Category Archives: Morocco

Open-Air Tannery in Fez

A beehive-like, pungent, sheep and lamb skin tannery (with poor working conditions) in the centre of the windy streets of Old Town Fez. The entire production process was basically laid out on worker homes’ rooftops.

Tourist Exodus

A climb to the top of the still-inhabited Äit Benhaddou (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) kasbah located on the on the outskirts of the Sahara reveals a row of tourists crossing the (2 feet deep)  Ouarzazate River on donkeys Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Mummy (1999), Gladiator (2000), Alexander (2004), et al. have been filmed at Äit Benhaddou.