Morocco

It's often the simplest things that get the biggest laugh around here, and when we open the GSS suggestion box it's easy to get overwhelmed with small zingers that get a nice chuckle. So that's just what we did for…

If you need to shoot a movie in the desert, there's somewhere that should be top of your list: Atlas Film Studios in Morocco. Over the years it has played a part in Alexander the Great, Gladiator and Black Hawk…

The controversial Moroccan Wall, or The Berm, is a system of 3m-high walls at least 2,500km long that was built to completely divide the entire country of Western Sahara. Constructed by Moroccan forces between 1980 and 1987, Morocco considers the…

Built on reclaimed land within Casablanca, Morocco is the Mosque of Hassan II - the second largest religious monument in the world. Work started in 1986 to celebrate the 60th Birthday of Morocco's then king, Hassan II. The most impressive…

Er, Saharan Shipwrecks? Yup, shipwrecks in the desert! Okaaaay, so it's the beach, but it is the Sahara 🙂 Just down the coast there's another wreck, and as I zoomed out from there I found a third! Flickr has a…