Sentence examples for Medina from inspiring English sources
noun
The traditional, old or non-European area of a North African town.
- Although Hicham usually worked in the new town, he still lived in the medina.
Easyjet (easyjet.com) flies from Luton and Gatwick to Istanbul 4. MARRAKECH There is something hugely romantic about disappearing through an unmarked door in the medina into a coolly elegant hotel or ornately tiled cafe.
The five lived together in two neighbouring riads in the medina with the original intention of creating an evolving exhibition as they made the work.
There was no medina, no souks, no picturesque chaos.
Douar Lmih Laroussiène, Commune Agafay, +212 661 306494, lapause-marrakech.com, doubles from £49 Perched high above the exquisite Ourika valley at the foot of the Atlas mountains, the Kasbah Bab Ourika is the newest addition to Marrakech's eco-scene, and the creation of Englishman Stephen Skinner, proprietor of the cosy, eccentric Riyad Edward in the city's medina.
Tripoli's first boutique hotel is hidden in the medina, with 15 rooms grouped around four tranquil courtyards.
The week began at Riad Zamzam (riadzamzam.com) in Marrakech, an enchanting old fortune-teller's house in the medina, now converted into a boutique hotel.
Riad Bamboo A little pocket of calm in the heart of the medina, this welcoming riad offers great-value rooms a two-minute walk from the Djemaa el Fna.
Located in the Mouassine area of the medina, close to the King's Palace, it mixes original features and rich local fabrics with modern European ornaments and huge street-artist paintings.
Then, while talking with Imane and Leila, the two young local women she was working with, Meiselas hit on the idea of a creating a pop-up studio inside the medina on Spices Square to photograph the women who worked there.
A Saudi daily newspaper, al-Medina, says that more than half of 200,000 firms registered as building contractors have temporarily closed.Similar troubles sprouted when the new rules began to be enforced last spring, prompting the hasty announcement of a seven-month amnesty.
Catch a film The now-ruined beachfront Palacio de la Chanca was built in the 15th century by the dukes of Medina-Sidonia, who profited hugely from the tuna fishing industry, the almadraba.
