Maghreb el Aqsa - at Africa's edge

Almost on Morocco time.

Studying before Thursday departure: today, by showy gesture and self-evident observation, the establishing of Islam.

Maghreb el Aqsa:

When General Oqba Ibn Nafi rode fully armed
into the Atlantic in AD680 to proclaim,
with sword raised to Allah,
that he could go no further,
it marked the dramatic arrival of Islam in Morocco.
Henceforth, this newly conquered Islamic frontier
would be known asthe Maghreb El Aqsa
'the land furthest west'.


C - a little less in awe of a mansion built,
and state established,
just 300 years ago.
No swords were raised or uniforms wetted
as our forefathers rode into the Hudson.
Young us.