"hospitality", probably one of the concepts nonprofit oldest and poignant humanity has become the world today a thriving business. Too bad!
My friend Hassan Alami, when we were running around Malaga, invited "all quisqui" to his home in Tangier, worse, to the house of his parents! Very strong shaking hands and so made it clear who was who. I always said, without intent to offend, of course, that his house was not the orphanage of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which all together would not fit, and consecutively would be insane. He replied that the heart of hospitality is infinite and where they eat two can eat three. I I am unable to defend something as ambiguous. An invitation does not guarantee you anything in particular, is a real invitation? All Moroccans are proud to identify with the adjective that comes from afar, "hospitals." I have no reliable data substantiating this claim except that the recognition of repetitive image of "National Geographic" of offering free tea with a Bedouin in the desert, or that popular phrase to exchange an exorbitant amount of camels for your wife or that we are inviting everyone to a huge couscous to break the Guinness Record ,.... Nonsense.
Hospitality is not only sportsmanship but also is the art and intelligence support to the guest, is the human capacity to fall properly on the other. I'll stick with what I heard recently when one cried in the medina in Tangier:
"Send eggs! What do they think that we are in the land of the Teletubbies with hugs and houses without doors? And a club! ".
The truth is that hospitality is not just about being good and playing the fool, or cover their eyes to the guest, or someone open arms by obligation, nor is it they can not afford or take advantage of the guest or vice versa, if so annoying and entertainment would become a nuisance. Hospitality must be based on humility, mutual commitment and obligation to promote or advertise something that one must address not take advantage. The hospitality is meant to benefit both parties. Finally, I finish, I think the concept of hospitality should be based on respect, loyalty and moral obligations and mutual human. So here's what I think and I can write.