ERG CHEBBI, Morocco – The bright black silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a tall sand dune like a background drawing of the Three Kings in a Nativity scene. While Georgie, as I had ...

MERZOUGA, Morocco – The muted cadence of the camels' footsteps remains steady as the animals weave their way through the towering sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. Only a few kilometers into the desert, human ...

ERG CHEBBI, Morocco - The silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a sand dune like a background drawing of the three kings in a nativity scene. While Georgie, as I had nicknamed my blond ...

Perched securely on the hump of a camel named “Caboose,” I quickly realized this animal in Morocco was much friendlier than those I’d met on an earlier camel ride in Australia. The camels Down Under ...

The Koutoubia Mosque is another must-see. It's the largest mosque in the city and is known for its beautiful minaret. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A man walks with his camels in M’hamid el-Ghizlane, in the Moroccan southern Sahara desert.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — Our two rows of camels rested in the darkness before dawn near the circle of tents in the towering Erg Chebbi dunes, a few miles from Morocco’s border with Algeria. The cool air ...

The dusty road to Marrakech had just started to straighten out after hours of tight curves along jagged mountains. We sped up when we spotted two policemen standing in the middle of the road by a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Kasbah Amridil in Skoura, backdropped by the Atlas Mountains © Alamy We are ...