Autumn is called ⴰⵎⵡⴰⵏ (Amwan) in Berber. It’s too short a season, but I think it’s my favourite, as it gives us a break from the summer heat and allows us to see migratory birds!
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To obtain a residence permit in Morocco, without having any local income, you need to have 100,000 dirhams in your Moroccan bank account.
Summer is called Anbdu in Berber, and it is not the most beautiful of the four seasons in this country, where heat is more of an enemy.
The start of the 2022 school year will focus on pre-school education, and this is an opportunity for us to talk to the director of Touchatou, a nursery school in Casablanca.
The goat that flies with its tuft of grass between its teeth, an Amazigh proverb known to all, the local substitute for the Milka marmot.
When it comes to Moroccan naturalisation, the real question is not “is it possible” but “is it a good idea”? And the answer to both questions is often “no”.
A look back at a foreigner who tried to bribe his way out of a bad situation and fell even lower, because it was no use.
It’s a simple question with no answers, and it raises a whole host of other questions. What if sardine was a Berber word?
The release of the Uber Files is reminiscent of Uber’s attempt to establish itself in Morocco, from 2015 to 2018, with the same tactics as everywhere else in the world.
You can open a bank account in Morocco as a non-resident foreigner, you just have to find the right bank!
Morocco will abolish the exemption from customs duties for small parcels of less than 1,200 dirhams, as of 1 July 2022. Regardless of its value, a parcel will have to pay customs duty and VAT.
Changing time is not easy in Morocco. And when you are in “summer” time all year round, you have to go back to solar time for Ramadan.
A workshop, an exhibition and zellige decorations: a mix of activities for an artistic Christmas in Casablanca.
Islam does not recognise adoption, but the simple support of an orphan (on the principle of a foster family). There is a misnomer that equates kafala with adoption, but this is totally wrong.
Have you seen this trailer of the Wheel of Time? With that beautiful Berber tattoo, enhanced with Arabic characters, on the chest of the leader of the Aes Sedai, those women with such powerful magic powers?
Morocco is not Afghanistan, yet there are many similarities between the two countries. Modernisation is not as complete as Western clothing would have us believe.
