The recently built Kasbah Angour, a luxurious hotel constructed from stone in the style of a Berber castle and located in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco is probably the country’s best kept secret – ...

The open air theater of the southern Moroccan city of Agadir echoed with Amazigh (Berber) music as the Timitar Music Festival continues to revive a forgotten culture, according to media reports. In an ...

Last time Jace Clayton (bka DJ Rupture) was on the road with FADER photo editor John Francis Peters they were chasing down tribal guarachero in Monterrey Mexico. Now they’re in Morocco for the month ...

Whether one is improvising, composing or even just playing songs, music is a declaration of self. This is never more apparent than with singer and composer Malika Zarra. Born in Morocco and raised in ...

French-Moroccan filmmaker Kamal Hachkar speaks to Ahram Online on his award-winning film 'Tinghir, Echoes from The Mellah' and his passion for rediscovering the heritage of Atlas Mountain Berbers ...

Paul Bowles over a five-month period from July to December 1959. It is a snapshot, or perhaps a time capsule, of a culture then relatively pure and unmolested by the world outside. Paul Bowles lived ...

Protests are growing in Morocco over the authorities' policy of Arabisation. More than 60% of Moroccans claim to be Berbers - the original inhabitants of North Africa. But four years ago, the ...

Aischa Bardoun sees herself as a trail-blazer. She is one of the first Moroccans to get a masters degree in the Amazigh language, spoken by the country's Berber majority. "We are very excited," she ...

Arayid, Morocco – A cluster of stone huts sit in the foothills of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, too dry to grow grass for livestock. The land produces little, except almonds and prickly pears. There is ...

Van, an award-winning Moroccan producer, composer and DJ, has been working since 2000 to develop his own compositions while launching career-defining hits for major Moroccan singers and rappers. This ...