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I take reeds from the river that have been nurtured by fresh water and grown in good soil, and I turn them into baskets, a product that has so many uses. I know how to make baskets from something so simple because my father taught me, and his father taught him. "Make baskets of your own," he would say, "make them all kinds of shapes and colors. But never forget that your baskets are made of something that is there for anyone to cut and use...
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Morocco, the lack of safety was an energizing force, but at the same time it was a constant concern. I had seen more accidents than I could count: car wrecks with people half dead lying on the ground, building sites where workmen had tumbled from scaffolding, children maimed by fireworks on a Sunday afternoon. For the first time in my life I became completely alert. In the West, you can drift from day to day in the knowledge that the societ..
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I can't believe there's a prison anywhere out here,' Blaine said, turning the engine off. 'It's the middle of nowhere.
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That Morocco is not just another Arab country. It's a crossroads - between Africa and Europe, and between Arabia and what lies west, beyond the Atlantic. But...' Ghita said, her voice touched with an undertone of pride, 'beyond all else it's Berber.
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Much travel is needed before a raw man is ripened. Arab
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Don't waste your life following others! Be individual! Live your dreams!
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ORIENTAL CULTURE, OF which Morocco is certainly a part, has at its root a belief in selflessness. It's a subject rarely spoken of in the West, and even less frequently understood. To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walk softly on the earth, and look out for others--even total strangers--before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle, an impediment, in humanity's quest for real progress. Life in..
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Never give charity if the reason is to make yourself feel better," he said. "Real charity is not selfish, but selfless." After"
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Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
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