious Sinbad's Cafe near the pier; the market with its stalls of dazzling blossoms fighting aromas of the fish nearby; the faithful answering a - pre-recorded - call to praye $ and here and there a bright-eyed lady, smiling, perhaps, behind the opaque veil, who showed, through the slit sides of her dark caftan, that she was wearing wedgies, open-toed. $ This time no sheep wove recklessly behind a burnoosed shepherd through city traffic, but palms and pines still lined the highways and souks blaring Oriental tunes, interspersed brass, copper, leather, silver and jewelry of intricate design with T-shirts bearing scenes captioned Miami and sneakers, jeans, and mini-skirts and slacks $ And just outside the city, as before, a caftaned figure dropped down for forty winks wherever he chose, his hood pulled forward, resembling a little laundry hea $ Credit: By E. B. de Vito