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    Erg Chebbi is the principal erg (sand desert) of Morocco. Its dunes, that can reach the height of 150m and hosted once the indipendent medieval emirate of Sijilmāsa, became recently a popular touristic destination and are actually threatened by the massive use of off-road vehicles, quads and motorbike on their surface. by: andrealoria Views[429] The valley of the river Dades became popular as Due to the desertic climate, the peaks of the High Atlas are bare and often deeply carved and shaped by the erosion. In this area, during the rainy season, a dry stony ground could become in a couple of hours a river in flood. by: andrealoria Views[430] Before it became a popular touristic destination for being used as a location for many movies, in the village of Ait Ben Haddou people lived in the old houses of the kasbah and used to look at the sunset from the rooftops while having a tea or just a friendly chat. Now nobody can stay inside the touristic area after the sunset but, as the surveillance is not very strict, somebody leaps over the walls to enjoy this ritual anyway. by: andrealoria Views[484] Simo Mohamed lives and works in Hassi Labied, a small village close to the dunes in eastern Morocco. His parents live in the Saharawi Refugee Camp in Tindouf (Algeria) and he's the only one to have a stable occupation, so he sends them some money every month. by: andrealoria Views[692]
     

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    Friday, 5 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    - For a Saharawi the word "desert" doesn't mean anything, I need to know what desert it is - tells me Simo Mohamed - I can live in an erg or a reg, not in a hammada: the word itself, "hamid", means "death".
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