Karin Avila On Life In An Amazigh (Berber) Village In Morocco

by · July 26, 2023

Karin Avila, US-born but now living in Spain, visited Morocco earlier this year, opting not to linger in the popular tourist haunts of Marrakech, the country’s fourth largest city. Instead she took a grand taxi (a loz cost communal tbus) the 70 km south to the foothills of the Atlas mountains and the Berber village of IMLIL, 1800 metres above sea level. There Karin lived with an Amazigh family to immerse herself in the culture. It was during the month of Ramadan, but she had lived in Saudi Arabia as a teenager so she was not unprepared for the experience, as she explained to Graeme KemloRead More