The land of Mokhtar Soussi and Mohamed Khaïr-Eddine deserves a better fate: In Tafraout…

I recently went for a walk with friends in Tafraout. It is a splendid little town of a few thousand inhabitants. Shaped like a basin, it is surrounded by a mountain range made up of large rocks. The small town has a particular look that makes you love it at first sight.The development effort accomplished is revealed to visitors as they stroll along. A model village has been built on the outskirts of the centre. It is very successful. It would have been desirable, however, to provide for the village roads using local slate, which is close at hand, instead of cement paving stones, which are certainly more expensive.In one day, I do not claim to have visited every nook and cranny of Tafraout. What we did see, however, thanks to the guided tour by a young Tafraouti, is wonderful. Tafraout is in itself a sumptuous work of art. On the immense rocks perched on the mountains, one can see, thank…