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Illustration of the vote on Western Sahara: 152 in favour, 2 against and 7 abstentions.

It Had to Be Said

Rebuked by the world, Morocco proclaims victory to its people

152 states have reaffirmed the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination. Only the United States and Israel voted against. Yet Rabat is once again presenting the vote as a diplomatic victory.

Timimoun palm grove. Credit: LBM1948 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places & Regions · Heritage

TIMIMOUN — Life Won from the Desert

The palm grove, the market, the craftswomen, the lanes of the old ksar: Timimoun seems to overflow with an improbable energy in the middle of the Sahara. But this abundance is no natural miracle. It tells of centuries of ingenuity, movement and collective organisation in a territory where water determines everything.

The main axis of the formal French garden, below the Martyrs’ Memorial. Still from the author’s video.

THE PLACE TO SEE

The Jardin d’Essai, Algiers’ Jungle

In Hamma, a formal French garden vista opens below the Martyrs’ Memorial. Then, just a few steps to one side take you into almost tropical vegetation. A place you visit for a stroll and end up getting lost in.