There are many words for sheep in Berber, depending on their colour, behaviour and age. Anougoud refers to the young male sheep that will be killed at Eid time, and also to its meat.
The tent (Axam in Berber, khayma in Arabic) is the home of nomads. The ‘people of the tent’ are the family unit, the nucleus around which daily life is organised.
Morocco is not a vegetarian country, so it's difficult to eat vegan or vegetarian food, although there are restaurants in the major towns.
The Berber house is most often built of earth and is square in shape, or fortified, like a kasbah. In some Berber towns, such as Azrou or Ifrane, there are "European" houses.
They are called reg or hamada, from two Arabic words. In Berber, the stone desert is called Amerdoul. Most of Morocco's deserts are like this.
Unless you have really specific treatments, there's no need to splash out on medicines and parapharmaceuticals before coming to Morocco. You can find a lot of things easily on the spot.
Tazzarine is a small town on the edge of the Drâa valley, unloved by guidebooks…
I like this old image, which clearly shows the cultural gap between the two worlds. A gap that is still there, despite the suits and ties worn by the employees, and that goes way beyond clothing!
View of a small rose garden in Boutaghar: the roses surround the wheat plants
It had been brewing for a long time, and every time I returned to Germany I felt less and less at home. But in the end, Germany had never been my home.
Contents: an improved logo, a blog for the Oasis, a new hotel: Les Roches in the Todra gorges, M'Hamid of the Gazelles, Berber weddings, the Old Morocco site, and last but not least, a big thank you.
Moroccan food is varied and excellent, and simple rules of hygiene will help you avoid touristas and other problems.
Visiting Morocco during Ramadan: advantages and disadvantages. Your stay will be different, but just as enjoyable as the rest of the year.
The "tamarisk root" you see in the desert is not a tamarisk root, but a parasitic plant of the tamarisk root, the cistanche, which is very pretty with its yellow flowers.
The Issawiyya, a large Muslim brotherhood, has a strong presence on the web, "tradition and modernity".
Information for the 2009 Rose Moussem: in this blog post The date of the is…
