The choice of gold or silver jewellery depends on one's wealth, of course, but also on one's gender. In Morocco, a man is not supposed to wear gold jewellery, even for a wedding ring. Between "beldi" and modern, discover the beauty of oriental jewellery.
Yesterday I surprised one of my friends by explaining that I’d finally managed to be…
There's no event like Ramadan in the West, or waiting for Ramadan to start...
Moroccans rallied for Amina, but how many would agree to let a notoriously raped girl into their family? This dissonance pushes women to keep silent about their aggression.
As usual, the decision to switch to daylight saving time was taken “shortly beforehand”, since…
The hammam is an institution and a ritual for Moroccan women, primarily because in the past there were no bathrooms in their homes. From an obligation, it became a leisure activity.
Morocco is not spared from terrorism, which is more often directed against the country's tourist interests than against the inhabitants themselves. The police regularly dismantle terrorist cells.
Daylight saving time in Morocco: from 2 May 2011 to 8 August 2011, Morocco will switch to daylight saving time, returning to standard time just a few days before the start of Ramadan. Or perhaps not… with just a few weeks to go before the scheduled date, there has been no official announcement.
Defining natural areas to be preserved, developing solar and wind energy, developing organic farming: these are Morocco's major ecological projects, as presented on Earth Day.
At last, the date for daylight saving time in Morocco is known. And of course, it's not the same as last year or two years ago...
In 2009, Morocco is reintroducing summer time, which was tried out in 2008. But the dates, which are significantly different from those in Europe, mean that travellers are likely to encounter complications.
In Morocco, we don't do anything like everyone else, and we have fun cancelling a time change at the last minute because we forgot about Ramadan!
A relatively minor but impressive invasion of locusts in southern Morocco. It is easy to imagine the damage that could be caused by larger swarms.
Did you know? In Morocco, as in many other countries, smoking is banned in public places... incredible, isn't it?
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.
The tradition is the negotiation of the fine, which will eventually be paid directly to the police officer for a small fee. Modernity is the new highway code and the radar, not yet in operation.
