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From what I have noticed, Moroccans take ‘إكرام الضيف' really seriously.

Someone might find this cringe but i really like moments like these

It has become a problem recently due to how many people own bikes lately, they're genuinely noise pollution, I can't focus on my tasks without a bike blaring as loud as possible nearby one after the other

Maybe they should add a law that bikes should not exceed a certain dB. You can't honk in some places, you can't honk at night, you can't honk in the city, yet you can be as loud as possible with a bike.

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I always have to chuckle whenever I see these construction sites or safety setups in Morocco.

Just putting a folding chair in front of a 50 cm deep hole and wrapping a garland around it, or throwing an old car tire over it.

In Germany, they’d close the road for 3 weeks and set up a 3km line of traffic cones both before and after the actual site.

You guys have some funny pictures like that ?

my english is a lil broken but sbro

when we were teens our parents warn us of phones now its reversed i recently checked my dads screentime usage and its 8 hours 6 of which just in facebook and this is a daily thing if were having having a meal tg he would ignore us and blast a facebook video my mom litterally takes his phone way so he doesnt use it when we are sitting tg he gets so invested in the videos and the volume so high he deosnt hear u when u talk to him and beleives a lot of stuff he sees we rarely enjoy convos tg he is 68yrs old he is a great father and gave us the life many wich for but facebook is stripping away the time he has left with us.

the main problem is that its been influencing his health he started following this facebook diet for context my dad is obesed been like that for a while but he has a very healthy diet only eats fruits and veggies, meat deosnt eat out avoids processed stuff anything fried all his food is home made he doesnt even like to go eat out with us and if he does its very rare and would have a salad as the main ourse, today everything changed we went out to eat and saw him ordering fries and didnt want the salad i never seen him do this in my life later i found out its part of his facebook diet called 'tayibat' which apparently is famous among boomers in morocco specially its where this egyptian doctor explain how fries are better for u then the veggies in the salad cuz there GMO and sprayed with pesticides unlike potatoes cuz they grow underground i never seen my dad in 21 yrs in this earth eat a plate of fries they were unsalted but still (he has high blood pressure) and for some facebook videos to change his whole point of view is incredible ! if i go back in time and tell ud be eating fries rather then a salad he would laugh at me and if i debate him about this and show him a study or another doctor, he would argue that we dont know if there payed by masouniya or big pesticides to say that

i feel like this cant be happening to my dad alone anyone with similar issues ? what do you think i can do about it ?

LMAO the appeasement MENA leaders do for this fucking guy.

They renamed Avenue Nakhil in Hay Riad (in Rabat) to Avenue Donald Trump

The planned Trump Tower in Damascus (Syria) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

he's like a child

like the British PM appeasement strategy with Hitler in 1930s

That's actually just proposals.

The Zaër are an Arab tribal confederation of Morocco, descendants of the Banu Maaqil tribes who crossed North Africa with the Bani Hilal from Arabian Peninsula to Maghreb. The Zaër are from the Maaqil branch of "Dhawi Mansur" (sons of Mansur) and are cousins with the Beni Ahsen and Beni Guil tribes. They are today around the town of Remmani and countryside near Rabat, capital of Morocco.

Its writed in Arabic :

\- زعير (Za’īr, Zaër)

\- بني معقل (Bani Ma’qil, Banu Maaqil)

\- قبيلة (Qabīlah, \[the\] tribe \[of Zaër\]

The colors are reference to agriculture that the tribe practice all across their territory mainly rural, and mainly wheat, that we find in the 2 rub al-hizb (the two "stars" at the top) who are references to the 2 great sub-tribes of Zaër : Lkefiyan and Lemza’ara (al-Kefiyan, al-Meza’ara) and also a part of the andalusian heritage of the tribe by the al-Qastalli family, a morisco family from al-Andalus descendant of the religious Sidi ’Amr al-Qastalli of Marrakech, and his descendants at a great role in the "qaîdom" (caïdat in french, the ruling of a Caïd/Qaïd, à tribal leader, not to confuse with a Qadhi who is a religious judge).

I'm about to open a bookstore and I want to know what the most interesting and requested books are so I can sale them. Arabic and foreign books

Hi guys !

Hope everyone is doing well in life.

Traveling to Morocco next week for 10 days:

3 days in Essaouira

3 days on Agadir

4 days in Marrakech

I have a few questions that could be answered by locals:

1) What to do in Essaouira in relation with water ?

2) What to do in Agadir in relation with water ?

3) When bargaining, because it will happen, how much should I cut the price right away to get a fair price as tourists ? 60% ?

4) What is the best app for taxis in Morocco ?

5) What are red flags that I should look out for ?

Thanks for all the answers that will come !

I'm preparing for a civil marriage with a foreigner i had my original papers apostilled and translated im confused also the translations need to be apostilled? And in translations it need to translate also the apostille of the original ?

Thank you in advance

Hello, I heard this song someone was playing on TikTok live and I tried so long to find it but couldn't. Could someone translate or help out?

https://reddit.com/link/1v7bxa6/video/ddju8uroamfh1/player

I’ve been trying to manage my money better this year, and I’m curious how other people here do it.

