INDEX

A

accommodation 113–120

medina 114–115

regional variations 117

townhouses 116–117

ville nouvelle 115–116

Agadir 192–193

alcohol 174–175

Arabs 22–23 ATMs 156

attestation de travail 138, 140

B

baraka 43–44, 228

bargaining 127–132

beggars 167–168

Beni Mellal 193

Berbers 20–21, 23–24, 27

Berrechid 145

beverages 173–178

bilgha 78

bit diyaf 94–95, 104

blad l-makhzen 24, 25, 27

blad s-siba 24, 25, 27

breakfast 172

breastfeeding 108

bribery 245–247

brochettes 180

bureaucracy 244

C

cafés 198

calendar 213

carte de séjour 138, 139, 140, 158, 195

Casablanca 186–187

Ceuta 194–196

childbearing 145

Christians 27–28

cinema 203–204

circumcision 102–103

city 59–60

coffee 175–176

Colis Postaux 167

colonialism 54–56

contraception 145

conversation 235

corruption 244

country 59–60

cous-cous 98–99, 137, 172, 173

craftsmen 251

crime 108

currency 256

D

dairy products 179

dining 96–98

divorce 52

djinns 47

domestic help 148–153

dressing 77–79

drugs 108–109

E

eating 171–183

education 153–154

emergencies 141

emotionalism 236

entertaining 101

F

family 49–53, 85–89

fantasia 212–213, 214, 215

fatalism 42

festivals 213–215

Fez 187–188

flous 127–129

folk religion 46

friendship 90–91, 92–93

fruits 178

fundamentalism 45–46

funerals 104–105

G

gendarmes 81

gender roles 64–66, 243–244

geography 12–18

desert 15–16

mountains 14–15

plains 16–17

rivers 16

sea 17–18

gestures 236–238

gift-giving 105–106

government 30–31

green issues 110–111

greetings 226–228

guides 196–197

H

hanut 133, 136

headgear 79–80

health 141–148

cholera 142

hepatitis A 142–143

hepatitis B 143

HIV 143

intestinal parasites 143–144

rabies 143

typhoid fever 142

hemmam 200–203

homosexuality 67

hshuma 53–54, 66, 77, 88, 100, 105, 175, 203, 235

I

independence 28–30

Internet 122–124

investment 248–249

Islam 38–41, 43, 228–229

Islamic holidays 209–211

J

jellaba 78, 80, 81

Jews 83–84

K

kefta 173, 180

Kenitra 191

kif 14, 108, 109

L

language 217–238

Arabic 217–218, 221–233

Berber 219–220

English 220

French 218–219

Spanish 220–221

left hand 64

lunch 172–173

lying 235–236

M

magazines 205–207

Maghrib 34–35

makhzan 81

mâqoda 180

marché 115, 133, 136, 171

Marrakech 190

marriage 51–52

measurements 136–137

Meknes 191–192

Melilla 194–196

memorial meal 103

men 87–88

modernisation 56–57

money matters 154–158

banking 156–157

credit cards 156

transferring funds 155

Moroccan holidays 211–213

moussem 212–213

Muhajerin 252–253

Murabit 43–44

music 205

N

name-giving party 102

names 71–72

newspapers 205–207

nudity 107

numbers 229–231

nuts 178, 179

O

occupation 75–77

Oujda 190–191

P

pastries 179–180

peddlers 168

pets 110–111

pharmacies 145–146

Phoenicians 21–22

photography 208–209

poor 57–59

private 60–64

promenade 199–200

prostitution 67

PTT 165–166

public 60–64

punctuality 106

Q

qsar 194

queueing 107

R

Rabat 187

radio 207–208

Ramadan 181–183

restaurants 180–181

rich 57–59

right hand 64

Romans 21–22

rooftops 88–89

rooms 124–127

bedroom 126

kitchen 124–125

sitting room 125–126

S

Safi 191

Salé 187

sex 66–67

sfenj 172, 198

Sherfa 24–25, 77

shoeshine boys 168–169

shopping 127–138

simsar 112, 113

skin colour 82–83

smoking 109–110

snacks 173

souq 130, 133, 180, 212

souwiqa 133

speech 74–75

spices 178–179

sports 204

supermarché 136

supper 173

T

tajin 96, 98, 101, 172

talking 233–238

Tangier 193

tax stamps 166–167

tea 176–177

telephones 122–124

television 207

Tetouan 191

time 255

titles 72–73

transportation 157–165

buses 159–161

driving 158

taxis 161–163

trains 158–159

U

uniform 80–81

unionisation 251–252

utilities 120–124

Butagaz 121–122

voltages 121

V

vegetables 178

visa de retour 140–141

visiting 91–100

W

water 173–174

weather 18–19

wedding 102

Western Sahara 31–33

witchcraft 48–49

women 64–66, 68–69, 88–89, 204–205

work 240–253

 

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Munich

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Netherlands

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Pakistan

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Russia

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