MOROCCO 2
​I made two trips to Morocco in the 90's where I shot two programs for the Off the Map television series.

​​Heather Phaneuf witnesses the beauty of the desert as she visits with a Bedouin family and learns about the segregated life men and women lead in Islamic culture.  Join her at the huge marketplace found in Marrakech.

​The original music is not used here due to copyright reasons. Portions of the narration entwined with the original music is also omitted.​​​​​

Heather Phaneuf witnesses the beauty of the desert as she visits with a Bedouin family and learns about the segregated life men and women lead in Islamic culture.  Join her at the huge marketplace found in Marrakech.

Heather treks in Todra Gorge and meets a young boy who takes her to nearby cave.  

Heather visits a Roman ruin called Volubilis.
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Heather climbs to the top of a sand dune.

Heather takes in the famous market in Marrakech.​
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​She visits a tannery in Fez.
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Heather travels into the desert and spends the night with a Berber family.

The Vanishing Berber

Many of the most unique cultures on our planet are being wiped out by globalization, technology, climate change, a rapidly changing economic landscape.

​Berbers have been resisting efforts to Arabise their communities ever since the arrival of Islam in the seventh century. Berbers' old practices are now considered in popular Islamic interpretation to be ‘satanic’ or ‘heathen’. Earlier this year the Moroccan government banned Berber names for newborn children in order to stress the Islamic identity of the nation’s population.

She visits the famous settlement called Ait Ben Haddou.
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Heather has henna applied to her hands.
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She strikes up a friendship with a little Berber girl.