45 years of happiness to have a doctorate in science he studied in dusseldorf but instead of researching he shows tourists his city. this is all that's what it's always been a passion of mine for me i like to show my country to people because i have seen that many people from europe like germany do not have the right image of our land the rich taking their do buttons and so on. that's why he also offers tours of parts of the old town where tourists rarely venture the mark has of the moroccans just around the corner from the shiny facades of the modern tower blocks. hakim's main message is that morocco is a liberal country including in religious matters he calls it islam lite. fundamentalist islam he says is not very popular here. all this bakery

does is take the customers mix they don't themselves the baker just pushes it into the oven. market is hot even in october temperatures reach 35 degrees celsius so almost no one has their own oven. but prosperous tourists sometimes encounter the poverty here. a friend of hakim new haleigh sells paper tissues she is 14 years old although school is compulsory in morocco she has never attended because she has to help support her family. her dream job. if dr. mara cash a city of contrasts in manifold ways. this is all that i'm

jesus stuff what's special about this city is that the modern and the ancient lived side by side of the money you can see traditional life and modern life together that live until you might find a really old door from the 14th or 15th century and next to it is an i phone 7 or 8 i phone zeven or the i have one. it's a similar scenario with taxis alongside old. one forest powered versus 150 who also have mercedes models of all ages alongside their modern rivals. and as everywhere rule number one is 1st come 1st served usually. just give the most idea there are always disputes here but after that everything's fine again

the missions because people intervene and they help the others to reconcile the next day is a new page. to put. in mara cash taxis have to wait outside the old town due to the narrow streets and alleyways and the city's most famous square gym a elf not a good mess the world heritage site is in any case off limits. it's where you'll find the jugglers snake charmers musicians artists fortune tellers the sellers of miracle cures and street traders. one meaning. is assembly of the dead as it was once the venue of executions. in april 20th levon the square saw a new tragic loss of life when a terrorist attack killed 17 people. today the tourists are back enjoying the squares flare especially after sundown.

at 5 o'clock in the morning mohammad wipes the last grains of dust from his 124 the most common taxi model and mark cash. he then sets off south for seti fatma in the atlas mountains i . mohammed's diesel powered car has more than a 1000000 kilometers on the clock it's only a little younger than its driver leave the valley is an insider's tip among tourists and a popular destination for the locals less than an hour from our cash. flow

there's a great appreciation for water in areas north africa the restaurants and bars along the way offer a special feature getting your feet wet i put life in the mountains is tough with farming very limited many people here look for work in mark hash others get left behind especially unmarried women. this is painstaking manual work 1st the nuts are peeled then the hard shell is cracked and finally the moment shaped kernels are ground up this is how our gun is created the oil so beloved of the global cosmetics and food industry and its production provides many women with a small income. a number of cooperatives have been founded in the valley they employ widows divorced women and single mothers the argonauts only grow in the

south of morocco in the audio region but the oil is extracted here from 30 kilograms of nuts the women can produce one liter of oil. the for the. first reason to do it by hand is that it preserves tradition. in morocco you do everything with your hands you know the 2nd reason is to maintain the quality because when you do it with machines the oil will not be good for very long. along . it's sold locally either is cooking oil in which case the nuts are 1st roasted to prune bitterness or as a cosmetic oil. moroccan swear by it because it makes the skin so soft. and mohamed brings the customers here in his taxi. said he thought man lives in the valley at the foot of the high atlas it's 1500 residents are berbers who

lived in the atlas before the region's arab ization in the middle ages. for mohamed this is literally the end of the road the inhabitants cannot afford a taxi any way they walk or take mini buses then to models made by mercedes. if you want to go further up into the mountains as a tourist you have to look for a driver with an s.u.v. in this case it's a land rover looking back down on seti fatma in the fertile river valley. the atlas is the highest mountain range in north africa it's an inhospitable area the highest peaks are in excess of 4000 meters the 1st snow already falls in october. there are only a few villages in these parts the people keep sheep and goats. on some of the steep

slopes they've created terraces for farming whoever can leave here does so to look for a job in the city. perhaps as a taxi driver. we're now back in egypt driving along the nile delta. tariq the taxi driver from cairo is on the way to that small city full of old mercedes coos. like the mrs fulton. yeah. because it says some people. whose it goes. to.

his lips. the market square in fact who says also the main stop for the shared taxis some are over 50 years old in addition to the stroke age the w 110 known as the fin tail is omnipresent. however it was 1st built in 1961 the rare long wheelbase mercedes models are especially popular with 3 rows of seats for 7 passengers. thank you all in this case 11. despite appearances everything is organized precisely here and runs according to a strict set of rules. it's the coordinators job to ensure this. to the system here is that every car going to take 6 passengers the fare is 5

pounds of $25.00 euro cents. it's simple never gets there 1st as who i register 1st that's pretty handy ali has had a fin tail for 27 years twice a day he drives to 80 kilometers away the taxi is his only source of income but he's not doing badly county has 2 houses 2 wives and 5 children 2 of whom are currently at college. in this city everyone loves the most eighty's cars because most eighty's is a german product and a tough car. but. mercedes are great the shop she is strong and it can withstand a lot of us. the cars developers were convinced of this almost 60 years ago. milled on get this here these are i keep the bush line and the president.

oh. well. that will make them you know me to. recent if i'm stumped. nathan allen the automobile is in distress i'd like to get to sleep christie that problem get that started just when they get so i don't think you know meter. and rather make the cats go kind of. i. fers hoots right. yep ultimate stuff people stepped up to this link. and be here 1st i'm leaving the public. and if that is when the cat forensics don't think you know me to the cat had the in memphis family can see to it in childhood so i'm going to.

tariq the taxi driver from cairo has problems with his engine it could be due to the poor quality fuel in egypt there's a tight network up for the pair workshops in fact who's that of course they specialize in mercedes. repairs are made in tiny workshops mechanics make spare parts with self-made templates original spare parts are too expensive so you have to improvise. somehow they always manage to keep the veteran it's alive for cusworth probably remain a mercedes city for a good few years and secure the livelihood of countless taxi drivers and mechanics but eventually the almost indestructible stroke said fin tails will have to be retired. perhaps they will then be the place by the successor models the

123124. but some day it will all come to an end new cars have too many electronic parts for the inventive repair artists here some of these workhorses might then make the return journey to germany as sought after collector's items. man and animal living together and unspoiled nature nelson only co-founded national are the only african wildlife conservation center run by the mass i community but since the coronavirus pandemic they have faced many more challenges than usual. upon them shoot in their conservation movement to find. alternatives

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