The Ksar of Ait Benhaddou
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 30, 2021
A small but vibrant city high up on Atlas Mountains, Ouarzazate, in south-central Morocco, has long been called the “door to the desert”. It...
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Gara Medouar: The ‘Spectre’ Crater
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 3, 2020
The 1999 Hollywood movie The Mummy is set in Egypt, but was filmed largely in Morocco. Marrakech became the Cairo of 1926, the year the sto...
Morocco’s Abandoned Movie Sets in The Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2018
In the early 1960s, movie director David Lean was scouting for locations to shoot his upcoming movie Lawrence of Arabia when he learned abo...
The Otherworldly Colors of Morocco’s Deserts
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 12, 2017
It’s amazing what a little change in light can do to a landscape. Blue skies can turn red, orange sand can turn purple. In this photo series...
Moroccan Wall: The Longest Minefield in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 23, 2017
You may or you may not have heard about “Western Sahara”, but if you consult Google Maps or any other modern atlas, you will notice this reg...
The Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 15, 2017
The town of Ait-Ben-Haddou, located on the southern slopes of the High Atlas Mountains, is one of the most spectacular manmade sights along ...
Hassan Tower, Morocco
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2016
In the late 12th century, Sultan Yaqub al-Mansur, the third Caliph of Almohad Dynasty that ruled over West Africa and Iberia, ordered the co...
Todra Gorge of Morocco
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 1, 2015
In the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinerhir, the Todra and the Dades Rivers have carved out a narr...
Tree Climbing Goats of Morocco
Kaushik Patowary
May 13, 2015
In southwest Morocco, you might actually be forgiven for asking daft questions like “do goats grow on trees?”. Everywhere you look, you will...
Ifrane, The Switzerland of Morocco
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 25, 2014
If the name Morocco conjures up images of a place with narrow, maze like streets lined with old earth-colored buildings, you are not alone. ...
