RAM had to contact all its customers to ensure on-time departures despite the unforeseen last-minute time change.
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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!
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.
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.
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.
Tazzarine a hébergé un saint marabout descendant de la tribu des Aroussi, qui donna le dernier grand opposant aux français, El Hiba. Son culte est encore vivant.
A “no-smoking middle schools, high schools and companies” operation has been launched in Morocco’s major cities, a first small step in the fight against tobacco.
As in French, fireplace or foyer (almessi) defines the family. The oven (afarnou) gives its name to a much sought-after bread in Morocco, which every Berber housewife knows how to prepare!
Did you know? In Morocco, as in many other countries, smoking is banned in public places… incredible, isn’t it?
There are many Amazigh words for rivers, streams and watercourses, no doubt to better appreciate this rare resource that is so essential to nomadic pastoralists!
Tizi means mountain pass. A mountainous country, with its three Atlas mountains, Morocco offers visitors many vertiginous tizi, the best known of which are between Marrakesh and Ouarzazate, on the one hand, and Taroudant on the other.
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.
Morocco is not a vegetarian country, so it’s difficult to eat vegan or vegetarian food, although there are restaurants in the major towns.
