from morocco with *love*....because....there are more than 1001 colourful photos to find on my computer; the weather is still cold in Germany and I dream myself away with my favourite colours...the b...
just a small wish for today, just a little wednesday evening dream....taking a ride with the white camel...perhaps one day small wednesday evening wishes like this come true... ..until then...I will ...
something old, something new... voilà, the result! the first cushions of the new summer collection *sahara ancienne*...the *vintage camelbag* cushion in mysterious blue shades, the fotoprint shows de...
I am still hidden and disappeared in my atelier....I do work actually mainly on many clients orders for several weddings, new cushions, the summer collection, a jewelry project, fabric design and at ...
exactly they rocked the Kulturkirche in Cologne/Germany, the community of the church do not only celebrate the church service, they also do organizing cultural events for artists, musicians, etc.voil...
of my beloved grandfater...(1925-2009)image: petra hassan (taken from my grandfather´s photo collection)
to all of you! :-)after the non-stop working time in my atelier I will take a one day break and going to see the Tinariwen concert tomorrow evening in Cologne! may come, see and listen, too!!image: p...
another day in the sahara desert and another kitchen.... :-) today the *cusina amadan* the word amadan means herder in tamasheq, the Tuareg language...in this case I spent the day with 4 camel h...
after the rain in the sahara desert is coming the sun and then.......sometimes the ground is becoming a structure like....well....the first words came into my mind....*pâtisserie du désert*... lookin...
a Tuareg friend who visited me recently and me went with a big hole in the stomach one day very late in my kitchen, thinking about what to prepare for late night dinner...then he said first *macarona...
warm hot november sun in the middle of the sahara desert and...silence...pretty camel babys passing by......coming closer...watching me, curious!sniffing on my hands... sniffing on my hair....and fac...
the *magic* day started with blue, blue bavarian sky and bright sunshine....what a perfect saturday morning!later a few clouds appeared and the light changed into dusky pastell...some kind of lazy sa...
last week a young Tuareg, Mohamed Ahmed (Med Tinariwen) had been arrested by the algerian authorities under suspicious circumstances in the city of Tamanrasset in southern Algeria.it is still not cle...
well...sometimes special times need special projects....the inspiration: a few traditional colours & embroidery, a few friends and some plenty of glasses bittersweet and foamy green tea for the w...
the music label reaktion released recently the album *songs for desert refugees* in aid for northern Mali refugees.click here for more information, buy & download the album; also check out more f...
it started when I was in the age of 13 with a book, a gift given by a friend of my family to me; a story about a young woman who went one day to the middle of the Sahara, discovering her family histo...
Dear Madam and Sir, I confirm that the demonstration outside the Embassy of Mali will take place on 26th of February 2012 at 14:00 until 16h in Brussels at Avenue Molière n°487, 1050, IXELLES, Brusse...
last week my friend Mohamed told me (read his refugee story here) that he escaped with his family from Timbuktu in a 72 hour!! travel through the sahara to Mauritania.....imagine leaving your house, ...
to our friends who have been affected by the situation in northern Mali: if you or another person are victims of ill treatment or if you have been witness to violence against another human, it is imp...
on a rainy, greyish december day in Berlin, I am waiting in front of the Philharmonie for Tamikrest, the Touareg band from Mali. In my hands a small moroccan basket filled with a gas cooker, a blue e...
this morning on the run, leaving the house for work, a friend from Mali catched me and told me that she escaped to a neighbouring country; she just said "Petra, we are in need for everything"...
it is more than a nightmare, the worst case happen now in Mali...first of all....it is difficult to be thousands of kilometers far away and writing about this but.....there are friends and friends my...
where are all these people who went to the edge of the sahara desert to Azawad for visit the Tuareg world?where are all these men and women who are fascinated by the culture of the blue men, the beau...
wherever I am going, whatever I am doing....*inspiration* overload all the time, I can not explain how and why....since I remember I am thinking in colour...in full colour! come with me and see what ...
once in a *sahara* desert night....me, cozy and comfortable wrapped in a huge wool blanket..... listened the cracking fire and watched ruby red coloured glowing charcoal....shades of warm orange and ...
a very big *thank you* and *tanemert hullan* (in Tuareg language) to all of you! for all the messages and support we received within the past few days!!I just received a message where to send packs a...
dearest readers and friends!we are a small group of friends who organizing private help for the Tuareg territory in northern Mali, we urgently need the following:1. Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Diclofen...
rain and thunderstorm in the night, my mind is like a hot boiling pot of couscous ....where to start writing? the past few days I received several messages from the desert, exactly from northern Mali...
the magic of *tea*....from the desert with love for your home....4 new postcard sets "lart du thé dans le désert" now online in my shop!images: petra hassanP.S.: watch the new, truly breathta...
colourful cushions!inspired by the flowers after rain in the sahara...a few *new* desert flower cushions now online in my shop! images: petra hassan
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