It's strange to celebrate the end of the year in a country where it ultimately means little to the local population. An expatriate experience!

Men and women celebrate separately in traditional Morocco. And women's celebrations are often (always?) less beautiful than men's.

The Muslim calendar is a lunar calendar, which begins in the year of the Hegira (departure for Mecca), which is why it is called the Hijri calendar. Resources for converting dates

Along with saffron, the argan tree is one of the natural golds available to the Berbers, a refined oil extracted from a tree that only grows wild in Morocco.