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Area : 105969  sq.mi - Population : 32993000 hab.

In brief

Visa :
No
Vaccinations :
No
Currency :
Dirham marocain
Capitale :
Rabat
Languages :
arabic

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Culture and tradition

 Traditions

Islam sets the pace of the day with its five calls to prayer. This is done by the muezzin from the minaret. The Moroccans fast and abstain from drinking, smoking and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan. Religious life in Morocco strictly adheres to the Muslim calendar: the Hegira, the day Mohammed left Mecca for Medina, marks year I. The Hegiran year has twelve lunar months of 29-30 days and is therefore shorter than the solar year by an average of eleven to twelve days.

 Books

Books:


-"This Blinding Absence of Light" by Tahar ben Jelloun.
-"The Sand Child" and "The Sacred night" by Tahar Ben Jelloun.
-"With Downcast Eyes" by Tahar Ben Jelloun.
-"Children of The Narrow Streets" by Abdelhak Serhane.

-"Three Kings" by Ignace Dalle.
-"Leaving" by Tahar Ben Jelloun. 2006
-"Living in Morocco" by Lisl and Landt Dennis.
-"The Art of Moroccan Ceramics", by Dr Sijelmassi.
-"Living in Morocco" by Barbara Stoeltie.

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 Movies

"Lawrence of Arabia" by David Lean.

"A Tea in The Sahara" by B. Bertolucci.
"The Great Journey" by Ismaïl Ferroukhi. 2004
"Tenja" by Hassan Legzouli. 2004
"The Black Room" by Hassan Benjelloun


 Music

Artist: Ahouach Megouna.