Hassani society between modernity and ancestral customs

Today, the Ramadan tables of Hassani families do not differ in any way from those that adorn the houses of other Moroccan families from north to south. In addition to typically local dishes, delicacies such as "harira", "chebakia", dates, fish, and eggs constitute the essential part of the Iftar meal as everywhere else in the Kingdom. On this subject, Salka Bent Souilem, a fine connoisseur of Sahara customs, indicated to the MAP that the lifestyle of Sahrawi families had changed due to urbanisation, adding that today, the dishes prepared in this region are almost the same as those that make up the daily Ramadan life of other regions of Morocco. According to Salka, the population of this region also ensures the preservation of its Hassani culture and its ancestral lifestyle, notably during the holy month, making it known that the meal for breaking the fast in these regions consists of a…