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Eamonn Sheehy

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Eamonn Sheehy is the author of Summer In The City State

Eamonn Sheehy’s stories jump into the deep side of travel, culture and counter culture. His descriptive narratives portray vivid encounters with people living on the margins, across unique and unsettled regions. His work has appeared in YourMiddleEast.com, Kosovo 2.0 magazine, The Sarajevo Times and Redhorse Reporters.

Eamonn is from County Kerry in Ireland, and lives in a small village on the Cork coast, along the Wild Atlantic Way.
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Music from the Square Of The Dead - Jemaa El Fna after Sundown, Marrakech, Morocco

Here is a new recording from my last trip to Morocco - this time Marrakech's Square Of The Dead (Jemaa El Fna). A live music jam from one of the many music circles that take over the square after sundown.

Jemaa El Fna, Marrakech's main square is a lively place at the best of times, but it really comes into its own at night. A wander across this centuries old theatre of human spectacle in the twilig Read more of this blog post »

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Summer In The City State: Ceuta to Tangier through Fortress Europe

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