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LA REINA DE LA MONTAÑA

El singular enclave, un majestuoso valle alpino situado en las montañas del Rif, al norte de Marruecos, aparece engalanado con una rica gama de verdes, del perenne verdor de las coníferas al rojizo fulgor otoñal de vastas plantaciones de kif, un cáñamo psicoactivo, listas para la cosecha.  Al pie de una aldea con tejados de hojalata,…

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THE QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAIN

The spectacular setting, located at the very heart of the Rif Mountains, Northern Morocco, is a deep valley festooned with a rich variation of greens, from the native coniferous cool green to the reddish tonalities of vast marijuana plantations being harvested.  Right outside a hamlet of tin roof houses, several women sickle in hand hurry up…

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THE GREAT WASTE SOUK

At the bottom of a moonless summer night, a stealthy little crowd walks to the humble Al-Ishan mosque, set on the ground floor of a housing project, to welcome a new Ramadan day among prayers and hariras.  We are in El Puche, a ramshackle suburb on the outskirts of Almeria, Europe’s most Southern tip, where a…

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