1. Presented by:
Ahmed KAMAL
Driss ANOUN
Charaf Eddine SOURIA

2. » Geography and history
» Politics and cultural identity
» Hospitality in Morocco
» Social relationships
» Public transport

4. » The first independent state: the Berber
kingdom of Mauretania (110 BC)
» The Islamic area: 670 AD
» The European influence:
• 15th century: Portugal and Spain
• First half of 20th: France and Spain
» The independence: 1956

5. » Arabic and Tamazight
» Strong presence of French
» 35% are Tamazight speakers
» Moroccan dialect: Arabic influenced by
Tamazight, French and Spanish
• Lalla (Tamazight), tomobile (French), cuzina
(Spanish)

6. » Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
» The emblem: God, Homeland, King
» Important change after Hassan II
» 2011 : New constitution

7. Architecture
Andalusian music
Islam
Arabic language
Dances and music

8. » Religion: Islam (99%) and Judaism
» Moroccans are superstitious
» Diversified folklore

9. » Djellaba and Caftan

10. » Liberal economy governed by the law of supply and
demand
» 5th African economy by GDP
2009 2010 2011 2012
Real GDP 4.9 3.3 4.6 5
growth
» Large opening towards the outside world
» The principal pillars of the Moroccan economy :
˃ Agriculture
˃ Phosphate mining industry
˃ Tourism

11. » 40% of the population;
» 20% of GDP
» Main products: Barley, wheat, and other cereals
» On the Atlantic coast: olives, citrus fruits, and
grapes
» Cannabis

12. » 75% of the world's phosphate reserves
» World's first exporter and third producer of
global production

13. » Major touristic destination
» About 10 million tourists in 2010
» Tourism is increasingly focused on
Morocco's culture, such as its
ancient cities
» Popular tourist destination:
Marrakech, Fes, Agadir

15. » 1912: signing of the protectorate in Morocco. He
lost his independence and sovereignty.
» 1956: Resistance > partial independence
The decolonization process followed by the two
powers, France and Spain, was different.

16. » 1973: Creation of the Polisario Front
» 1973-1991: armed conflict between
Polisario Morocco
» Refugees
» Solutions:
autonomy or independence

17. » One of the world’s
great cuisines
» Berber, Moorish,
and Arab influences
» Common meats
include mutton and
lamb, beef, chicken,
camel, and seafood

22. Antoine de Maximy said: « I
think that up to now it is the
most welcoming country I
visited”.

23. Offering the best to the guests:
Special food Special protocols Special drawing room

24. Showing big respect for foreigners by:
1. Speaking their language
2. Tolerating their mistakes
3. Helping them finding their way

25. » Women, in general, speak a lot
and have ambiguous
relationships (neighbors, work
colleagues, etc.).
» Men are more straight in their
friendship and lot of them
spends more than an hour a
day in a café alone or with few
friends.

26. » Greetings can be: » Situations when people
handshakes, kissing or just use titles:
saying “salam alikoum” or
another expression.
1. Foreigners (young or old)
2. To show respect (public
officer, boss at work, etc.)
3. Teachers from primary
school to university

27. » Big problem in some cities:

28. » In cities: “small” taxis, “large” taxis, buses and
tramway in Rabat and soon in Casablanca.
« Large » Taxi

30. » Between cities: trains, buses and “large” taxis
and the French “TGV” soon