It is raining everywhere in Morocco, with heavy downpours blocking roads and flooding towns. Safety advice.
RAM had to contact all its customers to ensure on-time departures despite the unforeseen last-minute time change.
The pomegranate, a fruit of the sun symbolising abundance, whose Berber name is Taṛemmant, very similar to the Arabic Arrouman.
The time change in August 2008 was a blurred and complicated affair, with a hasty return to the old time because of Ramadan. That's how it is in Morocco!
Wedding celebrations are still an occasion to follow traditions, particularly in the south where they bring the whole tribe together in the summer for collective weddings.
Grown in the Draa Valley, Tazzarine henna is highly prized throughout Morocco. These small yellow cardboard boxes decorated with a fibula can be seen everywhere.
The place of women in Berber society, a status full of ambiguity, between independence and submission. The real issues are economic and educational.
A beautiful documentary tonight on Arte, exploring the love and marriage relationships between men and women in the Skoura palm grove.
A tourist is a customer, a guide, host or driver are suppliers. Friendship does not consist of a few warm words over tea in a family that earns income from it.
There are many moussems in Morocco. This festival, which is both religious and commercial, brings the tribe together for an annual celebration that allows everyone to get together. Although sometimes adapted for tourists, moussems retain their authenticity.
Many tourists ask for "authentic Moroccan oriental dance", but this is not a traditional Moroccan dance.
Taking a taxi in Marrakesh can be an ordeal, they are reputed to be among the worst taxis in the world, and the most rip-offs behind the Chileans.
The sentencing of Fouad Mourtada shows a growing lack of understanding between westernised Moroccans and those who are still poor and ignorant.
Before saying that Morocco is a tolerant country, we must agree on the notion of tolerance. A "simple" word whose meaning is totally different for a Moroccan and for a secular Westerner.
Among the tourist attractions to avoid: the snakes in Jemaa Fna square, animals that are mistreated even though several species are endangered. For a thirty-second thrill, it's really not worth it.
The dromedary is an animal of the desert, of sand and stones. It cannot plough, and the ‘dromedary's furrow’ is a symbol of work that does not progress. Like much of the work in Morocco!
