5 Essential Things to Do in Morocco | Travel Like a Local, Not a Tourist | ديما مغرب

Five essential things you must do in Morocco if you want to travel like a local, not a tourist! A Canadian Muslim who calls Morocco his true home shares insider tips on how to experience the country authentically, from food and wandering, to beaches, sacred spaces, and the café culture that forms the heartbeat of daily life.

In this guide, poet and scholar Dr. Jason Idriss Sparkes (Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia) draws on more than 35 years of travel and family life in Morocco. He introduces viewers to bocadillos, harira, fritura de pescado, and the decadent drink zaazaa; to residential souqs, countryside invitations, and Middle Atlas hospitality; to hidden beaches from Tangier to Fnideq, Al Hoceima, and beyond; and to mosques, zawiyas, churches, and synagogues that reveal Morocco as a living civilization rather than a museum of the past.

The countdown builds to Morocco’s true heartbeat: the cafés. Here, over coffee or mint tea, Moroccans share their everyday joys, worries, and stories, and travelers who sit, listen, and observe come closest to feeling at home.

Here is the link to our Morocco playlist:    • Morocco and Islamic Spain  

Here is the link the the Bohemian Kitchen channel recommended in the video:    / @bohemiankitchen  

Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:44 # 5
3:46 Channel Intro
3:57 # 4
5:18 # 3
7:23 # 2
8:13 Share the Love
8:26 # 1
10:48 Salams

This channel speaks especially to those who walk the path of beauty and tradition. If you’re drawn to the voices of Shadhili, Rumi, Darqawi, Rabia, Ghazali, Abdal Hakim Murad, Malcolm X, René Guénon, Habib Umar, Baraka Blue, Firdaus Ensemble, Sami Yusuf, Blogging Theology or Paloma's Channel, you’ll feel right at home here. This is especially true if you are inspired by the daily rhythm of life in places like Morocco, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, as well as the Muslim communities of the United States, Canada, Spain, England, France, and other Western countries

Selected reading by Dr. Jason Idriss Sparkes

Dissertation https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2300/

“Morocco as a Hub of Globalised Traditional Islam” https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13050392

“Decolonizing the Left and the Right: Muslim Mistrust of Foxes and Wolves” https://themaydan.com/2021/02/decolon...

Some inspiring channels

Noor Al-Muhibeen    / @noor_almohebin  

Sami Yusuf    / @samiyusuf  

Al Firdaus Ensemble    / @alfirdausensemble  

Baraka Blue    / @barakablue  

Shaykh Ali Elsayed    / @shaykhalielsayed  

The Burdah Ensemble    / @burdahensemble  

Madih et Samaa Soufi    / @madihsamaasoufie  

Rhoum El Bakkali    / @rhoumelbakkali7641  

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Visuals not created by Dr. Sparkes are licensed via Canva. Music licensed via Youtube Studio.