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Maroc (Rif), août 2005
Morocco (Rif), August 2005

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Citation - Quote

A film is never really good
unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.
Orson Welles

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Related papers:

Morocco said to produce nearly half of the world's hashish supply
Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, Jane's Intelligence Review, Vol. 17, N° 11, 1 November 2005 (Part one).

Morocco's smuggling rackets: hashish, people and contraband
Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, Jane's Intelligence Review, Vol. 17, N° 12, 1 December 2005 (Part two).

 

Moroccan Roll
Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, June 2006

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Nouvelles photos du Maroc (2006)
New Photos of Morocco (2006)


Un itinéraire marocain (2006)
A Moroccan itinerary (2006)

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The Rif (Arif in Berber, er-Rif in Arabic) is a mainly mountainous region of north Morocco, from Cape Spartel and Tangier in the west to Cape Tres Forcas and Melilla in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river of Ouargha in the south.The people of the Rif include Rifains (the Berber people of north Morocco who call themselves: "Imazighen" or "Irifyen") and Arabs (Arabised Rifains and authentic Arabs).Major Rif cities include Al Hoceima and Nador, while Melilla, though in Spanish hands, is geographically a part of it. Chefchaouen and Ketama are also worth visiting.

In the Middle Ages, it was the home of the Kingdom of Nekor. In the twentieth century, under the leadership of Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi, a Moroccan national hero, it declared independence as the Republic of the Rif and withstood a Spanish invasion for several years.

Neighboring groups include Ghomara on the east, Senhaja on the southeast, and Aith Iznacen on the southwest, in addition to Algeria to the east. The principal spoken language of the region is Tarifit. Source: Wikipedia.

In the Rif mountains of Morocco, kif, the Moroccan word for cannabis, derived from Arabic, spreads profusely over valleys and hillsides. Morocco is the world's largest hashish exporter and the illicit kif crop is its biggest foreign currency earner.

For decades the Moroccan authorities have turned a blind eye to the smuggling trade and trafficking that are generated by cannabis cultivation: the Rif region is poor, is undergoing a rapid population growth, and its Berber tribes have a fiercely independent character. The Rif economy depends largely on the cannabis production and trade and this dependency has clearly increased during the last few years.

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Photos prises avec un Konica Minolta Dimage A2.
Photos taken with a Konica Minolta Dimage A2.

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Davantage de photos sur www.photo-tropism.com
More photos on www.photo-tropism.com

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