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Carte des 12 régions du Maroc avec Sahara - En couleurs et en noir et blanc

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Carte du Maroc en couleurs (Scroll down for english version) Il y a quelque temps, dans un cadre professionnel, j'ai eu besoin d'une carte du Maroc respectant le  "nouveau" découpage administratif (qui n'est plus nouveau puisqu'il date de 2015!) qui réponde à deux critères: la carte doit montrer les 12 régions (et non 16) et les couleurs utilisées doivent correspondre au mieux à la charte graphique que j'utilise dans mon travail. A ma surprise, en cherchant sur Google "Carte Maroc 12 régions" / Images, les cartes qui répondent au premier critère sont au plus une vingtaine, donc parmi ces vingt aucune ne correspondait à mon deuxième critère à savoir la couleur. J'ai été tout de même surprise parce que je m'attendais à être engloutie de cartes.  Je me suis donc mise au dessin, pour répondre à mon besoin d'une part, et de l'autre, pour permettre à d'autres internautes à trouver au moins 3 autres variantes de coul...
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What is raffia?

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In Morocco, if you pronounce the word "raffia", nobody will know what you are talking about, or almost. This is quite surprising considering that most of the raffia shoes produced in the world are made in Morocco. Only a few people of the upper class used to shopping abroad (especially in France) could recognize it. Yes, Moroccans buy their raffia shoe (Made in Morocco) under a foreign brand! Personally, my first encounter with this material took place in a craft fair in Rabat. The kiosk in question offered less goods than the others and therefore was less attractive, but the hanging fibers, which served as decoration, caught my attention. "- Salam, what is it? - Raffia. - Huh? - E-r-a-f-f-i-a. - And what is raffia? - What you see. A fiber from the raffia tree that comes from Madagascar ... " My intra-African trip had just begun, and my admiration for this material too ... Handmade sneakers in raffia (Morocco) What is raffia...
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What is hemp?

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Ahmed, master weaver, specialist in the transformation of hemp fibers into textiles, Tangier When Mohamed, in his small workshop in Tangier, settles in front of his loom, he does it in the manner of a player of harp. In a few moments, the man and the instrument will become one; and the movement,though painful, will become almost spontaneous, like breathing.  And Mohamed begins to weave, as his father did, as his ancestors did. He will gladly suspend his movement to sip his glass of mint tea or to simply welcome you.  If you show a little curiosity, you will surely have the opportunity to listen to his story, that of his job and especially of that Andalusian heritage, that he constantly reproduces identically, using the same instruments, the same patterns and a raw material as old as humanity: the hemp. Hemp fiber and hemp textile What is hemp? [1] Hemp is a plant known under two varieties: industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L., produced for the...
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