From Tangier with Love

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I simply found it profoundly incredible to be the six of us united in Tangier, Morocco, working on our next musical project! For those of you who have been following Your Favorite Enemies since our early days on Myspace, you know how crazy of a journey it’s been, as most of the time, we were our own favorite enemies! I thought the image was powerful… After more than 10 years spent together traveling the world in every possible condition, digging to find a home, to find peace, to find words music can’t express sometimes, we’ve realized that friendship is the most amazing thing we can offer someone… And to me, this is the most inspiring part of our story!

Love isn’t just something we find or something we fall into, but a journey, a journey we qualified of “beyond ourselves” not so long ago. Being here all together, to me, is a real testimony of what honest and real love is capable of! Even if sometimes the amount of love we have is as big as a mustard seed, it can – and it will – move mountains!

The hardest part of this journey is yet to come in a way, but to be here all together makes the impossible reachable. As long as there’s love…!

– Jeff

Happy birthday Jeff!

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Let’s raise our glasses to a man of true heart, to Jeff! Often talking about love and greatness, he really nurtures those values in his own life, leading everybody around to follow the same path. When passion is as strong as the one living deep inside of him, there’s no other way than to be touched as well. Life creates life, and Jeff is a great ambassador of this ethos!

From Tangier with Love

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“I am giving an art session for single mothers”, my friend said. I immediately knew I needed to be there.

“100% Mamans” was born of a desire to protect and give a chance to women pregnant outside of marriage. If you are not married and you get pregnant what happens is very simple; you hide the growing belly as long as possible because as soon as your family discovers it, you are pretty sure they will kick you out of the house with nothing. If you are about to deliver your baby, the hospitals might not even look at you. If your baby survives, it will have no official name, so no access to school, to work, to healthcare… that baby doesn’t exist in the system and the mother is a shame.

In the sewing classes, cooking classes, jewelry making classes and art sessions, my eyes saw ladies of different ages, most of them were a little shy but very sweet, welcoming, and most of all doing everything they can to build a future and cast away the fear that is so obvious.

My session with them was very simple, we taught them to fold little paper boats. Their paper boats will become a part of a big sculpture that will be exposed here in Tangier in May. For an hour or so, their minds are away from the tremendous pressure they live to concentrate on one fold at a time.

To be a part… They just have been rejected, first by men who don’t want to take part in their lives and the life of their child, rejected with disdain from their moms, their dads, their brothers and sisters, crossed off from all possibilities to get a job, ejected out in the streets to beg for food or to really become prostitutes… and now, they are invited to be a part of a community that believes they can define their own path and believes they can offer something good to their kids.

I felt I could learn and be inspired by all these women, the ones that are teaming up to offer juridic services, sanitary services, shelter and education, and the women that are taking that decision to live another day against the stream. I am planning on going back to be with them and live something with them. I hope I can bring some joy, but I know I will receive a lesson of courage.

– Miss Isabel

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Out for a Spin

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When Alex is in love, it takes everything from him, and he can not help but to live it to the fullest. What a perfect lover he is! 😉 This week, on our fan club, Alex told us more about one of his first vinyls’ love story, with The Velvet Underground, in his series “Out for a Spin”. Sunday Morning… Today, and a few years ago…

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From Tangier with Love

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A meaningful talk with…

My friend: “You know, I think a society, or a group of people, a family, even a couple, stops evolving and living when you stop talking about problems, issues and challenges. Naming real problems by their real names allows us to discuss about it all together, in order to find solutions, otherwise, we’re creating hopelessness, being the mother of all evil. We should never fear problems, but we should fear when no one wants to talk about real issues! Don’t get me wrong, I really love Tangier and Morocco, but it’s about time we sit down and talk about reality.”

Jeff: “It’s always easy to act as a victim, and to blame others, the system, life and even God for inequalities we often see and witness, not even seeking to understand why this is a reality for some and how we can shape this world differently.”

I have the privilege of enjoying breakfast almost every day with this amazing Moroccan friend of Alex, which I have the privilege of discovering more and more! This is a glimpse of an awesome conversation that lasted more than an hour. Very inspiring moment.

We would like to share more short stories with you based on moments lived with someone in the streets, or within a band conversation, around the table, in a coffee shop, etc. We will do so on a weekly basis and will call those posts “From Tangier With Love”! Being here is a real privilege for us all, and to share it with awesome people like you will simply make those little moments eternal..!

See you next week!
Jeff

A Season Of Birth And Rebirth

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Those t-shirts have been crafted to celebrate a different concert, a different moment, a different visual, a different meaning, but always with one thing in common: a moment of communion shared with you that will never fade. This is why those t-shirts are so meaningful to wear, maybe you were there at some shows, maybe we missed each other, our rendez-vous may be later or sooner, but through those, we remain one, from everywhere in the world!

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Sef & EarthQuaker Devices

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Special Thanks to EarthQuaker Devices for their partnership! It’s a great pleasure to collaborate with them to give a unique tone to the music we’re crafting in our Moroccan studio!

From a Stranger to a Friend

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Walking in the medina is an incredible blend of colors, fragrances, and sounds… So much that it feels like my eyes aren’t big enough to capture it all. I must have looked like I was overwhelmed or confused because an older man gently told me: “You don’t need to understand it all, just enjoy the simple moments with a smiling heart” as he handed me a rose from his stand. He was so right and made me smile right away! This man’s eyes were sensitive enough to see me in the dense crowd and his heart sensitive enough to teach me how simple it can be to be someone’s friend. One minute a stranger, the next minute a friend.

– Miss Isabel