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A Linguist's Paradise

In Ait Ourir there are signs pointing back the way I had traveled through Sidi Rahal and up over the Atlas to Ouarzazate. They really should be written in Berber - or Tashillhit also. People here are all multi-lingual.
Out in the Country

June 17th 2008
I decided to visit my friend Rebecca, who was in Peace Corps with me and is still here since she extended her service a year. Becky lives in another town close to Marrakech and I used to travel from Kelaa to her site in Ait Ourir almost every month. Maryam woke me up in the morning around 11:30. It had been another hot, sleepless night. When I looked out the door of my room into the central liv ... read more
Africa » Morocco » Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz » Ait Ourir

Moroccan Flag In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more
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