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Search complete. 8 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Anti-Atlas".

Sep 12, 2026

Unknown podcast

Tafraout Granite and the Ameln Harvest

Sep 12 · 1 Mention

Youssef BenaliHOST
8:27
It is a strange feeling, being so far from the coast, so far from the cities, yet feeling so connected to the land.
Youssef BenaliHOST
8:34
This is the Anti-Atlas.
Youssef BenaliHOST
8:36
This is home for a little while.

Unknown podcast

Tafraout Granite and the Ameln Harvest

Sep 11 · 1 Mention

Youssef BenaliHOST
0:03
In Agadir, it was a wet blanket, heavy with salt and exhaust.
Youssef BenaliHOST
0:07
Here in the Anti-Atlas, the air is dry, sharp, and suddenly cool against your skin.
Youssef BenaliHOST
0:13
I just got off the road from Turudin, 14.8 kilometers of switchbacks that made my stomach do little flips, but now I am standing in Tafra.
Youssef BenaliHOST
0:21
The sun is still high, hovering at about 34 degrees, but the wind is kicking up at 30 kilometers an hour.

Unknown podcast

Last Day in Taroudant: Harvest and Ramparts

Sep 10 · 1 Mention

Youssef BenaliHOST
4:54
Deliberate.
Youssef BenaliHOST
4:56
After lunch, I walk to the souk, two markets really, the Arab souk for daily goods, spices, argan oil, ceramics, and the Berber souk, also known as souk el-Khemis, Thursday market, though it runs every day now, antiques, silver, carpets, Handicrafts from the Antiatlas.
Youssef BenaliHOST
5:17
The harvest season is heavy here.
Youssef BenaliHOST
5:19
Prickly pear cactus fruit.

Unknown podcast

Last Day in Taroudant: Walls, Politics, and Plans

Sep 9 · 2 Mentions

Youssef BenaliHOST
0:21
Today is the last full day.
Youssef BenaliHOST
0:23
Tomorrow I am gone, east to the Anti-Atlas or perhaps just further down the coast to Esserira.
Youssef BenaliHOST
0:29
But today I am still here, in the Red City, the grandmother of Marrakesh.
Youssef BenaliHOST
0:35
I walk towards Bab Targhoun first, not to go in but to look back, The walls are glowing pink in the early light.

6 MINS LATER

Youssef BenaliHOST
6:57
Heavy silver.
Youssef BenaliHOST
6:58
Geometric patterns.
Youssef BenaliHOST
7:00
Made by women in the Anti-Atlas villages.
Youssef BenaliHOST
7:02
It is art.

Unknown podcast

Taroudant Harvest Souks and Political Buzz

Sep 8 · 1 Mention

Youssef BenaliHOST
3:43
The Arab souk handles spices, argan oil, ceramics, and general daily goods.
Youssef BenaliHOST
3:49
The Berber souk, which runs on Thursdays, is where you find antique silver jewelry, carpets, and crafts from the Anti-Atlas Mountains.
Youssef BenaliHOST
3:58
Today is Monday, so the Berber market is quiet, but the Arab souk is bustling.
Youssef BenaliHOST
4:03
I wander through the spice stalls.

Unknown podcast

Taroudant Ramparts Restoration and Harvest Souks

Sep 6 · 1 Mention

Youssef BenaliHOST
1:41
The wheels crunch over the cobblestones as we roll along the outer road.
Youssef BenaliHOST
1:45
To my left, the palm groves stretch out into the Sus Plain, green against the brown hills of the Anti-Atlas.
Youssef BenaliHOST
1:52
To my right, the wall rises up, massive and imposing.
Youssef BenaliHOST
1:57
You can see the scars from the Al-Haus earthquake, the patches of fresh plaster where the masons have filled the gaps.

Unknown podcast

Taroudant Harvest, Walls, and the Saadian Echo

Sep 3 · 1 Mention

Youssef BenaliHOST
2:51
This is where the Thursday market used to be, though today is Tuesday.
Youssef BenaliHOST
2:55
Still, there is antique silver jewelry, carpets from the Anti-Atlas, and local crafts.
Youssef BenaliHOST
3:00
I stop at a stall selling cactus figs.
Youssef BenaliHOST
3:03
Prickly pears.

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