MOROCCO’S BOTANICAL TREASURES: MEDICINAL & AROMATIC PLANTS FROM THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS TO THE SAHARA

Morocco is an extensive botanical field and a natural laboratory for the interplay of climate, topography, and human history. Estimates indicate that the Kingdom hosts approximately 4,200 vascular plant species, of which around 22% (≈879 species and subspecies) are endemic — species that do not …

ANCIENT CARAVAN ROUTES FROM TIMBUKTU TO ESSAOUIRA: A CULTURAL & HISTORICAL JOURNEY THROUGH MOROCCO

The ancient trans-Saharan caravan routes that connected Timbuktu in Mali to the Atlantic port of Essaouira in Morocco represent one of the most significant arteries of trade, culture, and human interaction in African history. These routes, crossing vast deserts, fertile oases, and rugged mountains, played …

THE FORTIFIED TREASURES OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS: EXPLORING MOROCCO’S ANCIENT IGOUDAR

The fortified communal granaries of Morocco, known in Tamazight as Igoudar (singular: Agadir), represent one of the most original and enduring architectural, social, and economic institutions of the Amazigh people. These structures, scattered across the High Atlas, the Anti-Atlas, the Souss-Massa plain, and parts of …