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On the Berber Trail

Lovers of the Lakes of Tears

The Imilchil wedding festival is an annual gathering of the Berber peoples so betrothals can take place. Unlike other Islamic societies, Berbers …

Dahlia, Berber Warrior Queen

Background Story Known as “The Witch” (al-Kahinat) to the invading Arabs, she was a fierce and wise resistance fighter for the Berber …

Morocco Through a Window

A thousand colours, little green These hills, where the Berber rode After him the Arab on steed Then French and Spanish on …

Are Both One Blood?

Some Arabs say that Celts they were, These Berber folk who in the Maghreb live, I see few similarities to my eye… …

Last Keepers of the Kasbah

The last keepers, there they stand, within the walls of the Kasbah Visitors to guide, around the site of the Kasbah Now …