The Desert

I passed this sign on my way out of Zagora. Considering the masses of tourists that pass through here every year, the desert has taken a beating. Jeeps are not as enviro-friendly as camels, so I was very encouraged to see that at least some people are working on awareness.

A tourist in the desert

April 3rd 2006
Up early in the morning I took yet another bus to Zagora where I had promised my mudir (director of my Dar Chebab) I would look up his sister and her sons who worked with tourists before I went on to M’Hamid, where the road ends in the desert near the Algerian border. After a couple phone calls and talking to some of the guys who approached me on the street, a man came up to me and said he would ... read more

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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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