a relatively hot day in the fall of 2017, that day in the small town of zegora in southern morocco. could have ended in peace

quietly like any other day, but that day wasn't like the other days in the desert in morocco, people in the desert region had gathered from different areas for something important in zagora. at a first glance, you'd think that they were protesting against planting watermelon. in that region and exporting it to other countries. i mean it was just a small protest for better working and living conditions, but after a short while, 23 of the protesters were there in of small numbers were arrested in a police raid and the others quickly scattered. apparently

the protests were over, but the livelihood of the people in that region was dependent on buying bottles of water, because the water in the wells had dried up, so they couldn't drink water and do agriculture. exporting watermelon to europe would further reduce the level of underground water resources in that region, so they couldn't stand to white. حنا خرجنا هاد الخرجه هادي على حساب الماء الماء الصالح للشرب الاد الماء اللي عندنا في الروبينيات مالح ما فيه ما تشرب وثانيا هذا المالح ماكاينش يكون غير هذا الماء تتبي تعمر

فيديو ديال 20 يتترو هاد الساعه هذه وا نص ساعه ولا ساعه ونص وانت تتعمر في واحد الفيديو ديال 20 لتر الماء ماكاينش هدشي علاش خرجنا والله ينصر سيدنا many people know morocco because of casablanca. casablanca is famous for a movie with the same name more than its arabic cafes of and traditional markets. casablanca was premiered in 1942 in the heat of the second world war. but after almost 80 years since

the movie was screened, tourists who frequently visited morocco, still look for rick's cafe in casablanca. old alleys. morocco is about 710,000 square kilometers located in the western sahara in north africa. rebat is the capital city and casablanca is the largest city, since it's established. ment in 780 b.c., morocco has seen many monarchs and rulers from the portuguese occupation of a swath of the land in the 15th century to resistance against the ottoman occupation and becoming the only country in north africa that refused to be

under the domination of the ottoman empire. from the disintegration of the'. country in 1912 to its reunion in 1956. morocco is a country with mesmerizing biodiversity and the nature that experiences mostly the spring and summer and less of the fall and winter. the population of the country hit 37 million in 2020. tourism is one of the industry. the country's economy relies on, it mainly focuses on the country's beaches, culture and history. in 2019, over 13 million tourists visited different parts of morocco. in 2010,

the moroccan government published its 10-year vision for tourism. the vision set the target of about... about 20 million tourists for 2020. if the coronavirus pandemic had not marred the plans in the world, hitting the target wouldn't be unlikely. 40% of the people in morocco are engaged in agriculture. it is the largest job creator in the country and employs the largest number of workforce. in the rainy northwestern part. the country, barley, wheat and other grains can be cultivated without watering the harvest. different kinds of citruss and vegetables are grown in the vast plains of morocco on the atlantic coast. moroccans have turned to deep

wells to grow the products that require large amounts of water. the deep wells are dog to extract sweet water whose reserves in the heart of the desert are running. out from 1980 to mid-2010, morocco used over 70% of non-renewable water resources for agriculture. the statistics showed that it will fall below the abdict drout line until the mid 2020s. but why would officials opt for products that require a lot of water, while they're aware that the country is located in desert and spiding water has always been a major challenge. in the beginning of the 19th century, europe had become industrialized and north africa was considered a fertile ground for the european colonizers due to its proximity to europe and vast resources. from the early 1830s, france

and spain were engaged in a conflict to demarcate their colonized areas in north africa, including in morocco. from 1904, the uk and germany also jumped on the bandwagon, and after a longstanding about, morocco was transformed into a protectorate of france in march 1912. the land was so fertile in those years that reminded the french of the mythical stories about the prairies in ancient rome. soon, dams were constructed, canals were made. and industrial agriculture came into play to produce products that were destined for europe. the traditional method of sharing water in morocco that dated back to hundreds of years was done away with, but soon enough the french realized that despite

high investment, the wheat produced in their colony was almost the same amount produced in france. france had to come up with with new decision, they followed in the footsteps of agriculture in california because of its success, and decided to put aside cultivating grains and turn to fruits and vegetables instead, the change required harder work, larger farms and more water. large swats of land in morocco were channeled for water, and they went so far that not even a single drop would reach the sea from mainland morocco. after decades, although the political systems in morocco changed several times, but there was something that always remained the same. consuming non-renewable water resources for agricultural purposes continued the same way,

france had introduced. morocco continued to use its sweet water for producing watermelon for europe and especially france. on the one hand, they emphasized that farmers should follow watering models for their farms, and on the other hand, the level of underground water kept diminishing. gradually the water crisis reared its head in the country. the government sough implement plans to prevent the crisis and drought, but even in those plans, the central issue was to establish costly infrastructure to ultimately use even more water resources in morocco. they only increased the country's dependence on foreign loans. conservative moroccan governments did their best to stabilize. the situation without any fundamental change in the country's economy so they wouldn't lose the

european customers of their agricultural products. the only thing that didn't change was the rising level of water scarcity and drying up of the underground water resources. the consequences of the crisis that had been triggered, as many had warned were finally evident in people's lives. it imposed water scarcity. to the areas near the desert. besides the water crisis, there was another problem that deprived people of peace. the only thing people would bask in was the stability in the country, but now it was seriously at risk. stability means in a region that's been infested with hoards of terrorists, economic crises and political unrest, morocco was an exception. but the condition to protect the stability was to

continue extracting water in large volumes and keep parching the land, insisting on keeping the status quo would shout out the future of the country and foreign investment in ambiguity. on the one hand, the country's stability was at risk, and on the other hand, the government would blame.