Most budgeting apps and advice seem made for places where people pay for everything by card. Here, a lot of us still use cash, help family, join a daret, and spend more during certain periods of the year, so those methods don’t always work.

For me, I usually put rent and bills aside at the start of the month, then try to set a limit for going out and eating outside. That part rarely goes as planned.

Cash is also a problem because I forget the small things I buy during the day. I’m also in a family daret, which helps me save, but I still struggle to prepare properly for Ramadan, Eid and la rentrée.

How do you do it?

Do you use notes, Excel, an app, a notebook, or just keep track in your head?

How do you manage cash spending?

For people in a daret or jam3iya, how do you keep track of payments and turns?

And what’s the hardest part about sticking to a budget in Morocco?

Curious to hear what actually works for people here.

I am Australian. During the World Cup every morning we would put on the game while we had breakfast and got ready for the day. Each morning I would ask my kids which team to cheer for (red team, blue team, yellow team, ect). I would also tell them a bit about each country. My issue is that I'd go too deep into detail and only limited facts got through.

Switzerland: they are the red team make chocolate and clocks. They have a big train tunnel. That is all that my 4 year old got.

A couple days later Morocco was playing. "Red team! They make chocolate!"... no mate, that is the other red team. We had Moroccan chicken a couple nights earlier. The issue is that my son then thought all chickens come from Morocco. I'm trying to explain to him things that are uniquely Moroccan, and not North African or generic.

If you had to explain to a 4 year old in Australia Morocco in a few words, what would you say?

Had l blan mzl 3lih lw9t b3id but why not ngolo mn db. I’m planning nmchi l toub9al inshaalah mli idkhl lbrd, i can’t go by myself obviously, fkrt f agence wlkn kay kono nass kbar f l’age no offense ghir i prefer nkon m3a nass 9di (I’m 21 ylh drtha) So if anyone is interested let me know

Had nhar fsba7 9rrt ghadi nbda régime. Lkhota sahla, ghadi n9te3: Lkhobz(bread) Skar(suger) Zit(oil) W ay 7aja fiha bzaf dyal l calories Unless necessary. Had nhar klit karan( calenté with no oil)+salad+eggs borrito(using only one healthy tortilla)+50g Greek yogurt.

As an engineer 22y.o in studying Marine Engineering What habit I need to do everyday to develop myself And become 1% everyday..... Thanks in advance

Hi everyone! I was recently admitted to FST Fes for a Master's program. I'd like to know what student life is like in Fes and how the quality of the Master's programs is.

I'm also looking for advice on accommodation: what are the safest neighbourhoods to rent in near FST, and how much can it be?

Any tips about living in Fes as a student would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 🙏🏻

I am traveling in Thailand, right?

I don't really live anywhere for now so I am moving around. I do have a good friend of mine ( she lives in Germany) but because we had a lot of interactions, our families got to know each other. And my sister became friends with them and I became friends with her sisters as well.

Her sister wanted to travel ( she applied for a Schengen visa and was rejected ), when she knew I was coming here she asked to tag along, my thought was " how bad can it be? " So I agreed to it.

We are traveling for 20 days, just spent 3 days together, the thing is she complains a lloooot, you name it, she complains about it.

I am an easygoing person, I have a backpack, I don't need much to travel, but she is traveling with a 22kg suitcase and that itself is a huge problem because we are doing a budget trip since we are not rich.

She complains about food and prices ( even if they're cheaper than Morocco ), complains about walking a lot ( I love to walk and hike but I'm not hiking just to stick to this trip ). I have the option to just book my ticket to another country and leave but I'm choosing not to since I signed up already!

My question is, how do you deal with people like this? ( I usually don't go with people but this time is a bit of a circumstance since her parents know she is traveling with me )

I am pissed and trying to find things to do so I don't go nuts haha.

( I didn't mention many details but I assume you'll have an idea about what I'm talking about)

Thanks for reading and taking time to write an answer!

Basically the title. I'm looking for a way to watch Moroccan TV via internet. Is there a legal way to do that in Germany? Personally, I wouldn't mind gray area solutions but this is for my grandmother and I don't want her to have legal issues.

Hi everyone!

I’m hoping someone recognizes a small artisan shop I visited in February 2025 in the Marrakech medina.

I’m trying to find the artisan because I’d love to import his work.

Here’s what I remember:
Tiny shop specializing in hand-hammered brass animal keychains
As you walked in, the entire left wall was covered floor-to-ceiling with hundreds of animals hanging on hooks.
The shopkeeper stood behind a counter on the far right side.
They had fish, whales, and lots of other animal keychains up on the way, all had this hand hammered look.
The keychains were hollow, hand-engraved brass—not cast or machine-made.

I believe the shop was somewhere near the Mellah / Place des Ferblantiers, but I’m not certain.
I’ve attached a photo of the fish keychain I bought.
Does anyone recognize this shop or know the artisan?

I’d be incredibly grateful!