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Moroccan smen, an aged salted butter, displayed in clay jars on a wooden table.

Moroccan Smen: The Aged, Salted Butter

Moroccan smen is an aged, salted butter used to season traditional dishes, while smen l’hlou and oudi reflect different Moroccan butter traditions.

Moroccan Smen: The Aged, Salted Butter

Moroccan smen is an aged, salted butter used to season traditional dishes, while smen l’hlou and oudi reflect different Moroccan butter traditions.

Hotel Lincoln on a busy Casablanca boulevard around 1900, with horse carriages, early automobiles, and pedestrians in period dress

The 20th Century: Two Foreign Presences, One Mo...

Morocco’s twentieth-century table through colonial change, urban habits, and foreign testimonies.

The 20th Century: Two Foreign Presences, One Mo...

Morocco’s twentieth-century table through colonial change, urban habits, and foreign testimonies.

19th-century Mogador port ramparts lined with cannons overlooking the Atlantic coast, with the walled city and its towers in the background

Morocco Defies the Atlantic Order, 1777–1856

Morocco defied the Atlantic order before Europe imposed it. From 1777 to 1856, the Moroccan empire chose its partners, built its ports, and traded on its own terms.

Morocco Defies the Atlantic Order, 1777–1856

Morocco defied the Atlantic order before Europe imposed it. From 1777 to 1856, the Moroccan empire chose its partners, built its ports, and traded on its own terms.

Bab Mansour gate in Meknes, Morocco, with green zellige tilework and horseshoe arches

Moulay Ismail’s Reign: Power, Diplomacy, and Tea

Moulay Ismail’s Morocco seen through power, diplomacy, corsairs, foreign envoys, and the early path of tea.

Moulay Ismail’s Reign: Power, Diplomacy, and Tea

Moulay Ismail’s Morocco seen through power, diplomacy, corsairs, foreign envoys, and the early path of tea.

16th-century Fez medina street market with merchants selling brass vessels, textiles, and produce, and a rider on horseback passing through

Fez: The Imperial City Read Before It Is Seen

Medieval testimony presents Fez as Morocco’s imperial city of water, souks, scholarship, crafts, food, and trade.

Fez: The Imperial City Read Before It Is Seen

Medieval testimony presents Fez as Morocco’s imperial city of water, souks, scholarship, crafts, food, and trade.

Reconstruction of urban growth in Almoravid Marrakech, late 11th to early 12th century

Moroccan Cuisine in the Almoravid and Almohad Eras

Moroccan food under the Almoravids and Almohads, from grains and preserved meats to markets, vessels, and named dishes.

Moroccan Cuisine in the Almoravid and Almohad Eras

Moroccan food under the Almoravids and Almohads, from grains and preserved meats to markets, vessels, and named dishes.