Zawiya Waggag: The Village School That Built an Empire
Every summer, crowds head to Aglou beach near Tiznit to escape the heat. Few of them know that a short drive inland, in a small village among the hills of Sous, stands a building that changed the history of Morocco.
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Bitter Sugar: How Moroccan Sugar Built an Empire
Five hundred years ago, Morocco was one of the great sugar producers of its time. Sugar paid for armies, filled a treasury, and helped build palaces that still stand today.
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Santa Cruz: The Fortress That Fell to the People of Sous
Every visitor to Agadir climbs to the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella for the view. Most see crumbling walls and the scars of the 1960 earthquake. Few know that this hill was built for war.
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The Spark of Igiliz: The Mountain Where the Almohads Began
Can an idea born in the mountains shake the throne of an entire empire? High in the Atlas, on a rocky summit called Igiliz, a new chapter of Moroccan history began in a place with no palaces and no armies. It had no state and no resources. It had an idea, and that was enough to change the balance of power.
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