ksour
village
Also known as: quṣūr
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rural settlements of North Africa
- In Morocco: Traditional regions
…fortified adobe villages known as ksour (Arabic: quṣūr, “castles”). Nomadic camel herding was once an important economic activity in the Saharan zone, but government policies, desert warfare, multiyear droughts, and other extenuating factors have caused this way of life to disappear almost completely.
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