crisis, but undoubtedly digging more whales and draining the underground water resources were not the remedy for the situation, but for the authorities in morocco, preserving the stability was more significant than any... anything else, especially since most of morocco's neighboring countries were plagued by terrorism and unrest which had cast its ominous shadow in morocco's border areas. if you move across the mediterranean from morocco in north africa to the east, you will reach syria in the northeastern part of the sea. people in in some of the cities in syria, like the people in zagara, are experiencing water scarcity and famin.

climactic change eastern and northeastern syria caused severe drought between 2007 and 2010. it made agriculture hard and in some cases impossible. syria's underground water resources were drained during those years. although syria has gone through different spells of drought throughout history. rising temperatures of the earth has unprecedentedly escalated the impacts of the drought in recent years. about 70% of the cattle in the region have perished. in 2010, wheat production in syria was reduced by 18%, and 3 million residents of northeastern syria are food insecure amit the mamin. farmers in

syria abandoned their farms a mid lack of water and left for major cities to work as construction workers and laborers in any other fields. cities like hama and homes were surrounded by densely populated slums that housed migrants from agricultural and rural areas. william polle, a historian and an advisor to former us president john f kennedy wrote an article in atlantic in 2013. when syrian economic asylum seekers took refuge from villages to cities, they realized that they have to compete over food, water and job with other asylum seekers as well as the old residents, the farmers who used to live a prosperous life in the past, were now forced to take up jobs as vendors or sanitary

workers. in this desperate situation, enemy between groups that had to fight for survival intensified. the drought and hunger in northeastern syria, coupled with tacfier militancy help the conflicts spread. in that situation, having a gun was as vital as food and water. the powder kig of... deprivation and hatred only needed a spark to set the region a huge fire. the protests gradually turned ugly and the unrest turned into armed

conflicts in many cities. a crisis named daesh was born out of it. in 2015. 15, four years after the crisis in syria, the national academy of sciences in the united states published a report on the issue, noting that the fertile cresent-shaped region to the east the mediterranean experienced the worst drought in its history before the unrest in syria in 2011. the drought was caused by the long-term climate change in eastern mediterranean. and worked as catalyst to stoke the political unrest. in fact, the trout took its toll on agriculture in the regions where daesh flex his muscles after a while and expanded its influence. distributing bread among hungry and unemployed slumdwellers on the outskirts of the cities was one of the policies by daesh

to recruit forces. those days, martin omel. a us presidential candidate claimed that the emergence of daesh was largely tied to the climate change and water crisis in syria, but republicans sprang up in his opposition. those days when no one would predict that donald trump would find his way to the white house. in reaction to omali, he said that the candidates who feel like their popularity is diminishing do... everything they can to turn heads like martin omaly who links the emergence of daesh to climate change. even though trump won the election and did and said bizarre things in his tenure, the reality can't be withheld forever. now, besides zomali, many other people know that,

one of the precursors for the emergence of daesh in syria was the widespread drout that affected. all of the regions in the country and caused exodus of farmers to cities. actually, the climate change issue started in iraq intensively in 2006 and 2007, when drrow and global warming affected lot, especially west part of iraq, mainly in naino and ambar. many, many families, thousands of families, they became jobless after the drout, no agriculture, their animal died, thousands of youth. they become jobless and this was the critical point that those terrorist groups including al qaida and later on isis recruted those youth really easily because they had no other options.

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hussein and ibrahim are standing on the ruins the house overlooking the school in the northern gaza strip town of bade hannoon. the israelis rounded them up and killed 16 of them where they stood, mostly children, and wounded more than 55 others. the children were playing. in the street, somewhere playing on the swings, we were surprised by the explosion, but when we turned round we saw the children had become shreds of flesh laying in the street, some were injured and

some others were dead. my uncle shabban, jamal and muhammad were among those who died, every child of palestine now carries with them memories of explosions, of screams of horror by the inhumane, uncunonable actions of israel.

the headlines of palestinian prisoners facing an imminent health risk after nearly two months of hunger strike to protest his in indefinite detention in israeli jails. bomb explosions at two mosks in pakistan leave dozens of people dead and many. more wounded and the biggest us automobile workers union calls on 7,000 more members to join a historic strike over a contract dispute with manufacturers.