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moqqade: head of a village or of reg: stony desert. sherif (pl. shorfa): descendant of
a religious brotherhood. riad: traditional residence the Prophet Mohammed.
Mouloud: birthday of the that is organized around a shorfa: see sherif.
Prophet Mohammed. courtyard planted with trees souk: market, laid out
moussem: important annual and flowers. according to the various
festival involving a pilgrimage to ribat: fortified monastery goods and services that
the tomb of a saint, a commercial from where Muslim warrior the stallholders offer.
fair and popular entertainment. monks set out to spread the sura: verse of the Koran.
muezzin: religious official who Islamic faith. tighremt: Berber word for a
calls the faithful to prayer. seguia: irrigation canal for kasbah (qv). A fortified patriarchal
muqarna: decorative elements distribution of water to crops. house several storeys high with
in the form of stalactites, made of serdal: brightly coloured scarf towers at the corners.
stucco or wood and suspended worn by Berber women, tizi: mountain pass.
from the ceiling. decorated with coins.
nisrani: “Nazarene”– a Christian, seroual: loose, calf-length wadi: river bed that is dry or
or European. trousers fastened at the waist semi-dry except in rainy season;
pisé: mixture of sun-baked earth, and the knees, worn under the river; river valley. Anglicized form
grit and sometimes straw used as jellaba (qv). of oued.
a building material in rural areas. shamir: long, wide-sleeved zakat: obligatory almsgiving.
qibla: direction of Mecca, man’s shirt worn under another One of the five pillars of Islam.
indicated in mosques by a wall garment. zaouia: seat of a religious
in the centre of which is the sharia: religious law based brotherhood that gives religious
mihrab (qv). on the teachings of the instruction, the shrine where a
Ramadan: ninth month of the Koran. marabout (qv) is buried.
Muslim (lunar) year, during which sheikh: chief of a tribal zellij: geometric tilework,
Muslims are required to fast from subdivision or the leader of a typically arranged in intricate,
sunrise to sunset. religious brotherhood. colourful patterns.

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Date 7th September 2012
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