Last week, we wrote up something for SF Weekly’s “I Heart Street Art” about Moroccan soccer team tags around Rabat. This week we’re contributing again, this time about stencils and their role in the election process in these parts. Check out the full post here.

Then, just yesterday, I (Steven) was wandering around the neighborhood next to ours in Rabat called Agdal. It’s a funny place, Agdal. If you go too far you’ll find yourself on a strip of cafes with a few boutiques, a United Colors of Benetton, a Steve Madden. I didn’t make it that far, and instead found myself in the middle of about ten different schools, preschool to high school, that were all letting out.

So, where you find students, you’ll find graffiti, right? Well I did, and some tags that were a whole lot cooler than someone scribbling “FAR” in spray paint. Here’s one.

And then I found this whole big yellow wall by what I’m pretty sure is the public school amongst these ten or so generally ritzy private ones. It had all kind of tags.

Like these

And this one: I dig the floor lettering.

And then I realized that this wall was actually a wall once used for those elections stencils. Can you see the boxes and those scales? They’re for Morocco’s first political party, Istiqlal, that worked with king Mohammed V back in the day to free Morocco from the French. (That party is still around, though I doubt the stencil itself is from the 50s.)

Here’s another wheat-paste of a lion that is for the Moroccan Liberal party. (Their office is right below our hotel room!)

This whole wall just really warmed my heart. It’s public a space that was designated for political discourse, but in between elections the punky highschoolers get to tag all over it. Then, hopefully, when it is rolled it over again for elections, it’s used for politics. We should have some of these in SF!

Even though we’re not the most avid football/soccer fans, we’ve kind of got a thing for street art– hence our recent fascination with local teams’ tags around the city. (You just can’t turn the corner here without running into a “FAR” tag.) Alan Hough of MissionMission/SF Weekly even let us take over “I Heart Street Art” this week and write about it. Check it out here.

For those of you coming from “I Heart Street Art,” a hearty welcome to you! Here are those extra photos you were promised:

(P.S. We hope to see you again!)

There is it is. A loyal shitty kittyer just sent this in and BCCed me. Was he the first? Was he even in Brooklyn? That bridge looks suspicious…

Anyway, please send you with your shitty kitty to innout (at) fecalface.com

… and we’d love it if you BCCed steven@telephoneandsoup.com and/or casey@telephoneandsoup.com, too.

Check out this great roundup of all the art around the Mission over the weekend on MissionLocal.org here . Them, plus Mission Mission, are our favorite ways to keep up on what’s going in our hood.

Oh, and MissionLocal is up for a Webby. Vote for them here .

So thanks again for swinging by over the weekend. If you have any other questions or want to see any pieces again/commission any work send us a line.

…aha and here we are. Sufficiently exhausted after the fun weekend! Watch out for that sea turtle behind us. I think he’s wanted for tax evasion or something.