Rafat's Video Diary: Preserving Authenticity in a Digital Age
Skift Take
How do we protect these experiences in their authentic non-museumized-non-touristed forms — Fez is already a simulacra — while not being hypocritical about their agency and desire to live a modern life?
I am spending an extended time staying in Morocco for a family commitment, and dipping in and out as a tourist while also being an almost semi-local, in the 5-6 weeks stay here. I am experimenting with a video diary format around my thoughts on the travel industry from the lens of this stay in Morocco. Hope you like it. This is the first one and a short essay based on the video is below it.
If you aren't able to the video properly here, check this out directly on my Linkedin post.
Experiential Travel in Morocco: Preserving Authenticity in a Digital Age
As I sit in the heart of the old Medina in Fez, Morocco, I've been re
