Mary Finnigan from Bristol in the UK has been the British representative of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music for the last four years.
When we said goodbye to her after last year's festival, it was with some trepidation as we wondered if she'd be here in Fez again. She'd recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and had delayed the start of chemotherapy to attend the Festival. Thus began a challenging period of chemo and radiotherapy, followed by Herceptin infusions every three weeks for a year.
But The View from Fez is delighted to report that Mary is coming through it all with flying colours and seems very well. She's staying on for a week's well-earned holiday in the medina.
Mary has been a journalist since she was 18. In 1968/69 she shared her home with the rock star David Bowie, helping him to re-launch his career with a folk club at a pub in Beckenham, Kent which morphed into the now legendary Beckenham Arts Lab. Mary has worked for The Daily Mirror, The Daily Express, The Sunday Times, Visnews (now Reuters TV), LBC/IRN, Thames News, TV-AM and the BBC. She is now freelance. Examples of her work can be seen at www.2write.co.uk
Mary finds Riad Lumen's courtyard perfect for her 5 Rhythms dancePhotos: Lumen
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