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Aqoura: An Apple That Sustains a Mountain

Each autumn, the mountains come alive to the rhythm of apples. From Aqoura to Laqlouq, and through Tannourine, the harvest keeps the heart of an entire region beating. An ancestral tradition that farmers strive to pass down to their children. Here, the apple is more than just a fruit; it’s a symbol of prosperity. And you, what’s your ...

The Whistling Voices of the High Atlas

In Morocco's High Atlas Mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a century-old language, now jeopardized by rural flight. "The whistle language is our telephone," joked Hammou, 59, the elder of a family known for the tradition in Imzerri, a hamlet in the ...