2 Comments Three Moroccan Jewish women have a chat. by cringeyjokesman October 12, 2022, 6:28 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL Malika Oufkir, daughter of a Moroccan politician who failed at the coup d’etat in 1977, and her mother and siblings spent 15 years in the desert prison before escaping in 1991. by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 2:09 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Ibn Battuta was a Moroccan explorer who travelled extensively across Africa and Asia between 1325 and 1354. He travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, from present-day Mali and Tanzania to Beijing – approximately five times the distance covered by Marco Polo. by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 12:23 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL In 1994 the athlete Mauro Prosperi got lost in the Moroccan desert during a marathon, he survived by eating roots, hunting beetles,snakes and drinking his urine for 10 days by whatilearned February 11, 2022, 10:51 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL of the Moroccan Western Sahara wall. In 1987 the Moroccan government completed a 2700km sand wall to keep out guerilla fighters from the Polisario front, a Western Saharan independence movement. The minebelt that runs along the wall is thought to be the world’s longest continuous minefield. by whatilearned November 14, 2021, 6:32 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that families still live in Aït Benhaddou, a 17th century Moroccan fortified city. Its historic buildings continue to be preserved almost exclusively through traditional methods, and the city was the setting for many high-profile films and TV shows such as Game of Thrones and Gladiator. by whatilearned October 27, 2021, 4:47 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL about Estevanico, or Mustafa Azemmouri, an enslaved Muslim of Moroccan origin who became the first African to explore North America when, following a shipwreck off Galveston Island, he walked from Texas to Sinaloa in the 1530s by whatilearned June 5, 2021, 4:38 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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