I brought some Sahara sand home and have it in a perfume bottle on my desk to remind me of my short time among the dunes. It’s the desert base camp to which I wish to return in Morocco.

Water rushing between the sand dunes of southern Morocco. In desert communities frequented ... have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts.

a Malian serving a 10-year prison sentence in Morocco for international drug trafficking. Dubbed the "Pablo Escobar of the Sahara", Ben Brahim was arrested in Casablanca in 2019 after the seizure ...