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Disabled Ten percent of the population, some three million Moroccans are disabled. |
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Casablanca Imagine a large, sprawling city of an estimated six million people. |
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Technology Due to recent advances in technology and a growing middle class,.. |
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Children Children are very important in Morocco. |
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Sahara A vast, sparsely populated desert straddles the southern and eastern borders of Morocco. |
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Urban &Rural Abdullah was back where he started. What was he going to do? |
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Folk Islam Entering a taxi, you notice the hand of Fatima symbol displayed as a protection against the evil eye. |
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Fes Established in the eighth century as its first Islamic town.. |
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Operation Transit Our battle is not a carnal one. It is against the powers of Satan. |
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Family Values Family is the cornerstone of society in Morocco. |
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Corruption The harvest in your family's field looks like it will fail from lack of rain. |
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Moroccan Jews Morocco is the only Arab country to preserve a Jewish community of any size. |
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Rain Morocco has a continuous drought cycle that regularly afflicts the nation. |
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TangierThe gateway to Africa and a meeting-place of two seas. |
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Walls Walls symbolize fear! In centuries past, |
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Literacy Despite an ongoing program of building new schools and requiring that children attend them. |
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Moroccan Men Life for men in Morocco can be challenging. |
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Economy Morocco's economy has been largely agricultural based for many centuries. |
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Essaouira Essaouira lies on the Atlantic coast directly west of Marrakech. |
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Central Atlas Berbers Halima was born a daughter of shepherds of the Aït Abbas tribe. |
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Tradition &Modernity Beginning at five in the afternoon the womenfolk gathered to sit in one end of the large hall to enjoy their party. |
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Fear Only a few days old, he was an unsettled baby, crying frequently because of a headache due to a difficult delivery. |
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Women Mini-skirted career women stroll side by side with friends wearing traditional hooded jellabas. |
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Islam–Belief & Practice Islam includes many beliefs with potential for fruitful interfaith dialogue. |
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TetouanTetouan is situated in the midst of greenery because its region receives more rainfall than the rest of Morocco. |
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Kingdom Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with the accent on monarchy. |
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Jebala Berbers Jebala Berbers are the original inhabitants of northwestern Morocco. |
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Quality of Life "If you have money, there is no place to live like Morocco!" |
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Church Planting Moroccans are coming to the Lord. The challenge is to see those saved gathered into stable churches. |
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Agadir The gateway to the desert, Agadir was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1960. |
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Justice Morocco has hit the jackpot! In the summer of 2000. |
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Unusual MarketAs we walked through the old city looking for a few souvenirs. |
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Students Nawal was a student who was searching for God. |
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Riffi Berbers Fiercely independent, the million and a half Riffi (ree-fee) Berbers are more likely to be antagonistic to the Moroccan government than other Berber peoples. |
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Ramadan When the new moon is sighted after sunset on the first day of the Islamic lunar month of Ramadan. |
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East &West Morocco has the distinction of being the western-most Arab nation and is known as the Maghreb. |
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Marrakech The name "Morocco" is derived from Marrakech. |
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Agriculture "Farming, like marriage, is by faith." |
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Marriage &Family Morocco is a family-oriented culture. |
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Persecution The table is set for dinner, but no place is set for Amos. |
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Music Morocco has passed a rich musical heritage down from generation to generation. |
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Mountain DwellersIt is a paradox in Morocco that the "lowliest" of people live in the highest places. |
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Rabat &Sale The twin cities of Rabat and Sale (pronounced saa-lay) span the Bou Regreg. |
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Testify Muslims testify, "There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger". |
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Generations Muhammed and Khadija are the parents of five grown children. |
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Hospitality One evening as I packed for a trip to our home country the following day. |
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Handicrafts Despite increasing competition from factory-made products. |
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Breakthrough Around 1994 three new Christians gathered in a foreigner's home. |
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Ishilhayn A rugged, hard-working, frugal people, the Ishilhayn Berbers are known for their generous hospitality. |
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Funeral Today, I saw a group of Moroccan men solemnly chanting while carrying a funeral bier. |
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Vanishing or Victorious? Often referred to today as "the land of the vanished church", |
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A “52 Weeks of Prayer for Morocco and Its Peoples” prayer guide has been produced to assist you in praying effectively. This high quality sixty-four-page prayer guide includes a prayer page for each week of the year plus a handful of pages that provide background information about Morocco and its peoples. The book does not incorporate specific dates but progresses through the year by numbered weeks so that it may be used year after year without becoming dated. Each weekly prayer page features a photo, a short article or anecdote about some aspect of life in Morocco, appropriate Scriptures and items for prayer. Nearly three dozen missionaries and Moroccan believers have contributed articles and photos to this book that is sure to inspire prayer for years to come.
